Norfolk - East Dereham

Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p. 286-291.

EAST DEREHAM.

EAST DEREHAM is a thriving market town, railway station and parish, head of a county court district and polling-place for the Southern division of the county, in the hundred of Mitford, union of Mitford and Launditch, rural deanery of Hingham, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich, 127 miles from London by rail and 100 by road, 16 west-by-north from Norwich, 12½ east-by-north from Swaffham, 11 north-west from Wymondham and 26¾ east from Lynn; it is a junction station of the Lynn branch of the Great Eastern railway and has communications to all parts of the kingdom.

The town is well drained by new sewage works, and lighted with gas, and is governed by a Local Board of 12 members: the Headboroughs are trustees of the assembly rooms and other property, after paying certain outgoings, the balance, about £100 is paid over to the Local Board in reduction of the rates.

Waterworks were erected in 1881, to supply the town, from deep wells, at a cost of £4,000: a fire brigade was formed in 1879, and has two engines with all apparatus by Merryweather, of London.

The place is very ancient, and is supposed to have been made a parish by Anna, who was King of the East Angles from 635 to 654: his daughter Withburga founded a nunnery here; the Saxon Chronicle records that fifty-five years after her death her body was found all whole and uncorrupted as on the day of her interment, and was removed into the church: subsequent writers add that from her burial-place in the churchyard issued forth a spring of the purest water, gifted with many healing virtues: the sisterhood were driven out of their cell about the year 870, when the country was overrun by Danes: the tomb of Withburga having become of great repute for the cure of diseases, the Abbot of Ely became very desirous of getting possession of her body, in order to translate it to Ely: he concerted a scheme for stealing it, which he carried into effect the night after a feast which the Abbot, as lord of the town, gave at his court-leet: this exploit, called in history, "a sanctified sacrilege, a pious theft, a soul-saving robbery," was perpetrated on the 8th of July, 974. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth a fire happened, on the 1st of July, 1581, by which the whole town was destroyed; a second fire occurred on the 3rd of July, 1670, during the reign of Charles II. by which 170 houses were burnt, and property destroyed to the value of £19,500.

The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient stone building, erected on the site of the conventual chapel: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles and transepts with eastern chapels (dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury and St. Withburga) and a central lantern tower: the bell-tower which is square is detached from the church, was commenced abotu 1508 and contains a peal of 8 bells: the styles of architecture are various, the church have been erected and altered at different periods: there are vestiges of the Norman in portions of two twisted shafts on the west side of the jambs of the chancel arch; the chancel itself is Early English, built about 1250, but the tracery of the east window is of much later insertion, as well as the chancel arch; the west door with an ogee-headed niche on each side, the great window over it, and the whole of the north side, except the doorway, are in the Decorated style; the lantern tower standing on four fine arches, with triforium arcade and clerestory, the transepts, eastern chapels, the arches of the nave and the westernmost piers are Perpendicular: there is a beautiful font, erected in 1468, adorned with carvings of stone, representing the seven Roman Catholic sacraments and the Apostles, but the figures were mutilated, at the time of the reformation: there is an ancient carved muniment, chest brass eagle and organ which has been greatly enlarged and renewed; several brasses were formerly in the church, two only of which remain in a perfect state: Cowper, the poet, is buried in the church (1800) and there are monuments to him and his relatives, Mrs. Unwin and Miss Perowne: much has been done to beautify and preserve this venerable building: many coats of whitewash were carefully removed from the stone pillars, the entire church re-seated and repaired, the east and other windows adorned with stained glass and a reredos of carved stone, beautifully illuminated, has been added: the Sacrarium is enclosed by an oak railing, with irons standards: the pulpit was made from an ancient beam of oak, almost as hard as iron, taken from the old Vicarage house at Besthorpe; it bore an inscription, which proved it to be more than three centuries old: in the churchyard is the spring said to issue from the spot where the bones of St. Withburga were first deposited and the ancient arch, from which the water issues, is supposed to be the remains of her tomb, but the greater probability is that this erection was in very ancient times a baptistery. The register dates from the year 1679. About £1,000 has been expended on the chancel by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, on the reversion to them of the great tithes, at the decease of the last sinecure rector. The living is a vicarage, with the vicarage of Hoe annexed, joint yearly value £536 13s. 10d. with about 60 acres of vicarial glebe and house, in the gift of the Crown and held since 1850 by the Rev. Benjamin John Armstrong M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge.

A mission church in connection with the parish church was built in 1880 in the Upper Norwich road.

The "Cowper" Congregational church, erected in the year 1874, in the Gothic style, stands in the Market place, and occupies the site of the house where the poet Cowper spent his last days: the front is faced with Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings: it consists of apse, nave and aisle: the windows of the apse are stained and a beautiful window, representing the Good Samaritan, has been inserted at the west end: there is a carved stone pulpit: the reading desk and communion table are of oak, and the woodwork of the bed-room in which Cowper died has been preserved and fitted in the minister's vestry: Mr. Edward Boardman, of Norwich, was the architect of the building, the total cost of which, including lighting apparatus, was about £3,500: in front of the church is a memorial to Cowper, in polished granite, which bears he following inscription, written by the late Dean Stanley:—"This monument is erected on the site of the house where the beloved poet of Olney, William Cowper, spent the last years of his life, under the care of faithful friends. He lies buried in the parish church, having given up his soul to God, April 25th, 1800." The follow a few liens from "The Task."

