462 LOPHAM. . [ KELLY's

station on the and Norwich section of the Great Board School (hired from the trustees of the Wesleyan Eastern railway, in the Mid division of the county, Guilt­ chapel), holding roo children ; average attendance, 83; cross and petty sessional division, Guiltcross ·william Mann, master; Mrs. Mann, mistress hundred and union, Diss county court district, rural deanery The village of , the adjoining parish, of Rockland, arch deaconry of Norfolk and . is a mile south from that of . The church of The church of St. Nicholas, North Lop ham, is a fine and St. Andrew, situated in a field, is an ancient building of flint large edifice, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south nave, aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower, porch and a fine central Norman tower, with pinnacles, and principally of flint: the south porch is Norman, and the containing a clock and 6 bells : traces of a north aisle still outside of the church and the buttresses exhibit many Latin remain: the chanl"el was thoroughly restored in r866 and inscriptions: the chancel was thoroughly restored in r862, the fine Norman arches of the tower thrown open: the rest and in r887 the nave and aisles were reseated and part of of the church was restored and reseated in r874, and in r878 the tower converted into a vestry : there are 250 sittings. an organ was obtained : there arc 400 sittings, 130 being The earliest registers date from the year 1558. The livings free. The register date8 from the year I554· The lidng is of North and South Lopham form a consolidated rectory, consolidated with that of North Lopham. The town lands tithe rent-charge North Lopham £303, South Lopham and church charity are applied by the trustees, according £495, joint net yearly value £620, including 32 acres of to a scheme sanctioned by the Court of Chancery, to the glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since r86r by maintenance of the church and schools of South Lop ham; the Rev. John Fitzherbert Bateman M.A. and formerly the yearly surplus, or a sum not exceeding one-fourth of the fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and rural dean of net income, is distributed amongst the poor who have not Rockland: the patron is bound to present fellow of St. a received parish relief for six months previously. The poor John's College, Cambridge. There is a small Primitive have the benefit of a charity left by William Branch Elliott Methodist chapel and a Wesleyan chapel, with a burial esq. and there is a fuel allotment in the fen, consisting of ground, and a school room, now let to the School Board. A abou1, 200 acres, of which part is for South Lop ham and part cemetery of a quarter of an acre was formed in r871, at a for North Lopham. Henry Edward Garrod esq. of Diss, is cost of£ 150, and is under the control of the Burial Board of lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Duke nine members. The town is noted for the manufacture of of Nor folk K. G. Thomas Buckcnham esq. and .Mrs. Jarrett, of linen, diaper, dowlas and huckaback, principally by small Diss; the trustees of the lateWilliam Ayton; the trustees of the manufaL-turers, who traverse the neighbouring shires to sell late Thomas Davy esq. of Flint Hall, East Harling; Robert their goods. The town lands and charities are applied by the Wornack esq. and Rev. John Fitzherbert Bateman are also trustees according to scheme framed by the Charity Com­ a landowners. The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley and missioners in 1870, for the benefit of the most deserving and turnips. The land comprises some kindly working loams necessitous poor of the parish and for providing rewards for resting on clay subsoil, and some of a heavy kind, all of the school children, as well as for the maintenance and which are good corn-growing lands. About a mile east of repair of the church. The land is chiefly the property of South Lopham, in the fen or low lands, is Lopham Gate, the Duke of Norfolk K.G. but there are several smaller where there are two springs, from which flow the Little owners. Henry Edwin Garrod esq. of the Grove, Diss, is Ouse and vVavcncy; the former takes a course through lord of the manor. The land is of mixed and heavy soil; Thetford, Brandon and Lynn, and the latter flows to Yar­ subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. mouth, and both divide the counties of N OTfolk and Suffolk. The area is 2,000 acres; rateable value, £2,791 ; the popu­ The area is 1,937 acres; rateable value, £2,604; the popu­ lation in 1891 was 598. Parish Clerk, William Mann. lation in r8g1 was 476. PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.