[NORFOLK.] REEPHAl\I. 416 [POST OFFICE

Armstrong Rev. Skiffington, ll.A. Cable Arthur, grocer & hair dresser King George, cattle dealer [curate] Chester Francis, carpenter Knig·hts Charles, Be1'7wy Arms Leathes Rev. Frederic, B.A. Rectory Cockerill Ezekicl, farmer Laydon Geo, wheelwright & carpenter Rose J olm \Villiam, esq. Old hall Cooper John, tea & coffee dealer Mutt.en Richard, Ship COMMERCIAL. Darby Thomas, miller & corn merchnt Nichols Robert, shoe maker Adams Amos, miller D uffield John, farmer Play ford John, cattle dealer Barker Robert, blacksmith Gofien J ames, lime burner Sales Samuel, shoe maker Barnes Edward, Railway hotel Hall Charles, Brickmakers' Arms Sewell James Cooper, tailor & draper Harnes J ames, millwright Hall James, Lord Nelson, & boat !Jldr Smith Edward, butcher Beck Benjamin, shopkeeper Hindle .Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Smith Robert, Eagle tarern Henns John, beer retailer Hind le John, machinist & grocer Smith Samuel, grocer Henns Philip, farmer Jary Williarn Thornas,farmer, The Hall Stone Benja.min, brick maker Browne Hobert, farmer J ones Samuel, bricklayer Stone 'l'homas, 'boot maker Burgess George, farmer J ones William, horse breaker & shop­ Wales Isnac John, cooper & timber Burgess J olm, f~trmer keeper merchant

REEPHAM is a small marlNorwich, date~ from the year 158.:1.. The living is a vicarage, in the hundred of Eynsford, Aylsham union and county annexed to the rectory of H ackford, joint yearly value court district, r•1ral deanery of Sparham, and archdeaconry £531 18s., in the gift of J. II. Holley, Esrh and held by the find diocese of Norwich. The church of Reepharn (St. Rev. Edward Holley, M.A., of Caius College, Ca.rnbridg·e. Mary the Virgin) is an anciont structure, having nave, Here are two extensive tanneries, occupied 'by Mr. Robert aisles, and chancel, with srpmre em battled tower con tainiug Leamon, and Mr. Stcphen :Leeds, who have estates in the 2 bells; in the chancel is a monument, inlaid with brass, to parish. John Collyer, Esq., of Hackford H rill, is lord of William de Kerdiston, ob. 1391, and his lady, who is repre­ the manor and chief landowner .. The soil is sand and loam ; sented in the reticulated headdress of the period: under an subsoil, clay and gravel, The chief crops are wheat, root:;, arch in the north wall of the chancel is a Knight Ternplar, barley and bay. The population in 1BG1 was 487: and the of the Kerdiston family, which has been engraved fot· area is 1,511 acres. "Stothard's Monumental Effigies:" a handsome stained PARISH CLERKS:- glass east window has been recently added, the gift of Sir St. J.lfm·y's, Reepham-cum-Kerdiston, Job Henry Watson .E. R. J odrell, Bart., in memory of his mother. 'The register St. Lllichael's, Hackford-cnm-Whitwell, Thomas llawes dates from the year 1538. The living is a rectory, with Kerdiston annexed, joint yearly value £G99, in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge, and held by 'the Hcv. Michacl PosT & l\IONEY ORDER OFFICE &; Post Office Savings Marlow Urnfreville \Vilkinson, M .A., of that college. Reep­ Bank & GovP.rnment Annuity & Insurance Oilice-l\fi~s ham is remarkable for three churche~ having been erected · Amelia Sands, postmistress. Letters arrive from Norwich in one churchyard-viz., its own church, and those of \Vhit­ at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 4.35 p.m.; tl1e box closes at well and H ackford; but the last was destroyetl by a fire in 4.15 p.m. but letters can be posted till 4.30 p.m. on pay­ 1500. Here are two Cemete1·ies, one for the use of Heep­ ment of 1d. extra ham and Kerdiston, and the other for Hackford and Whit­ INSURANCE AGENTS:- well. 