The Baptist chapel, High street, was built in 1793.

The Primitive Methodist chapel, Commercial road, was built in 1863.

The Trinity Wesleyan church, situated in Theatre street, is a Gothic building of Kentish rag with Bath stone dressings built in 1880, at a cost of £3,500. including the erection of Sunday schools and the minister's residence, erected on the site of the old one, the architect being Mr. Edward Boardman, of Norwich; the fittings throughout are of pitch pine, and the building is heated by hot water.

The Cemetery was opened in 1869: it is about 5 acres in extent and contains two mortuary chapels; it is under the control of a Burial Board of 9 members.

The charities amount to about £400 yearly, for distribution, and there are 84 acres of fuel allotment.

The Corn Hall, erected in 1856, at a cost of more than £3,000, is a handsome building, in the Market place, and affords great facilities to merchants and farmers transacting business here.

The Assembly Rooms, built in 1756, on the site of the old market cross, form a spacious brick building, in which the magistrates hold petty sessions for the hundred every alternate Friday: there is a Reading Room and Institute in the same building

The manufactures of the town are principally connected with agriculture: there are manufactories of agricultural steam engines and threshing and other machines and iron foundries; coach works, saw mills, breweries, maligns, and shoe factory, and there are many handsome modern shops. The market is held on Friday, and is well supplied with corn, live stock and provisions of every description. The situation of the town, in the centre of a fertile and highly cultvated district, and its distance from any other market of consequence, cause Dereham to rank among the best markets of the county. Fairs are held in the Market place on the Thursday before July 6th and September 29th. There are four branch banks. A company of rifle volunteers was embodied in 1860, of which E. Hyde esq. is captain.

Quebec house, the seat of Col. William Earle Gascoyne Lytton Bulwer J.P. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1883, is situate a mile north-west from the town, is Gothic, and derives its name from having been built at the time of the capture of Quebec; it stands n an extensive lawn, which is well timbered, and is partly surrounded by plantations.

The area of the parish of East Dereham is 5,222 acres; rateable value, £27,013; and the population of the parish in 1861 was 4,368, in 1871 was 5,107, and in 1881 was 5,640, and of the town about 4,000.

DILLINGTON, in Launditch hundred, is a hamlet in this parish, about one mile north-east.

DUMPLING GREEN, 2 miles south-east; ETLING GREEN, 1½ mile north-east; SOUTH GREEN, half a mile, and TOFTWOOD, 1 mile south, are other hamlets.

Parish Clerk, George Philo.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions, &c.

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings Bank, Government Annuity & Insurance Office.

Edwin Girling, postmaster

Deliveries commence in Dereham as under:—Letters from London & all parts of England &c. 7 a.m. 10.50 a.m. & 2.10 p.m.

DISPATCH OF MAILS	Letters can be posted at
Local mails, consisting of bag to Fakenham, Wells & Wighton	3.0a.m.
Blakeney, Briningham, Cley, Elmham, Foulsham, Guist & Holt	3.0a.m.
Rural messengers to Bittering, Bylaugh, Etling Green, Fransham, Hoe, Toftwood, Welborne & al places on those lines of road	5.30 a.m.
First day Mail to London, Norwich & all parts of the United Kingdom	10.45 a.m.
North Mail to Lynn, Midland counties & West of England	1.20 p.m.
Second day mail to Norwich & all parts of Suffolk	4.0 p.m.
Night mail to London, Norwich, Thetford, Lynn, Swaffam, Yarmouth, & all parts of the United Kingdom	8.0 p.m.

ARRIVAL OF MAILS	Arrive at	Delivered by Letter Carrier at
Night mails, consisting of bags from London, Norwich & all parts of the United Kingdom	3.10 a.m.	7.0 a.m.
First day mail, consisting of bags from London & the North of England	10.10 a.m.	10.30 a.m.
Second day mail, consisting of bags from London & all parts of the United Kingdom	1.45 p.m.	2.15 p.m.
One bag, consisting of letters from London, London through & Norwich	9.0 p.m.	7.0 a.m.
Local mails from Blakeney, Briningham, Cley, Elmham, Foulsham, Guist, Holt & Ryburgh	8.0 p.m	7.0 a.m.
Fakenham & Wells, Walsingham & Wighton	8.30 p.m.	7.0 a.m.
Rural messengers from Bittering, Bylaugh, Etling Green, Fransham, Hoe, Toftwood & Welbourne	7.0 p.m.	7.0 a.m.

