Norfolk] TOPCROFT. 683

West . The church, St. Mary, is a Hint~stone structure, with square tower, containing eight bells. The interior of the church is very tastefully fitted; the windows are all of sta.ined glass, the chancel and sacrarium, or space within the altar rail, is paved with beautiful encaustic tiles. Handsomely carved figures of alabaster, consisting of the four Evangelists with our Blessed Lord in the centre, each figure in a sitting posture form the reredos. There are several tombs and monuments to the Button family. The living is a rectory, value .£200 per annum, in the gift and incumbency of the Rev. Augustus Button, B.A. Here is a good school. Mrs. Stephens is lady of the manor, but portions of the parish are also owned by the rector, Lord Walsingham, and W. A. T. Amhurst, Esq. The acreage is 3,050, and the population in 1871 was 197. Postal Regulations Mundford is the nearest money-order and tele~ graph office. Brandon is the post town. Sntton Rev. Augustus, B.A., J.P., rector Mott Miss, schoolmistress Jamieson Thomas, head gamekeeper Reader .John, parish clerk Martin Robert, land surveyor, commis- Sayer Thomas, carpenter and innkeeper sion agent, organist, choirmaster, IWarman William, farmer churchwarden, overseer, &c. TOPCROFT is a parish and village distant 6 miles E. from station, 12 S. from , and 6 N.W. from , in Loddon hundr-ed and Clavering union, diocese of Norwich, arch~ deaconry of Norfolk, rural deanery of Booke, S.E. of Norfolk. The area of the parish is 1,874 acres, rated at £3,154- John Isaac Hunter, and William Hazard, Esqrs., are joint lords of the manor of Topcroft~ cum-Denton. Alfred Massey, Samuel Newton Delf, and John Isaac Hunter, Esqrs., are the principal landowners. The church, St. Mar­ garet, is an ancient edifice, with a tower round at the bottom and hexagonal above-, and has been recently restored. The living is a rectory, value £411, with glebe of 48 acres, in the patronage of the the Bishop of Norwich. The Rev. Charles Balwin is the rector. The Independents have a chapel here. There is a National and a British school. The poor's land consists of 48.. 2r., let at £18 2s. 6d. per annum. The population 1871 was 364. Postal Regulations The nearest money-order office, . Telegraph office and post town, Bnngay. CarrieT to Norwich •George Whiting, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday; to Harleston, Friday. Baldwin Rev. Charles M.A., rector the Montgomery Miss, mistress of British Rectory school - Adams, Mrs. Emma, National school Read Mrs. Mary Ann, the "Hnntsma11 mistress and Hounds " Andrews Mrs. Ha.nnah, the " Swan " Sillett George, bricklayer Andrews William blacksmith FARMERS. Bently John, wheelwright and carpenter Andrews John Brock Frederick, carrier Borrett Samuel, the Rookery Clemence Charles, miller Del£ Samuel Newton, and landowner FIUTow Arthur, blacksmith Feavyer David (exors. of) Lewell John, shoemaker Feavyer J ames Loynes John, shoemaker & shopkeeper Foulger Geozge 1\fiQkleboro Frederick, grocer ~d !4-apar Goram Willi~m