Haveringland. 349 Churchill, daug~ter of the lat~ Duke of Mad borough. About forty years ago the late Lord de Ramsey erected a splendid new HALL, m the Italian style, on the eastern side of the extensive and well-wooded park, about half a mile from the old hall, which had long been the seat of his family. This elegant mansion IS now one of the finest seats in Norfolk, and is a square building of Bath stone, with a handsome tower at the north-Bast angle. The pleasure grounds are very extensive and tastefully laid out, and have spacious conservatories, hot-houses, &c. J n front of the house is a fine sheet of water covering 17 acres. In the Great Wood there are over 140 acres of Lilies of the V alley growing. The late proprietor of the parish greatly improved the estate and added to the comfort of the labourers, by pulling down all the old thatched houses and building a number of model cottagos, each of which contains three bedrooms, and has a quartor of an acre of land attached. He also rebuilt the CHuRCH (St. Peter) in 1858, except the ancient round tower, which is still retained. This beautiful church comprises nave, chancel, transepts, and south porch; all its windows are filled with rich stained glass, the floor is paved with encaustic tiles, and the pulpit, reading-desk, open seats, and other fittings are of fine oak. In 1888 a new organ was erected in memory of the late Lord de Ramsey, first baron, by his family. The perpetual curacy, augmented with £400 of Queen Anne's Bounty in 1755 and 1809, and now valued at £63, is in the patronage of Lord de Ramsey, and in the incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Medlicott Brown, B.A., who resides at Cawston. The SCHOOL was built by the Hon. Mrs. Fellowes in 1848. Near the village was De Monte J ovis Priory, founded in the reign of John by William de Gisneto, for Austin Canons, and granted at the Dissolution to William Ha.lse. On the north side of the parish is the lofty shaft of an ancient Cross. PosT OFFICE at Mrs. Sarah Harvey's. Letters arrive at 7.5 a..m., and are despatched at 4 p.m., via Norwich. C;1wston is the nearest Money Order Office, and Cawston Railway Station the nearest Telegraph Office. Amps Mrs. schoolmistress W., and Ramsey Abbey, Hunt­ Menzies Robert, land agent to Lord Boddy George, farmer ingdon De Ramsey Brown Rev Thomas Medlicott, B. A. Gray John, vict. King's Head Inn, Morley Robert, corn miller vicar; h Cawston and farmer Savage J ames Janus, gamekeeper De Ramsey William Henry Ri~ht Harvey !tfrs Sarah, postmistress Symonds James J. farmer, Abbey Hon. Lord, Haveringland hall ; Hickling John Shepheard, farmer ; farm and 2 Grosvenor square, London, h Cawston U dale J ames, head gardener HEACHAM, 14 miles N.N.E. of L7nn, is a large and scattered village on the sea-coast, and on the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway. It is m Docking union, Lynn county court di8trict, and bankruptcy district, Smithdon hundred, Smithdon and Brothercross petty sessional division, IIeacham rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeacmtry. It has a rateable value of £6,206, and had 998 inhabitants in 1881, living on,_4,8u3 acres. Heacham is sheltered behind by a bold acclivity, at the foot of which a small rivulet flows across the salt-marsh to the flat beach. The principal owners of the soil are Hamon le Strange, Esq. (lord of the manor), E. Neville Rolfe, Esq., and Caius College, Cambridge. The H.ALL, a handsome red brick mansion in a. well-wooded park, belongs to Mr. H.olfe, and is occasionally occupied by Hugh Rose, Esq. I-Ieacham had a cell of Cluniac monks, under Lewes Abbey, to which this parish was given by William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, in the reign of William Rufus. After the dissolution the manor and rectory were given to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. The CHURCH (St. Mary) is a spacious building, originally in the form of a croRs; but the transepts are gone. It comprises nave with aisles and clerestory, chancel, south porch, and massive square central tower with two bells. The west window is a splendid specimen of the Decorated style, but all the other windows are Perpendicular ; the original east window has been filled up, a square-headed one now occupying its place, A low ceiling hides the roof of the church, and cuts off the whole of the arch of the fine west window. The south doorway is a beautiful specimen of Early English work, and in the porch are the remains of a holy­ water stoup. The church contains numerous tablets of the Rolfe, Redmayne, Elsden and other families. One of the Rolfes sailed with Sir Waiter Raleigh, and his marriage with the Princess Pocahontas, daughter of one of the most celebrated Indian chiefs; great~ facilitated the friendly interconrse between the natives and the English. The register dates from 1558. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6 l3s. 4d., was augmented in 1779 with £200 of Q.A.B., and is in the patronage of E. Neville Rolfe, Esq., and in the incumbency of the Rev. George Thomas Thompson, 1\LA., who has a yearly rent-charge of £263, awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. Messrs. Hamon le Strange and E. N eville Rolfe are impropriators of the great tithes. The 'VESLEYANS and PRIMITIVE. METHODISTS have each a chapel in the parish. The former was originally occupied by the Independents, and was erected in 1831, and the latter was built in 1862. The PAROCHIAL ScHooL, built in 1838 by a former incumbent, is attended by about 110 children. The Infant School was erected in 1815 by subscription, and is attended by about 70 children. The Poor's Land, 6a. 3r.15p., with a cottage, is let for £13 10s., and has been vested in trust from an early period, but was partly exchanged at the enclosure in 1781. The poor have also two yearly rent-charges of 10s. each, left by unknown donors ; and the dividends of £500 Three per Cent. Consols, left by Mrs. Frances Rolfe in 1837, to be given in clothing. PosT, MoNEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE at J ames Kemp's. Letters arrive at 6.0 a m. and 1 p.m., and are despatched, via Lynn, at 10.40 a.m. and 5.50 p.m. Baney llenjamin Charles, farmer Blakeley Rev Samuel (Wesleyan) B!"own "\Villiam, farmer, Ken hill Beck Miss Homemead, ladies' schl Booth by Octavius, market gardener farm; h Sedgeford Benstead Thos. baker, confectioner Boythorne Robert, wheelwright Brown William Thomas, farmE>r, and tobacconist Brown Geo • .B. M. farmer, Manor Kenhill farm Bla~k Mrs Fanny, Churcq house farm Camp bell Mrs. Summerhill .