DIRECTORY.] . COSTON. 87 of Moyn's Park, are the principal landowners, the latter A School Board of 7 members was formed June 21, r875, being owner of the recwrial tithes. The soil is light and for the united district of , Irmingland & Sax• sandy; subsoil, sand and gravel. The chi~f crops are thorpe; H.ev. John ,V. Walker M. A. chairman; William wheat, barley, hay and roots. The area is 1,027 acres, 49 Bruce, of Aylsham, clerk to the board & attendance of which are common; rateable value, £r,293; the popula­ officer tion in 1891 was 384. Board School, built in 188r at a cost of £t,wo, foi" TI9 Parish Clerk, Henry S. l'latten. children; average attendance, IIO; William 'Vallis, Lcttera through . Saxthorpe is the nearest money order & telegraph o!Hce at the railway station. Wall master; Mrs. Ellen 'Vallis, mistress Letter Box cleared at n.rs a. m.& 3·45 p.m. week days only Hail way Station, ·william Henry Havis, station master Carver Mrs Dagless Geo. Wheatsheaf P. H. & farmr Moy Thomas Lim. coal merchants (R. Pinchen James, Bloomfield house Egleton Sidney, blacksmith Stammers, agent) Barnard Matthew, Duke's Head J?.H Flogdell Henry, grocer & draper Page Henry, grocer & draper llateman Alfred Jas. builder & contrctr Fowell ~'illiam, farmer Pinchen James (under Royal patron- Bateman Elizh. (Mrs.), Horseshoes P.H Frior Hobl)rt, tailor age), baking powder & mineral water Brigham Richard, baker Goldsmith Henry, draper manufacturer & farmer Burton Joseph, carpenter & whcelwrght G,1ldsmith Samuel, miller (wind & Pinchen John, baker Bussens James John, butcher water) & merchant Rix Benjamin William, Holly farm Dusseus James John, jun. farmer Goldsmith Thomas, seedsman Utting Edward, farmer, butcher &c

COSTESSEY (corrupted into Cossey) is a parish and which service is held every Sunday. The only charity is village pleasantly seated on the river Wensum, and consists one of about £7 yearly value, which is distributed annually principally of one street, extending nearly 2 miles, with on Easter Monday to poor widows and widowers resident houses of irregular form, r mile south-west from Drayton in the parish. At the eastern extremity of the vilhtge is a station on the Midland and Great Northern joint railway, large floor mill, worked by the river 'Vensum. Costessey and 4 ~ north-west from Norwich, in the Mid division of the Hall, the seat of Lord Stafford, who is lord of the manor county, Forehoe hundred and petty sessional division and and chief landowner, stands in an extensive park, close to union, Norwich county court district, rural deanery of Hing­ the river V!'ensum; the new Hall, which adjoins the old ham, Forehoe division, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese mansion, is a structure of red brick, in the Tudor style, of Norwich. The church of St. Edmund is a large building erected from the designs of Mr. John Chester Buckler, of flint, chiefly in the Gothic style of the 13th century, con­ architect, of Oxford, and has a tower and richly ornamented sisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and. an embattled chimneys and pinnades, and attached is a large domestic western tower, with low wooden spire, containing 5 bells: chapel, dedicated to St. Augustine of ; the Hall, the south doorway is Norman: in the church is a very hand­ which has a noble appearance, is surrounded by plantations some Florid Gothic screen, which has been renovated at the and over goo acres of park, containing some fine timber and cost of J. S. Corbett esq.: there are monuments to the an ornamental lake; the house is enriched with a choice Waldegrave family, 1658 ; and to that of J erningham from collection of antiquities, and has some fine paintings by old 1730 to 1773: the church was completely restored in 1890 masters. The soil is chiefly sand and light loam; subsoil, at a cost of £r,soo, the nave being refitted and furnished various. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and turnips. with a fine Jacobean pulpit by the Rev. Whitwell El win B. A. The area is 2,720 acres, exclusive of a common of 270 acres, rector of Booton ; the chancel was restored by the trustees which has been enclosed, and 41 of water; rateable ya]ue, of the Great Hospital, ~orwich, at a cost nf about £350 and £3,578; the population in r8gr was 881. two new soulh doors were given by E. K. Harvey esq. : Parish Clerk, Albert Barber. there are 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £17 5, Post & M. 0. 