­ Parish Clerk, Charles Algar Keeble. Alfred Ruddock, receiver. Letters arrive through Thet­ ford, via East Harling; delivered at 7· 30 a.m.; dispatched PosT 0FFICE.-Thomas Cox, receiver. Letters received at 5-55 p.m. ; sunday delivery, 7-55 a.m. ; dispatched through Thetford, via East IIarling, at 7.50 a. m.; dis­ 10.25 a. m. The nearest telegraph office is at patched at 5.25 p.m. ; sundays at 7.50 a. m.; dispatched ~SCHOOLS:- ro a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at A School Board of 5 members was formed compulsorily May 26, 1877 ; F. Fowell, Garboldisham, clerk to the Parochial School (mixed), with master's residence, was board ; Thomas Tyler, North Lopham, attendance officer erected here in 1863, at a cost of about £8oo, for 120 "The old National School, now called "the Albert room," children ; average attendance, 8o ; the school is under was built, with master's residence, in 1871, at a cost of the management of trustees, of whom the rector & £7oo, on a site given by Mrs. G. E. Buckenham: it is churchwardens are ex-officio & there are ro others; .now used as a sunday school & for lectures, meetings &c Marcus K. Bardwell, master North Lopham. Cole Aldis, farmer, Whitebread farm Womack Thomas Wm. grocer & draper PRIVATH RESIDENTS. Cole Alfred, farmer, Noddle farm WomackWilliam John, King's Ilead P.H. Crook Charles, blacksmith & wheelwright ~eales Stephen, sen Crowe:Malteyward ,farmer, Church farm Womack William Newson,miller (wind) Buckenham Mrs. G. E. The Limes Emms Sarah (Mrs.), fanner Yeates Jesse, grocer & draper Chamberlain Thomas Elsey George, farmer Edwards Thomas Foster William, bricklayer South Lopham. Fletcher Mrs Fuller Philip, farmer Bateman Rev. John Fitzherbert M.A. Garrod Mrs Gooch John, poultry dealer [rector], Rectory Hinds William Thomas Hogg William, farmer Buckenham Thomas Land Mrs Holden Charles, farmer Muskett Edward Pitt Rev.Richard Warcup M.A.[curate] Holden James, farmer Self Mrs Rolfe William Waiter Holden Stephen, fanner COMMERCIAL. Warne Miss Howard Robert, Bell P.H. & shoe maker Barker Mary Ann (.Mrs.), Crown P.H Womack Mrs Jolly Maurice, mill stone dresser Bloomfield Arthur, farm bailiff to the COMMERCIAL. Kebble Arthur, boot & shoe maker Rev. John Fitzherbert Bateman Anderson William, farmer Kettle James Alfred, plumber & glazier Bowel! Levi, farmer Baker James, farmer Land George, carpenter Bowell William, farmer Banham Richard, baker Murton Edward (Mrs.), linen manufr Bowhill Jacob, blacksmith Beales Robert, carpenter N ewson George William, linen manu- Huckenham T. W. & J. linen manufactrs Beales Stephen,jnn.linen manufacturer facturer,assistant overseer & collector Bnckenham Thomas, farmer Beales Samuel, butcher & farmer of taxes for Harling district & appoint­ Bullock Waiter, farmer Beales Wm. carpenter& wheelwright &c ed bailiff under the Law of Distress Cock Robert, farmer Bowel! Frederick, farmer Amendment Act Cock Thomas, farmer Bowel! Robert, farmer Reeve Righteous, thatcher Crowe Edgar,farmer, ·walnut Tree farm Bowell Thomas, farmer Reeve Robert, thatcher & farmer Downing Saml. coal mer. & news agent Brock Frederick, farmer Robinson Thomas, farmer & cab propr Eacock William Frost, farmer Brock William, farmer Rolfe George Nelson, farmer Eaton William, farmer Brown Charles, farmer, Lodge Ruddock Alfd. tailor & grocer,Post office Garnham Thomas, carpenter Buckenham T. W.& J. linen manufactrs Shaw William Arthur, farmer Garnham Walter H. carpenter Bush Herbert Benjamin, farmer Smith George, Bull P.H Goddard Henry,Chequers P.H.& builder Cattermole Richard, fruiterer Thnrlow Mary (Mrs.), Cherry Tree P.H & contractor Cemetery (F. Fowell, Hopton, clerk to Walker Isaac, carpenter Goddard Jesse, wheelwright the burial board) White Harvey, Black IIorse P.H Grant Joseph, shoe maker Chamberlain Thomas, farmer Womack John, farmer Grant Phillis (Mrs.), baker Coe Josiah, boot & shoe maker Womack Thomas, farmer, Park farm Holden Henry, farmer