NORFOLK. [KELLY's Ham (Yitford Division), Archdeaconry of Norfolk and Dio- Which Stands Within a Park of About 200 Acres, Was De Cese of Norwich
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218 LETTON.. NORFOLK. [KELLY'S ham (Yitford division), archdeaconry of Norfolk and dio- which stands within a park of about 200 acres, was de cese of Norwich. Of the church of All Saints only the signed by Sir John Soane, and contain~ a large number foundations now remain ; the parishioners attend the of pictures. The ~oil is part heavy and part light ; sub church of the adjoining parish of Cranworth. The re- soil, mixed. The chief crops are wheat, barley, roots and gister dates from the year 16S3· The living is a rectory, oats. The area is 1,287 acres; rateable value, [1,131; annexed with Southburgh to that of Cranworth, joint net the population in 1901 was 92. yParly value £4S01 including 38 acres of glebe, in the Let.t.er Box cleared at 8.4s a.m. k 6.20 p.m. Letters gift of Lord Cranworth, and held since 1896 by the Rev. through Thetford, via Shipdham, arrive at 7 a.m. & Arthur Tayler Hodg>'on B.A. of Queens' College, Cam. 3.30 p.m. Shipdham is the nearest money order & bridge, who resides at Cranworth. Letton Hall is the telegraph office, about~~ miles distant seat of Lord Cranworth D.L., J.P. who is lord of the The children attend the school at Cranworth for the united manor and owner of the wlwle of the parish; the house, parishes of Let ton, South burgh & Cranworth ~ Cranworth Lord D.L., J.P. Letton Long George, farmer,Norton Grove fm Sidell William & Sam, farmers hall; & 2oa, Great Cumberland Mallett James (exors. of), farmers, Stebbing Charles Frederick, steward to place, London W , Park farm Lord Cranworth Crafer George, farmer, Lower farm Rowland Edward, gamekeeper to Lord Watson Alfred, gardener, Letton hall Hale's Alfred, estate carpenter Cranworth . EAST LEXHAM is a village and parish, 3 miles ' of Wight, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Charles Richd. north from Dunham station on the Lynn and Dereham Bingham M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who reside• section of the Great Eastern railway and 6 north-by-east at Litcham. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, The from Swaffham, in the Mid division of the county, Mit- poor's allotment of 26 acres, let at [21 yearly, is for fuel, ford and Launditch petty sessional division and union, and Allee's charity of 32s. yearly for bread. Lexham Launditch hundred, Swaffham county court district, rural Hall, the property and residence of Bertram William deanery of South Brisley, archdeaconry of Lynn and A.rnold Keppel esq. is a well-built house, with extensive diocese of Norwich. The church of St. A.ndrew is a small gardens, prettily situated in a well-wooded park of uo edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch acres, through which flows the riv-er Nar. Bertram and a round western tower, now covered with ivy and William Arnold Keppel esq. is lord of the manor and'prin containing one bell: in the chancel are three mural tab- cipal landowner. The soil is light loam, and the subsoil, lets to the Keppel family, dating from 1830 to I8S8: the gravel and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and stained east window is a memorial to Frederick Walpole turnips. The area is 1,22s acres; rateable value, [1,049; Keppel, d. 1858, and to Colonel Edward George Walpole the population in 1901 was 179. Keppel, d. 1859: on the south side of the chancel are Parish Clerk, Frederick Bird. sedilia. and apiscina: there are 100 sittings. The register Wall Letter Box, cleared a£ S·3S p.m.; no collection on dates from the year 1S46. The living is a discharged sundays. Letters through Swaffham via Litcham arrive rectory, consolidated with that of Litcham, joint net at 7· IS a. m. & 5·35 p.m. 'l'he nearest money order & yearly value £4oo, including 4S acres of glebe, in tht! telegraph office is at Litcham, l;!! miles distant gift of the Rev. C. W. Heald M.A.. rector of Obale, Isle j Public Elementary School (mixed), for ss children; aver- of Wight, and the Rev. J. M. Heald M.A. of Ryde, Isle age attendance, 40; Mrs. Rosa Sparkes, mistress Keppel Bertram William Arnold J.P. Middleton Joseph, farm bailiff to Ber- Oldfield William, fish dealer Lexham hall tram· William Arnold Keppel esq Simpson Richard, farmer Burton Ernest, farmer Newman Edward C. Chequers P.H Wiskard William, shopkeeper Olark ',l'homas, farmer, Church farm WEST LEXHAM is a parish 4 miles north from glebe and good residence, in the gift of and held since Dunham station on the