'I' here is a National school for the use of Reepbam Law Union, Francis Samuel llircham, esq and Kerdiston, built in 1847, and also one for Hackford and Norwich~ London Accidental~ Casual, Francis Samuel Whitwell, for boys, girls and infant~. The W esleyans, Bircham, esq 'Vesleyan New Connexion, anti Primitive Methodists Norwich Union, Francis Samuel Bircham, George St. have chapels here. There is a brewery, which has been John carried on by the Bircham family for more than a century, Reliance !IIutual Life, Johnson Cripps and there are also two extensive tanneries. The market is Sun Fire, J ohnson Cripps held on Wednesday for corn and cattle, and a fair is held PUBLIC ESTAllLISH~IENTS :- on June 29th for stock, horses, &c. Petty sessions are held Police Station~ Magistrates' Room, DerelJam road here every alternate l\Ionday at the Police Station, a brick­ Reading Room&' Library,Hackford, Johnson Cripps1 sec built building, with magistrates' room and offices attached. PUBLIC OFFICERS:- Here are also a Reading-room and Library in the Market­ Clerk to the Magistrates ~ Commissioners of Taxes, place, well supported. The Rev. Sir Edward Repps Jodrell, Francis Samuel Bircham Bart., is lord of the manor, and with 'Vm. Bircham, Esq., Clerk to the Norwich ~ Fakenham Tu1·npike Trusts, and Blake Humfrey, Esq., principal landowners. The popu­ Francis Samuel Bircha.m lation of the parish of Reepham with Kerdiston in 1861 was Inspector of Police, Thomas Bo~1ttell 553, and the area is 2,2t:i0 acres, Registrar of Bi1'ths ~Deaths, George Stearman PLACES OF WORSHIP:- Hackford by Reepham is a parish, which includes St.Mary' sChurch, Reepham-cum-Kerdiston, Rev. Michael Reepham market-place. The church, which stood in Reep­ Marlow Umfreville Wilkinson, M.A. rector - ham churchyard, was destroyed in 1500. The living is an­ St. Michael's Chu1·ch, Hackford-cum-Whitwe11, Rev. nexed to Whit well. Hackford Hall, n mile and a half west, Edward Holley, M.A. vicar; Rev. John Francis J ames, is the seat of Johu Collyer, E8q., who inherited it from the curate families of Messenger and Mousey, The Ollands, the seat of lVesleyan Chapel, Hackford! ministers various William Bircham, Esq., is a handsome building in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, ministers various Gothic style. There are four manors: :Mr. Robert George SCHOOLS:- is lord of the manor of Hackford Market, and William National, Hackford & Whitwell,John Burgoyne, muster; Todd, Esq., of l\1 orwich, of the other three. 'l'he principal Miss Leonora Woodhouse, infants' mistress landowners are John Collyer, Esq., Blake Humfrey, Esq., National, Reepham St. 1\Iary, Miss Eliza Cattell Newbold, and William Bircham, Esq. The soil i~ sand and loam ; mistress subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are barley, roots, Co~VEYANCE TO NonwicH.-Omnibus,Richard Badcock, wheat and hay. The population in 1861 was 7til, and the leaves the 'Greyhound 1 every monday, wednesday & area 754 acres. saturday at 8 a.m, to the 'Moon & Stars,' Norwich, re­ Kerdiston is a parish annexed to Reepham, the united turning same days at 5 p.m.; omnibus, John Bugdale, parishes being called Reepham-cum-Kerdiston. The prin­ leaves the 'King's Armt~ 1 on saturday at 8 a. m. leaving cipal landowner is R. Blake Humfrey, Esq., .J.P., of Norwich same day at 5 p.m Wroxham. The population in 1861 was 207, and the area CARRIER TO NORWICH.-Richard Badcork, from r Kin~'s 1,680 acres. Arm9,' monday, wednesday & saturday,returning same days COMMERCIAL. Boddy Henry, farmer Reepham. Alderton Thomas, surgeon Brownsell Thomas, farmer, The Moor Alderton Thomas, esq Baker William Baley, chimney sweeper, Dewing Thomas, shopkeeper Dalrymple 1\Irs. The Moor The Moor Doughty William, plumber \Vilkinson Rev.Michael Marlow U mfre­ Birt'ham & Sons, brewers, ma1tsters & M'l\lichael James, tea dealer ville, M.A. Rectory spirit merchants, Reepham brewery Parke Wm. Burcham, farmer, The MoOY