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128 DOCKING. NORFOLK. bould : the lectern,. of carved oak, was presented m Strachan Charles Edward E*lq. Heacham hall, Lynn n'l82 by the Misse:i! Chadwick, of Tunbridge Wells, in The chairmen of the New Hunstanton Urban District. memory of Mrs. H. E. Ha.re: the ancient font 'i.IJ adorned Council & Docking ,Rural District Council, for the with many carved figures, but much mutilated: the time being, are ex-oili.cio justices of the peace ohurch was new roofed in r875, and additions made, Clerk to the Justic~ G. Whitby, Hunstanton at a. cost of over £4,ooo, and now affords 65o sit tings. The register dates from tihe year 155 8. The Petty Se8sions are helq at the Sessions house, Docking, living is a. discharged vicarage, gross yearly . value the last monday in every month at r r a. m. & at the Council hall, New Hnnstanton, on t·he second monday £419, with 45 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift in each month at 10.30 a.m. The following places are of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College, on the included in the petty sessional division :-Barwick, nomination of the Bishop of Norwich, and held since Bircham Great, Birobam Newton, Biraham Tofts, Bran 1909 by the Rev. James Amiraux Fletcher B.A. of caster, Bul"'ltbam Deepdale, Burnb!lm Norton, Burnbam Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, surrogate· and Sutton & Uiph, Burnham Overy, Burnham Westgate; chaplain of. Docking union. The great tithes are .Buruham• Thorpe, North & South Creake, Ohoseley, commuted at [1,II4. The Wesleyan chapel is of red Docking, Fring, Heaoh:1m, Holme-next-the-Sea., Hun brick, and was erected in 1821 ; the Primitive Methodist stanton, New Hunsta'lton, Ingoldisthorpe, Ringstead, chapel, also of brick faced with cement, was erected in Sedgeford, .Shernbonrne, Snettisham, Stanhoe, Thorn 1836, and has 350 sittings. A Police Station, of white ham, Titchwell & Waterden brick, was erected here in 1854, a.t a cost of £ 1,2oo, and contains a. residence for a superintendent, and two well Police Station, Esau Lewis, supt. & 2 constables ventilated cells; a sessions room was added in 1874 at the expense of the county. The Literary Institute, DOCKING RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. erected in 1869, is of flint wil!h red brick drE*!sings, and ill supplied with daily and weekly papers and ' Meets at the Workhouse on every alternate wednesday, periodicals. The village stocks, discovered by Mr. at 1.30 p.m. W. B. Mahon in r8g8, buried in the lock-up, were at his expense restored and set up alongside the Chairman, Lionel Rodwell, East Rudham, King's Lynn · Town Well. The common was inclosed in , Clerk, John Arnold Stoughton, solicitor, Fakenham 1861 4 acres being reserved for recreation and 41 for allot- Medical Officer of Health, Berners George Sumpte:r ments. The Ha.ll, the property of J. H. Montague M.B., M.R.C.S.Eng. Hunstanton Hare esq. and at present occupied by Waiter C<>lborne Treasurer,. Sir Somerville Arthur Gurney, Barclay's Ridley esq. was built in r612 by John Hare, and re- , Bank, Kmg's Lynn . stored and added to about rBsB; it is surrounded by 1 Surveyors,. Western divisiOn, V':1l!1~m Waiter Hopkmg. a park and pleasure grounds. Sir William Everard 1 Great Bucham & East~rn divisiOn, George Edward Browne ffolke.s bart. of Hillington Ha.Ll, who is lord of Mullard, Bran?aster Staith, Lynn . the manor, JO'hn Hugh Montague Hare esq. M.A. of Inspector of Nmsances, James Morris, Heacham Eton College, and Charles Derick Seymour esq. of Barwick House, are the principal landowners. The soil DOCKING UNION. is of a light sandy nature; su!J.s.oil, principa.lly gravel or 1 Board da c e alternate wcdnesday 8 t .. flint. The crops are wheat, barley, turnips, mangold- 1 Y v ry u.3o a.m. a. wurtzel and seed~. The aT')B is 6,378 acres; rateable I the Workhouse. value, [6,o9o; the population in in 19n was 1,237· The union comprises the following parishes: ..:\.nmer, Sexton, Samuel Sporne. Bagthorpe, Barmer, Barwick, Bircham (Great), Bircham Newton, Bircham Tofts, Brancaster, Brooms thorpe, Burnham Deep dale, Burnham N orton, Burnham SUMMERFIELD (anciently Southmere) is a parish ~~ miles north-west fi'om Docking, with which it is con Overy, Burnham Sutton, Burnham 'l'horpe, Burnham nected for poor law purposes; it cr>ntains upwa;:-d;; of We01tgate, Choseley, Creake (North), Creake (South). 