WALL LETTER BOXES.—Three collections are made from Station, Norwich road & High street, Theatre Street & Scarning road Wall Boxes; & one collection from the Upper Norwich street Pillar Box.
Money Order, Savings Bank, Government Insurance & Annuity Business is transacted on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Postal telegraph office is open for business on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; on sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION OF MITFORD & LAUNDITCH

Richard Charles Browne, esq. Elsing hall
Col. Wm. Earle G. L. Bulwer, Quebec house, East Dereham
William D. Bulwer, esq. Quebec house
Sir William Foster bart. Hardingham
Robert Thornhaugh Gurdon, esq. M.P. Letton hall
Captain Henry E. Hyde, Moorgate house, East Dereham
Rev. William A. W. Keppel, Lexham hall
William H. A. Keppel, esq. East Lexham hall
Charles North esq. Rougham hall
George Latham Press esq. Reymerstone hall

The parishes in the Mitford & Launditch petty sessional division are—

Cranworth, East Dereham, Garvestone, Hardingham, Hockering, Letton, Mattishall, Mattishall Burgh, Reymerstone, Shipdham, Southburgh, Thuxton, Tuddenham East, Tuddenham North, Westfield, Whinburgh, Woodrising, Yaxham, Beeston, Beetley, East Bilney, Brisley, Colkirk, Great Dunham, Little Dunham, North Elmham, Great Fransham, Little Fransham, Gateley, Gressenhall, Hoe, Horningtoft, Kempstone, East Lexham, West Lexham, Litcham, Longham, Mileham, Oxwick, Rougham, Scarning, Stanfield, Swanton Morley, Tittleshall, Weasenham All Saints, Weasenham St. Peter, Wellingham, Wendling, Whissonsett & Worthing

LOCAL BOARD.

Offices, Theatre street

Board day, 1st Wednesday in each month, at half-past 10

MEMBERS.

Chas. Norton Elvin (chairman)
Ernest Callow Stammers
Rev. Benj. John Armstrong
Frederick Gibbs
William Stebbings
Isaac Comer
Joseph Warren
Richard Mayes
Benjamin Brett
Henry Thomas Malden
Thomas Norton Nicholson
Henry Baker

INSURANCE AGENTS:—

British Empire Mutual Life, J. Fisher, East Tuddenham
Commercial Union, R. J. Hubbard, High street;
   G. W. F. Orton, Lacon's bank
County Fire, H. W. Cobbald, London & Provincial bank;
   W. Hubbard, Market place
Economic Life, Wright, Barton & Vores, Guildhall
London Assurance Corporation, Wm. Smith, Market place
National Provident, G. W. F. Orton, Lacon's bank
Norwich Union Fire, W. T. Gidney; Wright, Barton & Vores, Guildhall;
   A. Massingham, Gurney's bank, Market place
Reliance Mutual Life, Edwin Girling, Quebec street;
   Richard Watson, Commercial road
Royal Farmers' (Hail & Fire), Richard Watson, Commercial road

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:—

Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Mrs. Chas. Howard, lessee
Cemetery, Theatre street, Walter May Barton, clerk to the Burial Board.
County Court, office, Quebec road. Edwin Plummer Price, Q.C. judge; George Halcott Cooper, registrar & high bailiff; C. B. Le Grys Norgate, deputy registrar; George Anderson, deputy bailiff. The County Court is held in the Assembly Rooms once a month. The following places are within its jurisdiction:— Bawdeswell, Beeston, Beetley, Billingford, Bittering Magna & Parva, Bilney East, Bintree, Brisley, Bylaugh, Colkirk, Cranworth, Dereham East, Elmham North, Elsing, Foxley, Fransham Great, Fransham Little, Garvestone, Gately, Gressenhall, Guist, Hockering, Hoe, Horningtoft, Kempston, Letton, Litcham, Longham, Lyng, Mattishall, Mattishall Burgh, Mileham, Oxwick, [Pattesley]. Reymerstone, Scarning, Shipdham, Southburgh, Sparham, Stanfield, Swanton Morley, Thuxton, Tittleshall, Tuddenham East, Tuddenham North, Twyford, Weasenham All Saints, Weasenham St. Peter's, Wellingham, Wendling, Westfield, Whinburgh, Whissonsett, Worthing & Yaxham.
County Police Station, Commercial road, Edward Symons, superintendent
Fire Engine Station, Church st. W. H. Nankivell, captain
Inland Revenue Office, Commercial road, William David Mackay, supervisor
Property & Income Tax Office, Theatre Street, W. H. Nankivell, assessor & collector
Reading Rooms & Athenæum, Market Place, George Quadling, secretary & librarian
Stamp Office, Market pl. Leonard E. Hatfield, distributor
Water Works, Old Road, W. H. Nankivell, engineer
Norfolk Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K & L Companies), head quarters of battalion & F Co. & Orderly room, Norwich road; Col. W. E. G. Lytton Bulwer, lieut.-col.-commanding; Capt. W. J. B. Dunne (2nd Queen's), adjutant; W. T. Gidney, quarter-master; S. M. Hopson, surgeon; R. K. Morton, acting surgeon; Rev. E. C. K. Bearcroft, B.C.L. Rev. B. J. Armstrong M.A. Rev. B. Houchen, M.A. & Rev. A. Napier, hon. chaplains; Rev. H. H. Bridgwater M.A. acting chaplain; F Co. Capt. Hyde. Cadet Corps, hon. lieutenant, C. N. Croad

