420 SBELFANGER. NOR~~OLK. [KELLY18 Smith esq. and in 1899 a stained window was erected to here by .A.. C. Farrington esq. M.R.C.S.E.; the water, the Rev. Clement Ogle Blakelock M.A. rector, 1863-97: which has been analysed by Professor .Attfield, of Lon­ the church . was re~tored in I865, and affords I 50 don, professor Tichborne, 0~ Dublin, and F. Sutton esq. i!ittings, 100 being free. The registe:t dates from the of Norwich, is -chalybeate and saline, and its temperature y!lar 1685. The living is a rectory, net yearly value indicates the source- to be at a depth of about a quarter ..£366, including 35 acres of glebe, with residence, in of w mile : connected with these springs is a drinking the gift of .Albert Blakelock esq. <l·f Sheffield, and held fountain, and a plunge bath has also been constructed: since 1898 by the Rev. Williaiii Robert HarriSJson M . .A. · the water, deprived by a simple process of its mineral .of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There is a Bap- constituents; forms a pure non-medicinal tabla water. tist chapel, founded in 1765, with sittings for 400 persons, Parish Clerk, William Welton. and a Wesleyan chapel here. Franklin and Dade's charity Post & Postal Order O.ffice.-George Youells, sub-post­ Jands are now let in allotments, producing (in 1904) £18, master. I.etters received through Diss at . a.m.; ·which is applied for the relief of the poor and for other 7 5 varish purposes. The Duke of Norfolk K.G. who is lord dispatched at 5-25 p.m.; sunday, delivery 7·5 a.m.; uf the mapor. and Richard K&shaw esq. are the chief di:>patched at 11.25 a.m. Di5s is the nearest money landowners. The soil is heavy; subsoil, clay. The chief order {lffice, 3 miles distant; WinfaTthing the nearest ~rops are wheat, barley, oats, peas and beans. The area telegraph office, 2 mi1es distant is 1,725 acres; rateable value, £1,692; the population in Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1865 by 1901 was 307. · Albert Smith esq. for 100 children; average attendance, Two valuable mineral springs have been discovered So: Philip Bixby, master; Mrs. Marie Bixby, mistress ' .Annes :Mrs Brame George Edward, farmer Porcher Harry Crosby, farmer Chapman Thomas Clarke .Anna. (Mrs.), shopkeeper Ribbons Edward, farmer Harrisson Rev. William Robert M . .A.. Edwards John B. farmer Sandy William .Albert, builder; & at Rectory Ellis Waiter William, farmer,TheLdg lleywood, Diss .Jarre;t Rev. Arnos John (Baptist) ' Elsey Philip, farmer Shulver John, farmer Fickling Samuel, fanner Spurdens Jam~s. farmer COMMERCIAL. Green Timothy, shopkeeper Thompson Wm. farmer, Westhall frm l:laker' &rah Ann (Mrs.), farmer Hurrell Fred, blacksmith & Cross Williams Henry, coal dealer Ilaker Samuel, farmer I Keys P.H Womack Edward Reeve, farmer, llean Jam-es, farmer 1Kerridge George, Crown P.H Shelfanger hall Bixby Pbilip, schoolmaster, assistant Layn John, wheelwright Yomlls George, tailor, Post office over;;eer & clerk to the iParishCouncl Pearce .Arthur, carpenter 'SHELTON is a parish and village, 5 miles south-east Frank esq. and held since 1881 by the Rev. Charles irom Forncett Junction station on the Ipswich and Nor- Blomfield Smith, of St. .Augustine's College, Canterbury. -wich section of the Great Eastern railway, 5 north-west The widows' rent charity consists of £1 yearly, left by trom HarlesMn, and I!:!. south from Norwich, in the Danson !<'utter for rent for two poor widows. Shelton :Southern division of the county, Depwade hundred, petty Hall, formerly the seat of the family of that name, is .-sessional division and union, Harleston county court dis- an ancient mansion surrounded by a. moat, and now , <trict, rural deanery of Depwade, archdeaconry of Nor. occupied by E. C. Hawkins esq. who is the chief 1and­ tolk- and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary owner. Commander Thomas Holmes R.N. is lord of the is an ancient structure of red brick with stone dressings, manor; Frederick Bacon Frank esq. of Camp5all H<1ll, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, Doncaster, the trustees of the late Osborn Springfield esq. · aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower of and the Rev. 