DIRECTORY.] 249 SOUTH CREA.KE. [.] £95 5s., with 8 acres of glebe land and rectory house at are wheat, barley, turnips and hay. The population in 1861 Cos ton, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich and the Earl of was 58; the area is 3!~ acres. Kimberley alternately, and held by the Rev. Robert Browne Parnh Clerk, Hobert Orton. Slipper, M .A., of Caius College, . The Earl of Kimberley is lord of the manor and vrincipal landowner. Letters through Wymondham, which is the nearest money The soil is various; subsoil, brick-earth. The chief crops order office Slipper Rev. Robert Browne, M.A. Atkins Charles Cndywolds, farmer & Nicholls Edwnrd, Coach~ Horses l rector], Rectory land agent Smith Richard, pork butcher

CRANWICH is a parisl1, situated in a valley on the in the gift of W. Amhurst Tyssen Amlmrst, Esq., and held south side of the river Wh•sey, 6 miles north from Brandon by the Rev. Frederick Askew Bickrnore, :M.A., of Trinity station, in the Western division of the county, Grimshoe College, Dublin. Mrs. Lyne Stephens is lady of the manor hundred, Thetford union and county court district, Cran- and chief landowner. The soil is a mixture of lig·ht loam wich rural deanery, Norfolk archdenconry, and Norwich and clay, with a chalky subsoil. The chiefcrops are wheat, diocese. The church of St. l\1ary the Virg-in is a small neat barley all!l turnips. The parish consists of one farm of building: the most remarkable feature is its tower, which is 1,824 acre~, and the population in 1861 was 88. round, and a fine specimen of ancient architecture. The Parnh Clerk, \Villiam Ellis. register dates from the year 1732. The living is a rectory, Letters through Brandon, arrive at 7 a,m,; dispatched at yearly value £189, with residence and 19 acres of glebe land, 7.30 p.m. M undford is the nearest money order office BickmoreRev.Fred.Askew,M.A.[rector] I Ahbott James Bradfield, farmer I Quibell Sarah (Mrs.), Leather Bottle

CRANWORTH (orCRANWORTH-CUM-LETTON) is a with that of Letton annexed, joint yearly value £307, with village and parish, 4 miles we!'t from Hardingham station, residP-nce, in the gift of B. Gurdon, Esq., and held hy the -and 2~ south-east from Shipdham, in the South-Eastern Rev. Philip Gurdon, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. division of the county, Mitford hundred, Mitford and Laun­ B. Gurdon, Esq., is the principal landowner and lord of the ditch union, East Dereham county court district, rural manor. The soil is mixed; sub:mil, gravel. 'l'he chief deanery of Hingham, archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,126 acres; of Norwich. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a neat in 1861 the population was 264. building, repaired and restored in the original style of Parish Clerk, John Howard. Early English architecture, and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, porch, with a square tower and spire, and contains Letters through Thetford. Shipdham is the nearest money some handsome monuments to various members of the order office Gurdon family, of Letton Hall. The living is a rectory, School, :Miss Elb:abeth Cushing, mistress Gurdon Rev. Philip, M.A.,.r.P. [rector] Crafer Charles, farmer Littleproud Robert, miller COMMERCIAl" Hammontl Philip, blacksmith Milk Hebecca (Mrs.), shopkeeper Bush John, grocer Hubbard Parke, farmer j Potter Amos, farmer Clarke Francis, beer retailer Riddle Eliza (1\Irs.), farmer I Webster Edward, farmer Cobb Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Lambert John, farmer 1