MITFORD & LAUNDITCH UNION

The union comprises the following parishes:—

Bawdeswell, Beeston, Beetley, Billingford, Bilney (East), Bintree, Brisley, Bylaugh, Colkirk, Cranworth, Dereham (East), Dunham (Great), Dunham (Little), Elmham (North), Elsing, Foxley, Fransham (Great), Fransham (Little), Garvestone, Gately, Gressenhall, Guist, Hardingham, Hockering, Hoe, Horningtoft, Kempstone, Letton, Lexham (East), Lexham (West), Litcham, [Little Bittering], Longham, Lyng, Mattishall, Mattishall Burgh, Mileham, Oxwick with Pattersley, Reymerstone, Rougham, Scarning, Shipdham, Southbergh, Sparham, Stanfield, Swanton Morley, Thuxton, Tittleshall, Tuddenham (East), Tuddenham (North), Twyford, Weasenham All Saints, Weasenham St. Peter's, Wellingham, Wendling, Westfield, Whinburgh, Whissonsett, Woodrising, Worthing, Yaxham. The population in 1881 was 27,367; rateable value £188,430.

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Clerk, Walter May Barton, Guildhall, East Dereham
Medical Officer of Health, F. Bateman, M.D. Norwich
Inspector of Nuisances, William Edgar Clarke, Wellington road, East Dereham

Clerk to Headborough Trusts, C. B. L. Norgate, Quebec road
Clerk to School Board, C. B. L. Norgate, Quebec road
Clerk to the Commissioners of Land & Assessed Taxes for the Hundreds of Mitford & Launditch
   & to the Guardians & Assessment Committee of Mitford & Launditch Union, Walter May Barton, Guildhall
Coroner for the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster in Norfolk, Walter M. Barton, Guildhall;
    Deputy, Benjamin Herbert Vores, South Green
Inspector of Corn Returns, John Yelland
Police Superintendent, Edward Symonds, Commercial rd
Supervisor of Inland Revenue, William David Mackay; office, Commercial road
Tax Collector, J. P. Nankivell, Theatre street

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of service:—

St. Nicholas Church,
   Rev. Benjamin John Armstrong, M.A. vicar;
   Rev. Benjamin John Armstrong, jun. M.A. & Rev. Alfred Peskett B.A. curates,
   11 a.m. 3 & 7 p.m.; daily 7 p.m.; Wednesday & Friday 11 a.m.
St. Withburga Mission Church, Upper Norwich road,
   7 p.m.; Wednesday 7.30 p.m.
Baptist, High street,
   Rev. William Mills, minister,
   10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wednesday 7.45 p.m.
Cowper Congregational Church. Market place,
   Rev. Wm. Fox, minister,
   10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tuesday 7.30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Commercial road,
   Rev. E. Blake & Rev. A. W. Edwards, ministers,
   10.45 a.m. 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Monday 7.30 p.m.
Wesleyan, Theatre street,
   Rev. Edwin Gelder, minister,
   10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wednesday 7.30 p.m.

SCHOOLS:—

A School Board of seven members was formed in 1872, with Shipdham contributory with two members; C. B. L. Norgate, Quebec road, clerk to the Board. The Board have charge of three schools — one (formerly the British school) being situate in the centre of the town & others at Etling green & Toftwood common; the two latter were built at a cost of £1,300 (sites included); the total Board school accommodation is for 470 children
Board, London road (erected in 1873), Benjamin Peart, master; Miss Elizabeth Monument, mistress; Mrs. Mary Ann Dunn, infant's mistress
Board, Toftwood common, Miss Margaret Starling, mistress; capacity, 80; average attendance, 75
Board, Etling green, Miss Mary Young, mistress; capacity 80; average attendance, 50
The Church National school, Theatre street, with residence for a teacher, was erected in 1841, at a cost of about £1,000, & is endowed with 10 acres of land, awarded at the enclosure in 1815, & £500 £3 per Cent. Consols, raised by subscription in 1841; William Minter Fisc, master; Walter Riches, assistant master; Mrs. Catherine Fiske, mistress; Miss Jane Stuart & Miss Alice Martin, infants' mistresses; to hold 320; average attendance, 280

RAILWAY STATION.— John Joseph Playford, station master

An omnibus from the King's Arms hotel, Market place & King's Head hotel, Norwich street, attends the arrival & departure of all trains