1,200 acres, the property of J obn Hugh Montague Hare Dersingham, Docking, Fring, Heacham, Holme-next esq. M.A. of Eton College, and is farmed by Mr. T. F. the-Sea, Houghton, Hunstanton, Hunstanton (New). Ringer. Here is an iron mission room erected in 1910. Ingoldsthorpe, Ringstead, Rudham (East), Rudham (W-est), Sedgeford, Shernborne, Snettisham, Stanhoe. The foundations of the church once existing here can 1 still be traced. The living is a sinecure rectory, ! Syderstone, Thornham, Titchwell & Waterden. The area of the union is 88,450 acres; rateable value at annexed to Sedgeford, joint net yearly value [365, in I the· gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich and Eton Lady Day, 1912, £ro9,888; the population in rgn College alternately, and held since Jgoo by the Rev. was 19,452 Chairman, Rev. William .Albert Noyle, Titchwell, King's Francis Johnson Tu~k M.A. of King's College, Cambridge, who resides at Sedgeford. Lynn · Treasurer, Sir Somerville Arthur Gurney, Barclay's. Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-·Walter Ovcrton, sub-post Bank, King's Lynn master. Letters received through King's Lynn, de Clerk to the Guardians, J . .A. Stoughton, Fakenham Relieving Officers, Eastern district, Charles Ernest .Ab livered at 7 a. m. & 1.25 p.m. ; dispatched at IO. IS a.m. (r.3o p.m. to Bircham) & 5-35 p.m. on week barley, Burnham Market, King's Lynn; Western dis days; sundays, delivered at 7. a.m. ; dispatched at trict, Waiter Heugh, Snettisham, King's Lynn 2.40 p.rn Vaccination Officers, the Registrars of Births & Deaths Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Burnham district, Wall Letter Boxes.-Grove Farm wall, cleared at ro Samuel M. Hamill B.A., M.D. Burnham Market,King's a.m. & 4.40 p.m.; sundays, 8.15 a.m.; Station, cleared Lynn; Docking district, George Bales Parry L.R.C.P. at 10.30 a.m. & 5· 10 p.m.; sundays, 7·30 a. m.; Station Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. Docking; Rudham district, Sir road, cleared at 10.25 a.m. & 5.15 p.m.; ~undays. Alan Reeve Manby M.V.O., M.D., M.R.C.S.Eng. East 7.30 a.m Rudham; Snettisham district, Thomas Ernest Earl Roddis M.B.. C.M. Snettisham, King's Lynn The Workhouse, erected in 1836, at a cost. of abou5 JUSTTOES OF THE PEACE FOR SMITHDON & £g,ooo, is an extensive brick builcing, about a mile BROTHERCROSS PETTY SESSIONAL D1VISION. west from the church, & will hold 250 inmates; le Strange Hamon esq. D.L. Hunstanton hall, Hun- Albert James Challinor, master; Mrs. Margaret stanton, chairman Challinor, matron; Rev. James Amiraux Fletcher Ames Major Oswald H. Thornham, King's Lynn B.A. chaplain; George Hales Parry. L.R.C.P.Edin .• Cohen Nigel H. esq. The Lodge, Burnham Norton, Lynn M.R.C.S.EnQ". medical officer Dawbarn Edmund esq. Tolcarne, Hunstanton The children attend the school at Docking Green Sir Edward ba.rt. Ken Hill, King's Lynn Hollway-Calthrop Henry Calthrop esq. Stanhoe grange, DOCKING REGISTRATION DISTRICT. King's Lynn Ingleby Holcombe esq. M.P. Sedgeford hall, King's Lynn Superintendent Registrar, Geurge Whitby, Hunstanton le Strange Roland esq. D.L. The Hall, Hunstanton Registr!lrs of Births & Deaths, Burnham sub-district. Lawson Charles esq. Heacham, King's Lynn Charles Ernest Abberley, Burnham Market, King's Mahon William Barford esq. Swiss villa, Docking, Lynn Lynn; deputy, George W. Hudson, Burham Market. Page John H. esq. 2 Cliff terrace, Hunstanton King's Lynn; Snettisham sub-district, Waiter Heugh, Pattrick Lt.-Col. William, Homefields road, Hnnstanton Snettisham: deputy, Mrs. C. M. Heugh Reeve Simms esq. D.L. Brancaster hall, King's Lynn Re!!'istrar of Marriages, William James Tidd, Docking, Seymonr Charles Derick esq. Barwick house,King's Lynn King's Lynn; deputy, Harry Tidd, Stanhoe, King's Siheringham Hubert Valentine esq. South Creak~>. Lvnn• Fakenham .