'l"hornton Sutton Shaw M . .A. rt-ctor of tlint containing one bell : at the east end are three Bedingfield, Suffolk, a.re also landowners. The land is. stained windows, and an altar tomb of black and white- fertile and the soil heavy; subsoil, chiefly clay. The marble, with kneeling effigies, to Sir Robert Hought<ln chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, peas and beans. The knt. his .son and two wives, but undated: there are area js :r,292 acres; rateable valm~, £1,251; the popula· .also thl'ee stone altar tombs, with arms and inscriptions, .tion in 1901 was 198 . .to the Shelton family, who formerly resided at the Hall: Parish Clerk, Esau Reeder. the brass altar cross was presented in memory of Letters through Long Stratton R.S.O. which is the :Stephen Paul Engleheart M. D. drowned· on the coast of nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive at . .Africa, 29 May, '1885 : the font is ancient and is carved 7 45 . with curious figures : in the roof of the church are great T:~~ is· a Pillar Bo-:t near blacksmith's !'!hop, cleared 'llumbers of bees which have swarmed here for over Ioo p.m. week days only 5 years: in 1882 the church was restored and resented . , and a reading desk and lectern provided, at a cost of .A proy1ded ,;c~ool, consistmg _of s1x managers; Rev. C. B. .£200 : there are 200 sittings. The register dates from ! Smith, chairman; Fredenck Starr, correspondent 1560. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of i Public Elementary School, for 70 children; average at- ·Hardwick, joint net value £3zo, including 30 acres of tendance, 98; Miss Ellen Reeve, mistres-s; Miss Maude- :glebe, with residence, in the gift of Frederick Bacon Watling & Miss Minnie Reeder, assistan~ mistresses .Hawkins Edw3rd Cresar, Shelton hall Burgess Thos. wheelwright & carpentr Ladbrooke Herbert~ farmer 'Smith Rev. Chas. Blomfield, Rectory Burgess Waiter, blacksmith LadbrGoke James, pork butcher · · COMMERCIAt.' ' ' · Cann .Ann (Mrs.), farmer ~~ave George, farmer, Manor farm IJa~:ter Frederick James, farmer ' Hubbard Williall1, farmer Roberh D?.nnis, farmer .Baxtel' Ezaniah James, fa:rm=r, Lime Knight!! Robert, farm bailiff to E. C. Thrower Cornelius, farmer Tree farm - ' Hawkins ·esq Youngs James, farmer " SHEREFORD (or Sheringford) Js a 'Parish on the gi:l.lt of the Marquess Townshend, and held since 1890 river Wensum, abeut ~ miles west ~rom Fakenham Town by the Rev. John Robert Blayney Owen :M •.A. of Queen's .station, on the Midland and G.reat Northern joint railway· College, Oxford, who resides at Toftrees. The :Marquess. and 3 west from Fakenham station, on the 'Vymondham Townshend is lord of the manor and sole landowner . .snd. Wells section of t,he G:reat Eastern railway, in the The soil is various; subsoil, principally sand. The chief North-Western· divisi6n of -the cotmty, Gallow hundred crops a,re wheat. barley and roots. The area is 867 .and petty sessional uivision, Walsingham union and acres; rateable value, £66r; the population in ;r9o1 .eounty &mrt district; rural deanery of North Brisley was 85, ,and Toftrees, archdeaconry of Lynn and dio-cese of Nor- Sexton, James Ducker. -wich. The church of St. Nicholas is a plain building Letters through Fakenham, the nearest money order &; -of flint, in the Norman and Early English styles, con- sis~ing qf chancel. nave and a round western tower of telegraph office, arrive at 8 a.m. Wall Box, cleared -early date, containing one bell: there are 70 sittings. at 8- 20 a.m. & 6 p.m 'The register dates from the year 1721. The living is a Public Elementary School (mixed), er~cted in 1873, for Tectory, co.nsolidated with the vicarage of Toftrees, by 52 children ; average attendance, 40 ; for the parishes ·an Order in Council, dated November, 188r, joint net of Dunton-cum-Doughton, Toftrees & Sliereford i. Miss :yearly value £250, including 92 acres of glebe, in the Nesta Wood, mistress 'Riche11 G€orge, farmer, South Mill farm I Riches Richard Goodwyn, farmer, Manor farm - 'SHERINGHAM is a civil parish and Urban District, being constituted the civil parish of Upper Sheringbam. oereated, by Local Government Board Order No. 42,599 Sheringham has a -station .on; the Midland and Great. {'which -came into operation ISt Oct. 1901), out of parts Northern joint railway fra.m Lynn t(). Cromer, 142 miles <lf the parishes of Beeston Regis and Sheringham, the from London, 14 north-we,;t from North Walsham alld remainder of the ancient civil parish of Sheringham 4 west from Cromer, in the Northern division of ~h& .