CARRIERS TO:—

FAKENHAM — Mail cart, daily
LITCHAM — Robert Gunton, from & to, on Friday
>a href="Norwich.htm">NORWICH — Robert Gunton, Friday, returning sat.;
   Mrs. Pamment, wed. & sat. from Church street, returning same day;
   Gamble, High street, wednesday & saturday
SWAFFHAM — From the 'Bull,' High st. every mon. & fri
WATTON — James Gathergood, from the 'Green Man,' High street, on friday
WYMONDHAM — Mail cart, daily

[DIRECTORY]:—

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Absolom George Scott, Elvin road
Andrews Mrs. Quebec road
Armstrong Rev. Benjamin John M.A. [vicar], Vicarage
Armstrong Rev. Benjamin John, jun. M.A. [curate], Quebec road
Bale Mrs. Quebec road
Barton Lewis, Guildhall cottage
Barton Walter May, Guildhall
Bates, Samuel, Norwich street
Bayes May, Elvin road
Bayfield Mrs. High street
Beckham Fletcher, Upper Norwich rd
Bell Miss, 9 Elvin terrace
Belsham Miss, Commercial road
Billing Thomas, Park road
Blake Rev. Ephraim [Primitive Methodist], Commercial road
Blomfield Mrs. Theatre street
Bloomfield Mrs. Elvin road
Bouch Mrs. Quebec road
Bowden John Brewer, Elvin road
Bradley John Page, Quebec road
Brown George, 8 Commercial road
Brown Mrs. Theatre street
Bulwer Col. William Earle Gascoyne Lytton J.P. Quebec house
Byles Nat, Toftwood cottage
Calles James, Theatre street
Carter Matthew, Theatre street
Catton Mrs. Church street
Chamberleyne Mrs. Commercial road
Clark Mrs. Elvin road
Clarke Mrs. Quebec road
Cooper George Halcott, Quebec road
Cooper William, Quebec road
Cory Charles, High street
Cox Joseph, 2 Alexander ter. Park road
Digings Jennis, High street
Dunn Mrs. C. Norwich road
Edwards Rev. Arthur William [Primitive Methodist], Commercial road
Elvin Charles Norton M.A., LL.D. Eckling grange
Elvin Mrs. James, Commercial road
Fendick Mrs. Norwich road
Flowers Jonathan, South green
Fox Rev. William [Congregational], Park road
Fox Miss, Church street
Francis Mrs. Theatre street
Freeman Rev. William, The White hall, Commercial road
Freezer Thomas John, Quebec road
Gelder Rev. Edwin [Wesleyan], Theatre street
Gibson Timothy, Theatre street
Gidney William Thomas, Quebec street
Girling Rev. Barry, The Heath
Girling Rev. Walter M.A. The Heath
Girling Christopher
Girling Nathaniel, Heath field
Glasspoole Mrs. Theatre street
Gott Benjamin, South green
Grant William, London road
Hammond James, Commercial road
Hardy Charles, Quebec road
Hartt Charles, Elvin road
Hastings Horace Crofts, Market place
Hill John Wormoll, Orwell villas
Hinnell James, Commercial road
Hopson Stephen Moulton, St. Nicholas' house, Norwich street
Howard Joseph Charles, Park road
Howard Mrs, 1 Alexandra ter. Park road
Hubbard William, Hill house
Hubbard William, Quebec road
Hyde Capt. Hen. Elwyn J.P. Moorgate ho
Jarred John, Toftwood
Kingston George Roadley, Orwell house, Norwich road
Larner Mrs. Commercial road
Lee Benjamin, Quebec road
Leech Henry, Theatre street
Leeds The Misses, Swaffham road
Martin John Upchurch, Norwich st
Massingham Arthur, Market place
Mayhew Robert, Elvin road
Miles George William, Park road
Mills Rev. William [Baptist], Park rd
Moore Miss, Commercial road
Moore Miss, Park road
Mori Arthur, Quebec street
Nankivell John Peter, Theatre street
Nankivell William Henry, Norwich road
Neame Thos. Armstrong, Wellington rd
Nicholson James, Mountain Ash villa, London road
Nicholson Thomas, Orwell villas, Norwich road
Norgate Charles Bladwell Le Grys, Quebec road
Orton Edward Wm. Frank, Norwich st
Page Henry, Quebec road
Palmer Mrs. Commercial road
Parker Miss, Norwich street
Parker Samuel, Commercial road
Pashley Robert Swann, 10 Elvin ter
Peacock Mrs. Theatre street
Peskett Rev. Alfred B.A. [curate]
Pilling Gerald, Market place
Pond Mrs. Quebec road
Potter Robert, Commercial road
Precious Mrs. 8 Elvin terrace
Prior Sranley, 5 Commercial road
Ray John, South green
Riches Mrs. Wm. Upper Norwich road
Rix Mrs. Charles, 6 Elvin terrace
Rix Mrs. William, Quebec road
Savory Albert, South green
Sizeland Mrs. Elvin road
Skinner John Henry, London road
Skipper Robert, Commercial road
Stammers Ernest Callow, Dillington
Stebbings William, Norwich street
Studd George, Norwich street
Tann Mrs. Quebec road
Taylor Mrs. High street
Tinkler Mrs. Commercial road
Vincent Frederick, 7 Elvin terrace
Vincent Frederick, Withburga cot
Vincent James M.D. Beech house, High street
Vincent William, Point ho. London road
Vores Benjamin Herbert, South green
Walker Mrs. Geo. Hy. The Shrubbery
Walker William, Quebec road
Wallis Mrs. Commercial road
Warner Mrs. Commercial road
Wells William, 6 Commercial road
Weston Miss, Quebec road
Wharton James, Theatre street
Wheeler Mrs. Park road
Whiting Mrs. Commercial road
Whytock Mrs. London road
Williams James, Norwich Road terrace
Willings Mrs. Elvin terrace
Woodcock Miss, 5 Elvin terrace
Wormer Mrs. Commercial road
Wright Charles, Quebec road
Wright Mrs. Elvin road