0., S. R. & Annuity & Insurance Office.­ in the gift of the trustees of the Great Hospital at Norwich, Caius Spaul, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Norwich and held since 1845 by the Rev. James Williams Evans M. A. at 4·45 a. m. & 3-30 p.m. ; dispatched at I r a. m. & 5-45 of Trinity College, Oxford. The Catholic church of St. p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Drayton railway 'Vulstan, now disused, is a structure of brick and has some station stained windows ; Divine service is at present held in the Catholic School, erected in r 87 r, for 1 8o children ; average private chapel at the Hall. There is a Baptist chapel in the attendance, r6o, & supported by Lord Stafford; the centre of the village, and the W esleyans have a room in Sisters of Charity of St. Paul are the teachers Brett Daniel Churchyard & Sons, drapers & grocers Ireson John, firewood dealer Coverdale Henry, Costessey park Cole Frank ~'illiam, assistant overseer Johnson James, "White Hart P.H Culley H. E. N orton, Wens urn cottage for Taverham King Harriet (Miss), shopkeeper Culley Misses, Wensum cottage Cook Robins, farmer, Lodge farm Lyons John, Falcon inn Culley Lionel Blakeley Coverpale Henry, land stewarrl to Lord Parry Waiter Samuel, Black Swan P.H DaviesVery Rev. Monsignor George:M:. A. Stafford, Costessey park Pollard Wi!Jiam John, manager for (Catholic) Culley Drol hers, millers (water), Cos­ Messrs. CulleyBros. millers,River view EvansRev. James Williams ~LA. (vicar) tessey mills Pratt John, baker & grocer Rice Edgar, Mill house Dogg-ett Willi~m, shoe maker Savage George Joseph, saddler Goodrr~on William Robert, wheelwright Simmons Philip, shoe maker COMMERCIAL. & blacksmith Spaul Ca.ius, registrar of marriages for Addis011 Geo. Wm. pig dlr. TheCommon Gunton George & Wtlliam, fancy brick Forehoe district, Post office Anderson Robert, Bush P.H makers Spaul M:uia (.~1rs. ), shopkeeper .BanhamJames,well sinker & lime burner Gun ton Charlotte (Mrs.), beer retailer Sidney Christmas Robt. market gardenr Barley William, boot maker Gunton Frederick, builder Thrower William, farmer Burnett George, corn merchant Harris Joseph, farmer ·white William, assistant overseer & Cannell William, butcher & farmer Harvey Charles, shoe maker clerk to parish council Carr George, farmer Hostler James, chimney sweeper Wright James Henry, farmer

COSTON is a parish on the river Yare, I mile east from the Earl of Kimberley, and held since 1895 by the Rev. Hardingham station on the 'Vyrnondham and Wells line of William Trevor Quinn, of St. Aidans. The Rectory house the Great Eastern railway, and 5 north-west from ~'ymond­ was built in 1850 at a cost of £6oo, on a site where formerly bam, in the Mid division of the county, Forehoe hundred, stood the residence of the Catho!ic archdeacons of Norfolk, petty sessional division and union, counLy court district of and was considerably enlarged and restored by the Rev. A. T. 'Wymondham, rural deanery of Hingham, Forehoe division, Hodgson B.A. late rector, in J886, at a cost of £soo. The archdeaconry of Norfolk and . The church Earl of Kimberley K.G., P.C. is lord of the manor and of St. 1\Iichael is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early principal landowner. The soil is various; subsoil, brick­ English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and earth. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and bay. an embattled western tower containing one bell : there are The area is 355 acres ; rateable value, £452; the population remains of the steps leading to the rood loft, a good example in 1891 was 55· of a lepers' window, now bricked up, and an ancient piscina. : Parish Clerk, J onathan N eve. the organ was erected as a memorial to C. C. Atkins esq. by his children, at a cost of Lgo; the church was repaired and Letter Box at the Hall cleared at 6 p.m. Letters through reseated in r8so, and has about 120 sittings. The register Wymondham arrive at 8.15 a. m. Barnham Broom is the dates from the year 1694. The living is a rectory, with the nearest money order office; telegraph offices at 'Vymond­ vicarage of Runhall annexed, tithe rent-charge £92, average ham & Hingham f.Jo, joint net yearly value £96, with 6 acres of glebe and residence, in the alternate gift of the Bishop of Norwich and The children of this place attend tbe schonl at Runhall