DIRECTORY. J NORFOLK. WROXIIAM. 557 Greengrass Hannah (Mrs.), shopkpr. Long Burton Bullimore, farmer, High Potter John Henry, blacksmith Top Row Common Quantrell Lncy (Mrs.), farmer, Pear Howlett James, boot & shoe maker Long Dennis William, farmer & land- Tree farm Howlett Simeon, egg dealer owner, Fir grove Sayer John, grocer & draper Howlett William, farmer,Penny Green Marshall Mary Ann (Mrs.), coal mer Smith Waiter, farmer, Glebe farm Ireland William, farmer, Rectory frm :s-orwich Diocesan Assvciation of Stimpson Samuel, farmer Lane Ephra.im, fishmonger .Schools (Rev. Canon Fardell, hon. Stone .Alfred, farmer, Top Row Lane James, woodman & hoop maker sec) Welton John, vermin destroyer Lawn George (Mrs.), market gardenr Pea.rson John Joseph, farm bailiff t& Welton Samuel, farmer exors. of T. W. Dring esq 1 Wright John, pork butcher, Top Row EAST WRETHAM is a parish with a station 1 mile Noble esq. and held since 1893 by the Rev. Herber~ from the church, on the Bury, Thetford and Swaffham Seddon Rowley M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. section of the Great Eastern railway, 6 miles north from Saxton W. A. Noble esq. of Wretham Hall, is lord Thetford, in the Mid division of the county, Guiltcross and of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is sandy; Shropham petty sessional division, Thetford union and subsoil, chalky. The chief crops are wheat, barley and county court district, Shropham hundred, rural deanery of oats. Th~ area is 2,760 acres of land and 30 of water; Rockland (South division), archdeaconry of Norfolk and rateable value, £1,309; the population in xgu was 136. diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Ethelbert, Sexton Jacob Bennett. entirely rebuilt in the year 1865, is an edifice of flint in ' the Norman and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, STO:XE BRIDGE 18 a hamlet a mile east of the nneo, north aisle, south porch and a western tower with church and 6 milei1 north-east from Thetford. saddleback roof containing one bell: the south doorway is Norman and the east end of the chancel is adorned Post, M. 0. & T. Office, Wretham.-Miss Emme.line with mural paintings: the stone font has a lofty canopy Knights, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive through of oak, carved and decorated: the stained east window, Thetford at 7·40 a. m. & 12.30 p.m. (for callers only); erocted in 1sg2, is a memorial to the late William diEpatched at II.I5 a.m. & 6 p.m.; week days only Morris esq. d. 1 990 : there are 230 sittings: in the Wall Letter Box, near the Manor house, cleared at 5·40 churchyard stands a sculptured cross of .Aberdeen p.m. week days only granite, erected as a memorial to members of the Birch Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1865, en- family. The register dates from the year 1748. The larged in I 893 & again in 1goo, for 153 children; aver- living consists of the consolidated rectories of East and age attendance, 50; Edwd. Ambrose Mitchley, master West Wretham, net yearly value £325, with 16 acres Wretham & Hockham Railway Station, Leonard James of glebe and residence, in the gift of Saxton W. ..A. Raney, station master Rowley Rev. Herbert Seddon M . .A. r COMMERCIAL. i Stanley James, farm bailiff to Saxton Rectory 'Knights Emmeline (Miss),shopkeeper, W . ..A. Noble esq. Manor farm Post office Tillott FredWm.Dog & Partridge P.H WEST WRETHAM is a parish 2 miles west from fire in Igo6. Hill Mere and Mi~kle Mere are both in Wretham station on the Bury, Thetford and Swaffham Wretham Park. The soil is sandy; subsoil, chalky. section of the Great Eastern railway and 6 north-east The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area from Thetford, in the Mid division of the county, Guilt­ is 3,616 acres of land and 72 of water; rateable value, cross and Shropbam petty sessional division, Thetford £I,o66; the population in I9II was 145. union and county court district, Shropham hundred, rural deanery of Rockland (south division), archdeaconry FOWLMERE, 2! miles south-west from Wretham of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. The ancient church station, is in this parish. of St. Lawrence is now in ruins. The living is con­ Letters from Thetford. East