COMMERCIAL.
Abbott Caroline (Mrs.), berlin wool warehouse, Quebec st
Abbott Leonard John, auctioneer & valuer, Quebec street
Abbs Isaac, farmer, Dumpling green
Adcock Elizabeth (Mrs.), watch maker & jeweller, Market pl
Adcock George, beer retailer, Etling green
Alcock Emily (Mrs.), saddler, Market place
Aldis Harriett (Mrs.), registry office for servants, Quebec st
Aldis William, Day school, Quebec street
Alexander Cook Wright, linen & woollen draper, tailor, milliner & hatter;
   dressmaking by first-class hands; funerals economically conducted
   & mourning coach with open hearse, High street
Anderson & Allen, East Dereham & Lynn (offices only), Lime house, New Checker street, Lynn,
   merchants & agricultural commission agents, dealers in corn, coals, manures & seeds,
   agents for Phœnix Cake Mills Co. London, Messrs. Simpson & Co.'s spice & calf meal
   & John Ewan Daw's sacks & all Dundee goods
Anderson James, school attendance officer, Elvin road
Anderson Wm. Robt. Herbert, wine & corn mer. Market place
Askew John William, plumber, Norwich street
Assembly Rooms (Mrs. Charles Howard, lessee), Market pl
Bailey Edward, hair dresser, Market place
Baker Henry, farmer, Badley moor
Baker William, musical instrument seller, High street
Bales Thomas, Duke's Head, & veterinary surgeon, Quebec street
Balls Edward Samuel, grocer & general factor, Elvin road
Bambridge James Williams. chemist & druggist, Church st
Bambridge Patience (Mrs.), baker, Norwich street
Banyard Charles, photographer, Theatre street
Banyard Fletcher Beckham, farmer, Mattishall farm
Barker Charles, Royal Oak, Swaffham road
Barker William, boot & shoe maker, Norwich street
Barkway Benjamin, nurseryman & seedsman, Quebec road
Barnes Edward, beer retailer, North Hall green
Barratt Frederick, tailor & woollen draper, Norwich street
Barton George, King's Arms commercial & family hotel & posting house,
   open hearse & mourning coaches, Market place
Barton Robert, greengrocer, Quebec street
Barton Walter May (firm, Wright, Barton & Vores), solicitor,
   coroner for the liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster in Norfolk,
   clerk to the magistrates & guardians, to Rural Sanitary Authority,
   clerk to the Burial Board, & superintendent registrar, Guildhall
Bates Robert tailor, Cowper road
Bates Thomas William, tailor & hatter, Market place
Bayfield William, butcher, Norwich street
Beckett Dennis, grocer, Baxter row
Beckham Christopher, beer retailer, London road
Bidwell & Co. (Nathl. Byles, man.), brewers, South green
Blomfield Maria Sarah (Mrs.), mineral water manufacturer, Theatre street
Blomfield Thomas Howes, hay dealer, Wellington road
Bloy & Nailor, carpenters, Theatre street
Bloy Howes, currier, Wellington road
Bloy Samuel, pork butcher, Swaffham road
Blyth Samuel, blacksmith, Wellington road
Bone John Porter, shopkeeper, Norwich street
Bone William, bricklayer, South end
Bowles George, Greyhound inn, High street
Bowles Richard, Bell, Etling green
Boyce William, chimney sweeper. London road
Brett Benjamin, furniture broker, Quebec street
Brewster James, gun & rifle manufacturer, Church street
British Workmen's Coffee Tavern, (John William Leman, manager), High street
Brooking, William Blake, agent to Fison & Son, maltsters, Wellington road
Brown Charles, hair dresser, Quebec street
Brown G. F. shoe maker, Norwich street
Brown Mary Ann (Miss), toy dealer, Norwich street
Brunton Benjamin, plumber, Wellington road
Brunton Henry, butcher, Baxter row
Brunton William, jeweller, photographer &c. High street
Bullard James, painter, London road
Bulmer Thomas, hair dresser, perfumer, & fancy repository, Norwich street
Burleigh Clara (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 Commercial road
Burroughs Charles, pork butcher, Norwich street
Burton Frederick, shopkeeper, Church street
Buscall George, commercial traveller, Norwich road
Bush Benjamin, Three Horse Shoes, Toftwood
Butler John, farmer, South green
Butter Henry, The Oxford, High street
Buxton Charles, saddler, High street
Caird William, draper, Cowper road
Capes George, debt collector, Norwich street
Carter Richard, M.R.C.V.S. King's Head posting & commercial hotel,
   & veterinary surgeon, Norwich street
Carthew & Girling, solicitors, Quebec street
Cemetery (Walter May Barton, clerk to the Burial Board), Theatre street
Chapling Mark, Chequers, Swaffham road