NORTH CREAKE is a parish and village, 3 miles girls and infants, erected in 1849, chiefly supported by Earl south-by-east from Burnbam 1\farket, 7 north-east from ~pencer ond the Rt:ctor. Tile w-esleyans have a small (its market town), 4 from Holkham, 21 from chapel in the village. There are four almshouses, founder! Lynn, 6 from \Veils, 5 from Walsingham, and 146 from by Richard .1\Iansaur, in 1592, and endowed with £4 3s. n London, in the Western division of the county, Brother­ year, out of land, now the property of Earl Spencer. The cross hundred, Docking union, Little Walsingham county chief objects of interest are the ruins of the abbey, situated court district, Burnham rural deanery, Nor folk arch­ at the northern extremity of the parish : the abbey was deaconry, and : it is situated on the founded about 1206 by Sir Robert De Narford and Aliee his Fakenham road, and on a small rivulet which rises at South wife: several of the pointed arches and lofty pillars of the Creake, and falls into the sea at Burnham Overy Staith. choir are still entire. Many ancient coins have been found The church of St. Mary the Virgin, situated near the south at various periods in the vicinity. The lords of the manors are end of the village, is a spacious and handsome Gothic Earl Spencer and the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, building of stone and flint, and consists of nave, north aisle, Cambridge, who, with Admiral Henry Seymour, are also south porch, chancel, and chantry, and has a tower at the the principal landowners. The soil is of a light nature, western end containing 6 bells, with sun dial: the interior rich and productive; the subsoil is chiefly chalk. The chief contains an organ, an ancient font, an Eastern sepulchre, crops are wheat, barley, turnips, rnang-old-wurtzel and and a mural monument to the Venerable Henry Bathurst, seeds. The population in 1861 was 708, and the area i11 eldest son of Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich, who was 3,601 acres. thirty-five years rector of this parish and archdeacon of Pari.J;h Clerk, William Rix, Norwich: the chancel window is of five lights, and contains remnants of stained glass: the roof is richly ornamented: PosT 0FFICE.-Thomas \Valker, receiver. Letters through about the centre of the chancel floor is an ancient brass. Fakenham by mail cart, arrive at 9.20 a. m.; diEipatched The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a nt 3.40 p.m. Burnham .l\Iarket is the nearest money rectory, yearly value £1,081 with a. good residence in the order office Tudor style and 176 acres of glebe land, in the alternate National School (boys & girls), Frederick Waiter Curti!>, gift of the Bishop of Norwich and Earl Spencer, and held master; Mrs. Hannah Curtis, mistress by the Rev. John Nassau Simpkinson, M.A., of Trinity CARRIER TO FAKENHAM.-Charles Bunkell, daily, ex­ College, Cambridge. There is a .National school for boys, cept sunday Archbold Mr. Steed Girdlestoue Corke George, farmer Howard Henry, baker Crisp Mr. Stillingfleet Rayuer, Creake Crisp Stillingfleet Rayner, farmer, Lane Henry James, shopkeeper Abbey Creake Abbey Leeder Edward, grocer &c Dewing Mr. Thos. Derisley, Sly's farm Dewing Thomas Derisley, farmer, Sly's Neal Peter, Victoria Arms Everitt Mr. Thoma~. Shammer farm farm Ovt'rton Richard, bricklnyer Simpkinson Rev. John Nassau, M.A. Durrant Robert, boot & shoe maker Rix William, blacksmith [rectorl Dyball Thomas, tailor Smith John, baker & miller Wright Mr. William, Hall farm Ebdale James, boot & shoe maker Spooner William, wheelwright COMMERCIAL. Elliott Edward, wheelwright Walker Thomas, tailor, & post office Adcock James, shoe maker E-reritt Thomas, farmer,Shammer farm Walker William Geo. grocer & drupcr Arch bold Steed Girdlestone, farmer Goshawk John, Earl of Leicester inn. Wasey Isaac, farmer Bambridge Joshua, blacksmith baker & butcher · Wording-ham John, basket maker Bea!es James, gardener I Goshawk Robert, grocer &c Wright William, farmer, Hall far"'m'Yl BillingThs.Rchd.JollyFarmers,& tailr, Hendry Edward, beer retailer & baker Young J ames, tailor

SOUTH CREAKE is a parish and village,4 miles south from Fakenham(its nearest market town),5from Holkham, from Hurnham M11rket (ih nearest railway station), 1 21 from Lynn, and 145 from London, in the Western division mile south from , 7 miles from \V ells railway of the county, Brothercross hundred, Do('king union, Little station, 4} from \Valsingham railwny station, 6 north-east Walsingham county court district, Burnham rural deanery