Lynn and Dereham section of the 1873 by the Rev. Francis Fenwick Reavely S.C.L. of Great Eastern railway and si north from Swaffham, in Trinity College, Cambridge. The poor receive fuel ·cut the Mid division of the county, Launditch hundred, Mit- annually from oak stubs, and a dole of [1 12s. is y.early ford and Launditch union and petty sessional division, distributed in bread. The Earl of Leicester K.G., L.L. Swaffham county court district, rural deanery of South is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil Brisley, archdeaeonry of Lynn and diocese of Norwich. is a light loam; subsoil, chalk and gravel. The chief The church of St. Nicholas is a small building of stone, in crops are wheat, barley, turnips, and some land is in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south pasture. The area is 1,180 acres; rateable value, [S32; porch and a circular western tower, probably of Sa:xon the population in 1901 was g6. date, containing one ·bell: the church was rebuilt in Sexton, William Head. 1881 at the sole expense of the Earl of Leicester K.G. a Post & Postal Order Office. Mrs. Emma N. Green~ sub· marble pavement being at the same time laid in the postmistress. Letters through Swaffham, via Litcham, chancel and the east window filled with stained glass at arrive at 8 a.m. & S·45 p.m.; dispatched 8 a.m. & S·45 the cost of the rector: the church affords s6 sittings. p.m. week days only. Castle Acre is the nearest money The register dates from the year 168g. The living is a order & telegraph office, 2 miles distant rectory, net yearly value [136, exclusive of sa acres of The children attend the school at East Lexham Reavely Rev. Francis Fenwick S.C.L. Green Naomi Emma(Mrs.),shopkeepr. Osbiston Samuel, farmer, Glebe farm (rector), Rectory & postmistress Tallent Herbert, farmer Cresswell Harriet (Mrs.), Red LionP.H LEZIATE is a scattered parish 2 mile• north from 1877 by the Rev. Arthur John Groom B.A. of Trinity East Winch station on the Lynn and Dereham section of College,. Cambridge, who is also. rector of Bawsey, and the Great Eastern railway, 1! east from Gayton Road resides at Ashwicken. Vice-Admiral. Richard Horace station on the Midland and Great Northern joint railway Hamond, of West Acre Abbey, who is lord of the manor, and d east from Lynn, in the North Western division of Joseph Boam Limited, of Leicester, John Groom esq. of the county, hundred, petty sessional division and union of A.shwicken Hall, H. Talent esq. of West Acre, and Mr. Freebridge Lynn, county court district of Lynn, rural Waiter Rasberry are the chief landowners. The soil is deanery of Lynn (Norfolk), archdeaconry of Lynn and various; subsoil, mostly clay. The chief crops are wheat, diocese of Norwich. Of the church of All Saints nothing barley and turnips. The area is 1,480 aCI'el, including now remains but the foundations. A mission church was 104 acres of rabbit warren and common; rateable value, erected here in 1876 by subscription, and has 100 sittings. £1,lHO j the population in 1901 was 161. The living is a rectory consolidated with that of Ash- Letters through Lynn arrive at 8 a. m. The nearest money wicken, joint net yearly value £360, including 13 acres order & telegraph office is at Gayton, 2b. miles distant of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since The children of this parish attend Ashwicken school Eettinson George Y. Holt house Gurney Robert, beer &;. wine retailer, Rasberry Waiter, farmer, East farm* Boam Joseph Limited, brick makers Oak End ·· Well Hall lane Ca.ae Joseph, farmer, Holt farm Greaves Waiter, farmer • Rolfe Wm. Chilvers, farmer,Chilver ho Gay & Wilson, sand merchants Lawes William, farmer ' '. LIMPENHOE is a parish and village near the navig- Botolph is an edifice of flint with stone dressings, in the able Yare, 1! miles north-east from Cantley station on the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel. Norwich and Lowestoft section of the Great Eastern rail- nave, north porch and an embattled western tower con way, 10 south-west from Yarmouth, in the Eastern divi- taining :a bells: the south doorway, a fine e:x:ample of sion of the county, petty sessional division of Blofield and Norman work, has .been restored: the stained east window Walsham, hundred and union of Blofield, Great Yarmouth was erected in 1898 by the rector, in memory of his father county court district, rural deanery of Blofield and arch-'· al'!d mother, the Rev. Charle~ Day, rector of St. Swithin's, deaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. I Norwich., and "Mrs. Elizabeth Day : the rector also p~ • • .