Clark William Edgar, sanitary inspector & school attendance officer of the Mitford & Launditch Union,
   Wellington road
Claxton George Arthur, Eagle, Market place
Clements Richard, Red Lion, Red Lion street
Codman Robert, furniture dealer, High street
Coghill Lydia (Mrs.), servants' registry office, Norwich st
Coleby David Burton, painter &c. Theatre street
Comer Isaac, farmer, Norwich road
Comer William, corn, seed & coal merchant, Norwich street
Cooper & Norgate, solicitors, Quebec street
Cooper & Vincent, furnishing & general ironmongers, manufacturers of stove grates & kitchen ranges,
   wrought & cast iron palisading gates, tomb railings, fencing, verandahs, hurdles, tanks &c.
    hot water apparatus, conservatories, greenhouses &c. Market place & at Watton
Cooper Charles, butcher, High street
Cooper George Halcott (firm Cooper & Norgate), solicitor, registrar of the county court,
   perpetual commissioner & commissioner to administer oaths, Quebec road
Cooper Henry, baker, Baxter row
Cooper Henry, jun. baker & confectioner, Norwich street
Cooper William K. ironmonger, Norwich street
Copeman, Three Tuns, Toftwood
Corn Exchange (William T. Gidney, sec.), Market place
Cory Charles, manager London & Provincial Banking Co. Limited, High street
Cossins Louise Cecile (Mrs.), ladies' school, Church street
Cossons & Son, hatters, hosiers & outfitters, High street
Count Frederick William, printer, bookseller, stationer & news agent, Market place
County Court (Edwin Plumer Price Q.C. judge; G. H. Cooper, registrar), office, Quebec road
Cowles Robert, Half Moon, Quebec street
Cranmer Thomas, auctioneer & valuer, Quebec street
Creamer Edward, Jolly Farmers, Yaxham road
Curry Sarah Ann (Miss), toy dealer, Norwich street
Dereham & Fakenham Times (F. W. Count, publisher), Market place, published friday
Dickerson George, Green Man, High street
Diver William Henry, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, High street
Doughty & Bradley, ironmongers & ironfounders,
   agricultural implement & iron & wire fence manufacturers, Market place
Douthwaite Arthur, school, Theatre street
Downs Arthur Robt. & Co. sewing machine depot, High street
Downs Robert, pork butcher, High street
Dye James, poulterer, Norwich road
Eagling Edward, florist, London road
East Dereham Gas Co. (Henry Page, sec.; Christopher Aldis, manager), Quebec road
Eastoe George, farmer, Etling green
Eastoe John, shoe maker, Baxter row
Eastoe William, beer retailer, Theatre street
Edwards Robert, grocer & provision dealer, Toftwood
Eley William, machinist, Norwich street
Elsey Martha (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, Norwich street
Elvin Thomas, coach builder, Norwich street
Empson Emma (Mrs.), cutler, Quebec street
Fanthorpe Robinson, china & glass dealer, High street
Farrer George, wheelwright, South end
Fendick William, miller (wind), Norwich road
Fenn Charles, Fleece hotel, Norwich street
Fison James & Sons, maltsters & general merchants, Wellington road;
   & at Thetford & Lynn
Fox John, White Lion, Church street
Freeman Thomas John, pianoforte tuner & teacher &c. Norwich street
Frost Edward, pork butcher, High street
Fuller Joseph, higgler & pig dealer, Beccles gate
Gaskin Charles, seedsman, Church street
Gathercole Henry, poulterer, Baxter row
Gibbs Frederick, farmer, Quebec farm
Gidney Wm. Thomas, coal & coke merchant, Railway statn
Gill James & John, agricultural implement makers & farmers, Theatre street
Girling Edwin, post master, Post office, Quebec street
Girling Lois (Miss), grocer, Market place
Girling Nathaniel (firm, Carthew & Girling), solicitor,
   & commissioner to administer oaths, Quebec street
Goshawk Robert, hair dresser, Cowper road
Gray Robert, ale, porter, corn, coal, cake & seed merchant, Norwich street
Green George, tailor, Commercial road
Green John, private commercial hotel, Market place
Green Richard William, corn merchant, Norwich road
Gurneys, Birkbecks, Barclay & Buxton (bramch), bankers
   (Arthur Massingham, agent), Market place;
   draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London e.c.
Hammond James, flour dealer, High street
Harris Wm. Hy. watch & clock maker & jeweller, Market pl
Harrold George, farmer, North Hall farm
Hasting Horace Crofts, surgeon,
   & medical officer East Dereham district, Mitford & Launditch union, Market place
Hatfield & Barker, printers, booksellers, stationers, library & stamp office, Market place
Heading William, farmer, Dillington Hall farm