Wretham is the nearest solidated with that of East Wretham. Wretham Hall, money order & telegraph office standing in a well-wooded park of 6oo acres, is the seat of Saxton W . .A. Noble esq. who is lord of the manor The children of this parish attend the school at East and sole landowner ; the hall was totally destroyed by Wretham Ashburnham PiPn. The Scheddles COMMERCIAL. ''Flatt Ashlev William & Waiter Wort- ' . Nob le Sax ton William Am brose, .Ashburnham Piers, land steward to ! ley, farmers, Fowlmere Wretham hall Saxton W. A. Noble esq. The' Newman William, farm bailiff to Scheddles 1 Saxton W. A. Noble esq WRETTON is a parish and village on the river Wissey, of land were left to the poor by Miss Jane Forby, and one mile west from Stoke Ferry terminal station of a at the Inclosure about 20 acres of fsn land were allotted branch of the Great Eastern railway from Denver (near to the poor, producing together an average yearly rental Downham) on the Ely and Lynn section and 6! south-east of £8, which sum is distributed in money annually on from Downham, in the South Western division of the St. Thomas' Day. Henry Edwards Paine esq. solicitor, county, Clackclose hundred and petty sessional division, of Chertsey, Surrey, is lord of the manors of Oavenham Downham union and county court district, rural deanery and Iron Hall. Augustus Edward Roger Micklefiel(l Df Fincham (east division), archdeaconry of Lynn and esq. of Stoke Ferry, and John C. Howard esq. of Spald­ diocese of Norwich. The church of All Saints is a build­ ing, are the principal landowners. The soil is mostly ing of flint in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, black sand; subsoil, red sand and peat. The chief crops nave, south aisle, south porcli and an embattled western are wheat, barley, turnips &c. The area is 1,031 acres; tower with quoins of free stone, which were restored in rateable value, £1,469; the population in 19II was 344· 1899, at an expense of £2oo, and containing 2 bells: it By the Divided Parishes Act detached parts of this was restored and re-roofed in 1863, and afford11 200 parish were amalgamated with Stoke Ferry in March, 1884. sittings. Th& register dates from the year 1693. The Parish Clerk, George Owen. living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Wereham, joint Letters via Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, which is the nearest net yearly value £2oo, including 51 acres of glebe, in the money order & telegraph office, one mile distant. gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and held since 1905 by Wall Letter Box cleared at 9.30 a.m. & 6.15 p.m. & on the Rev. Arthur Robbs M.A. of St. John's College, sundavs at 9.30 a.m Cambridge, who resides at Wereham. Colonel Leach is Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in l876, for the impropriator of the tithes, which are commuted at 70 children; average attendance, 72; Miss A. Bishop. £256. Here is- a Primitive Methodist chapeL Six acres mistress Churchill Mrs. S. jun Brown William. farmer Hazel Robert, poultry dealer Jarred Michael (letters direct from Carter George Robert, insurance agt Hewing Henry, beer retailer Stoke Ferry) Carter Henry, farm bailiff to A. E. R .Tarrad Ernest. shopkE>eper k butcher Thorrold Edward George Micklefield esq Manning David, gamekeeper to A. E. Tuck William Henry, The Laurels Olark Beales, farmer R. Micklefif'ld esq (letters direct from Stoke Ferry) Cullin John William, grocer Meek John, farmer, Wretton Fen frm COMMERCIAL. Fretwell Stephen, aparts. West view Rickard Alfred, farmer Beagle John, cattle dealer Gathercole William, fishmonger Rickard Waiter, farmer Bradnam John, gamekeeper to Fredk. Go ate George, pig dealer White Henry, boot & shoe Tepairer Valentine esq Goate Jarob, beer retailer (letters direct from Stoke Ferry) WROXHAM is a parish and village on the Stalham Cromer, 7 miles north-east from Norwich, in the Eastern road and on the south bank of the Bure. with a station division of the county, Taverham hundred and petty on the East Norfolk section of the Great Eastern railway, sessional division, St. Faith's union, Norwich county which is also the junction of the branch to Aylsbam and court district, rural deanery of Taverham and arcll-.