Norfolk - Bodham

BODHAM, 3 miles E. of Holt, is a small parish near the source of the river Glaven, comprehending 296 inhabitants, 71 houses, and 1,475 acres of land, belonging principally to John Thos. Mott, Esq., the lord of the manor, and patron of the Church; but Hudson Gurney, Esq., W. H. Windham, Esq., and the Rev. Jno. Gunton, have also estates here. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's book at £9, in the incumbency of the Rev. J. A. Partridge, who has 12a. 3r. 6p. of glebe. The poor have 20s. yearly, left by Thos. Franke, in 1669, payable out of Bodham heath, which was enclosed in 1808.

DIRECTORY—

Thos. Dagless, machn. mkr. smith, & founder;
Wm. Fisher, and
C. Jary, shoemakers;
Rev. M. Manley, curate ;
Jno. Grand, vict., Red Hart ;
and
Jno. Barnes,
Geo Bird,
Sam. Bird,
Robt. Breeze, (and butcher),
Thos. Brown,
Hy. Emery,
Hy. Frankland,
Thos. Scarf, (and bricklayer),
Wm. Gladden Seely, and
Frost Wegg, farmers.

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