Swanton Morley. 821 Margoram Mrs Mary Rowing John, farmer, Park farm Springall Jph. (&Son); h Oreengate Mayes John, farmer, Mill farm; h Russell John, vict. Papermakers' house Worthing Arms, aJ;).d watchmaker Tracy Rev William Borrer, B.A. Mitchell George, grocer, draper, and Savory Arthur John, fmr. Castle fm curate postmaster Smith J ames, bootmaker V erden J ames, shoemaker Murrell Mrs Charlotte Smith Samuel, farm bailiff, Little Ward William, farmer Pearse George, shoemaker Hayes farm Ward William, fartner and cattle Pye Mrs Martha Springall Charles (Joseph & Son) dealer, Ivy house, W oodgate Pre Waiter, farmer & landowner builder, &c. Webb Charles, farmer, Hill house RIX George, shopkeeper Sprin gall J oseph & Son, builders, Weir Samuel, general dealer Reeve Peter, fa1mer contractors, brick and tile makers Wigg Grigson H. fmr. Field house Rowing James Parker, farmer and and farmers ; and at Hoe and C.A.RRIER.-J ames Fleming to Nor- landowner, W oodgate East Dereham wich, on Saturday. SWANTON-NOVERS is a scattered village, 6 miles S.W. by S. of Holt, 2 miles south-west from Melton Constable Railway Station, and its parish is in Walsingham union, Fakenham county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, Holt hundred, rural deanery, and petty sessional division and Norwich archdeaconry. It had 282 inhabitants in 1881, living on 1,315 acres, and has a rateable value of £1,399. Charles Atkinson, Esq., is the chief owner of the soil, but Lord Hastings is lord of the manor. The common was enclosed in 1811. The CHURCH (St. Edmund) stands on a commanding eminence, from which Norwich Cathedral may be seen; and comprises nave, chancel, north aisle, south porch, and square tower with one bell. It was completely restored in 1881, and a north. aisle and south porch added under the superintendence of E. Dolby Esq., architect. A curious piscina, which had been embedded in the chancel wall, has been discovered and restored. The seats are open and free. The font is an interesting octagonal onE', bearing the evangelistic symbols. The register dates from 1668. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £4 15s. 2d .• is in the patronage of Lord Hastings and incumbency of the Rev. Geo. Wilkinson Rolfe, B.A. The tithes have been commuted for £230; the glebe was formerly 34 acres, but by an exchange dated 1887 between the rector and C. Atkinson, Esq., it has been reduced to 13 acres, the rector having the rectory­ house as part of the exchange. The METHODISTS have a small chapel. The ScHooL is supported by voluntary rate. W .ALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.15 p.m. Post via East Dereham. Melton Constabl~ is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office and Hailway Station. Atkinson Mr Charles, landowner, Cosser Mr Thomas John Pointer Wm. farmer & cattle dealer Swanton honse Gidney Ro bert John, farmer Rolfe Rev George Wilkinson, B.A, , Bardell Edward Cross, farmer Hunt Charles, gamekeeper rector, the Rectory Bell Wm. vict. Bell inn & farmer Kendall Mr Daniel, The Cottage Sands Robert, farmer, Hall farm Clare Wm. Geo. bldr. & wheelwright May Mrs J a ne Eliz. grcr. and drpr Smalls Miss Sarah, Voluntary Codling Thomas, gamekeeper May Samuel, pig dealer schoolmistress Codling Thomas, blacksmith Mussett Mrs Charlotte, beerhouse Yarham Robert, grocer and draper Codling William, blacksmith Mussett John, parish clerk RAILWAY.-Me1ton Constable is the Cooper J ames, market gardener Patrick Arthur, boot & shoemaker nearest station SWARDESTON, 4 miles S.S.W. of Norwich, is a pleasant village and parish in Henstead union Humbleyard hundred, Swainsthorpe petty sessional division, Norwich county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, Humbleyard rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 339 inhabitants in 1881, living on 933 acres. The parish is in two manors, called Swardeston and Gowthorpe. John Henry Gurney, Esq., is lord of the former, and John Steward, Esq., of the latter; but part of the soil belongs to Fortescue Long, Esq., G. D. Palmer-Kerrison, Esq., J. H. Gurney, Esq., and John Steward, Esq., and several smaller owners. Swardeston Rectory, built by the Hobart family, was mostly rebuilt about 50 years ago, and is now occupied by G. N. Lathan, Esq., but belongs to G. D. Palmer-Kerrison, Esq., the impropriator. The Hall Farm, formerly a seat of the Berneys is the tithe-free estate of John Steward, Esq. M.ANGREEN H.ALL belongs to Fortescue Long, Esq., and is occupied by the Rev. W. Fellowes, .l\:I.A. GoWTHORPE Il.ALL, now occupied by Mr. Arthur King, is a fine Elizabethan residence in the shape of the letter H, built in 157 4. The CHURCH (Virgin Mary) is a neat edifice of Early Decorated architecture, consisting of nave, chancel, and massive embattled tower with four bells. In its windows are some fragments of ancient stained glass, and it contains memorials of the Marsh, Kemp, and Berney families. The nave and chancel are of the same width an& height, and are separated by a carved oak screen. There is a piscina near the east end. John Steward, Esq., is the patron of the vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at £6, and augmented with £800 of Queen Anne's Bounty in 1800 and 1819, and £200 given by the late J. Steward, Esq., in the latter year. It is now worth £180 a year. The Rev. Frederick Cavell is the vicar. A new vicarage was built in 1865 at a cost of about £1,500, The WESLEY.ANS have a small chapel in the parish, built in 1840 by Mr. Ezra Parr. There is also a small MrssroN RooM built by Mr. Frederick Smith in 1880, who officiates on Sunday. A SCHOOL BoARD was established in 1875, and a school was built in 1877 at a cost of about £1,000, and has an average attendance of about 50 mixed scholars. Mr. G. B. Feltham is honorary clerk. PosT OFFICE at Mr. Paul Hemnell's. Letters arrive at 7.20 a.m., anq are despatched at 5.30 p.m. on week days, and at 10.40 a.m. on Sundays, vt'a Norwich. Mulbarton is the nearest Money Order Office, and Norwich is the nearest Telegraph Office. .