. DIRECTORY.] 203 ALDEBY. [.] Hamond Anthony, esq. D.L.High house Bennington William, miller Thomas James, farmer & lime burner COMMERCIAL. Floyd Henry, shopkeeper Winearls Henry, farmer Aylmer Robert Boughen, farmer Softly John, blacksmith Youngman James William, farmer

ALBOROUGH (or ALD:BOROUGH) is a parish and 21st and 2:2nd of June, unless the 21st falls on Saturday, considerable village, 5 miles north from and the in which event it is held on the following Monday and navigable Bure, and 7 south from , in the North 'fuegday. Aldborough is principally in the manor of Eastern division of the county, North hundred, Hanworth, of whieh Lord Suffield is lord. James Gay, Erpingham union, Holt county court district, rural deanery Esq., J.P., of New Hall, is the principal landowner. The of H.epps, arch deaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of . soil is mixed; subsoil, principally brick earth, though some The church of St. Mary is an ancient building, in the Early of it is gravel; it is farmed on the four-course, or Norfolk, Perpendicular style, consisting of nave, north aisle, chancel system •. The area is 788 acres, and the population in 1861 and south porch, but has no tower; it was restored in 1849 was 305. at a cost of £750: in the interior are some old brasses. The Parish Clerk, Shore Woods. register dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, with residence and 26 acres of glebe, and £200 yearly awarded in lieu of tithes, in the gift of Lord Suffield, and Letters through Norwich. Aylsham is the nearest money held by the Rev. John Gudgeon Nelson, of King's College, order office London. There is a good school, maintained by subscrip- School, Henry Harris, master tion, and under Government inspection: there are the names CoN VET ANCE :-An Omnibus leaves the ' Black Boys' of about 65 children on the books. The Primitive Metho- for Norwich, every monday, wednesday & saturday, re- dists have a chapel here. A stock fair is held here on the turning same days Gay James, esq. J.P. New hall Chapman Mary (Mrs.), butcher Prangley Thomas, surgeon Nelson Rev. John Gudgeon, Rectory Cooke William, miller Raper Henry, grocer & draper Prangley Thomas, esq Durrant Robert, blacksmith Sistern Maria (.Miss), dress maker Spurrell Miss Durrant William,Black Boys,& tinman Spurgeon Thomas, plumber & glazier COMMERCIAL. Gotts Alfred, tailor Spurrell John Henry, harness maker Bacon Ezra, carpenter Hud~on Ann (.Mrs.), ironmonger Ward James, carpenter Bone J o!Jn, grocer & draper Hudson George Bradfield, photographer Ward William, Red Lion Burwick James, basket maker Leeder Daniel, shopkeeper Wilkin John, shoe maker, & post office Chapman Henry, baker Leeder Robert, baker Williamson Henry, fellmonger Chapman Stephen, farm bailiff to Miller John, harness maker Woods Shore, tailor Mr . .Benjamin Smith Perkins Charles, watch maker Worts William, blacksmith

ALBURG H is a parish and straggling but pleasant the rent of allotment land, and distributed in coals to the village, seated on a height 1 mile from the Homersfield poor; there is also a town estate of £200 yearly. The station on the ·waveney Valley Railway, which is in this population in 1861 was 587, and the area is 1,515 acres of parish,105 miles from London, 3~ north-east from Harleston, rich loamy land, the property of se\·eral freeholders, the and 5 west from nungay and the navigable Waveney, in the largest owner being Osborn Springfield, Esq., and part South Eastern divi~ion of the county, hundred, belonging to some charities in Norwich. It lies in several Depwade union, Harleston county court district, rural manors. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. deanery of Redeuhall, archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese Parish Clerk, Samuel Smith. of Norwich. The church of All Saints has nave and chancel, a handsome square embattled tower containing 8 bells, and a large Nor man porch: the interior is lofty, with open oak PosT OFFICE.-James Brock, sub-postmaster. Letters roof: the church iB much dilapidated. The register dates are received by foot post through Harleston at 8.30 a.m.; from the year 1510. 'fhe living is a rectory, yearly value dispatched at 5.15 p.m. Harleston is also the nearest £3U5, with residence, in the gift of St. John's College, money order otfice Cambridge, and held by the Rev. John Adams Coombe, M.A., National School, Miss Martha Bardwell, mistress of that college. Here is aN ational school for boys and girls. Homers.field Railway Station, Abraham Kilbourn, There are some charities, one of £40, which is derived from station master Bond Mrs Brooks -, farmer Ling Abraham, beer retailer Coombc Rev. JohnAdams, M.A.Rectory Butcher Jame~, farmer Miles Isaac Cannell, farmer Debenham Mrs Chase John, farmer Moore J ames, butcher Doughton Mrs. Holbrook hill Corneby George, farmer, Abbey farm Moore Robert, bricklayer Youngs Mrs CoxStephen,farmer&miller,Alburghmill .N obbs WiHiam, farmer William Watling, bricklayer Dunn Charles, farmer Pallent William, farmer, Church farm Bond Rarnabas, farmer Dunn Samuel, farmer Smith Samuel ,~hoe maker & parish clerk Bond Robert Lightfoot, relieving officer Edge George, farm~r Spelman Clement 'Vales, farmer, Ivy & registrar of births, deaths & mar- Fairhead , shoe maker cottage riages, Harleston district Flatman Henry, brewer & beer retailer Spelman Henry, farmer, Red House Borrett John, beer retailer Howes John, farm bailiff to H. N. . Taylor Robert, grocer Brock Mary (Mrs.),farmer,Church farm Burroughes, esq Youngs Caroline & Hannah (Misses), Brock Samuel Youngs, builder, wheel- Kilbourn Abraham, station ma!lter, farmers wright & blacksmith Homersfield station Youngs Samuel, farmer, Church farm

ALBY is a parisli and scattered village, 5 miles north­ presentation (for this turn) of R. Dunkley, Esq., of NorthM east from Aylsham and the navigable Bure, and 7 south amptonshire. The tithes have bc~n commuted for £200 from Cromer, in the North-Eastern division of the county, per annum. The Earl of Orford is lord of the manor, and South Erpingham hundred, Aylsham union and county Mr. William Wicks and the trustees of the late W. H. court district, rural deanery of Tngworth, and archdeaconry Wyndham, Esq., are the chieflandowners. The chief crops and diocese of Norwich. The eh urch of St. E thelbert is a are wheat, turnips, barley and grass. The population in neat building of cut flint and stone, consisting of nave, 1861 was 231, and the area is 811 acres. chancel, and square tower containing a clock and 1 bell. Parish Clerk, Edmund Carr. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Earl of Orford, and held by the Letters throug·h Norwich, via Hanwol'th. Aylsham is the Rev. Edwin Puckle, B.A., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, on the nearest money order office Puckle Rev. Edwin, B.A. [rector], Blythe Dennis, carpenter Pedgrift Thomas, farmer Rectory Farrow Thomas Barber, farmer Richardson Richard, farmer COMMERCIA!.. King Robert, f11rmer, Park farm Temple John, farmer Amos Jobn, farmer Pearse 1\iaria (Miss), Horseshoe!

ALDEBY i!! a considerable village and parish, nnd i!tation vering hundred, Loddon and Clavering union, Beccles county on the Great Eastern Railway, in the vale of the Waveney, court district, rural deanery of Brooke, archdeaconry of 4 miles north-east from Beccles, and 16 south-east from Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary Norwich, in the South-Eastern division of the county, Cla- is large, consisting of chancel, chancel aisle, nave, north