Hearn Henry, tinman, Quebec street
Hendry Cornelius, Lord Nelson, High street
Hendry William, earthenware dealer, High street
Hodgkinson William, butcher, Market place
Holman Charles, shopkeeper, Norwich road
Holman James, undertaker, High street
Hopson Stephen Moulton, surgeon, & medical officer to Gressenhall district, Mitford & Launditch union,
   & surgeon to 3rd Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment, St. Nicholas House, Norwich street
Howard Chas. (Mrs.), lessee of assembly rooms, Market pl
Howlett Robert, miller (wind), Quebec road
Howlett Robert Corry. corn factor, 4 Alexander ter. Park road
Hubbard Robert John, ironmonger, High street
Hubbard William, builder & contractor,
   & dealer in all kinds of builders' stock,
   Hill house works, Market place
Hurn James, Bull, High street
Inland Revenue Office (William David Mackay, supervisor; John Yelland, officer), Commercial road
Jacobs Isaac, Royal Standard, Baxter row
Jaggs James, greengrocer, Norwich street
Jarred Robert, butcher, Market place
Jarvis Susannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Church street
Jenney John, farmer, Haw Hill farm, Etling green
Johnson Henry, saddler & harness maker, Market place
Johnson Mary Ann (Miss), linen draper, High street
Joice James Sterling, tailor, Market place
Keeler Charles, George inn, Market place
Keeler John, beer retailer, South green
Kemp Elizabeth (Mrs.), chine & glass dealer, Norwich st
Kerkham Francis Robert, general draper, Norwich street
Kerkham Richard, farmer, Dumpling green
King Dora (Miss), ladies' school, Park road
King Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Dale farm
Kingston & Son, grocers, High street & Norwich street
Kirk William, Crown, & carpenter, Church street
Lacon (Sir Edward H. K. bart.), Lacons, Youell & Co. bankers, Norwich street;
   draw on Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. London e.c
Lambert Henry, cabinet maker, Norwich street
Lambert James, horse dealer, The Kennels
Large James, tea taster, Market place
Large Mason, London tavern, Baxter row
Larder, Bolingbroke & Co. brick & tile makers, Crown point
Larner Richard, Rambler's Rest, Toftwood
Larner Samuel, farmer, Neatherd moor
Larner William James, builder, Commercial road
Laws James, tailor, Wellington road
Leaman Arthur. tea & coffee merchant, Market place
Leggett Charles, blacksmith, Theatre street
Leggett William, machinist, Baxter row
Lincoln Richard, horse breaker, High street
London & Provincial Banking Co. (branch) (Charles Cory, manager), High street;
   draw on Glyn, Mills & Co. London e.c
Mackay William David, supervisor of inland revenue, Commercial road
MacLaren Charles, nursery & seedsman, Norwich street
Malden Henry, grocer, High street
Mallett Henry, farmer, Watering farm
Mallett James, farmer, Dumpling green
Manning James, chimney sweeper, Church street
Marriott John & Robert, coal & corn merchants, maltsters & merchants, Railway station;
   & at Swaffham, Narborough, Lynn, Fakenham, Docking, Snettisham & Wells
Martin Frederick, upholsterer, High street
Martin John Upchurch, professor of music, Norwich street
Massingham Arthur, agent of Gurneys' & Cos. bank, Market place
Mayes Richd. builder, Garfield building works, Norwich rd
Mayes William, plumber & glazier, Church street
Miles William, glove & legging manufacturer, Norwich st
Milk George, farmer, North Hall green
Milk Matthew Payne, seedsman, Elvin road
Mitchell James, baker, Market place
Monument John, carpenter, High street
Mori Arthur, dentist, Quebec street
Munford James, carpenter, Norwich street
Nankivell J. P. assessor & collector of property & income tax & collector to the local board
Nankivell William Henry, surveyor & collector,
   surveyor & inspector of nuisances to East Dereham Local Board, Theatre street
National Provincial Bank of England Limited (William Walker, manager), Market place;
   draw on Chief Office, London e c
Nelson John, shopkeeper, Cowper road
Newell Alfred, ironmonger, Market place
Newell William, statuary & mason, Norwich street
Nicholson Thomas Norton, butcher & farmer, Church street
Nicholson Walter George, farmer, Toftwood
Norfolk Free Press & East Dereham Advertiser (Backham & Co. King's Lynn, publishers)
   (published every friday), Market place
Norfolk Regiment (3rd Volunteer Battalion)
   (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K & L, companies)
   (Col. W. E. G. Lytton-Bulwer, lieut.-col.; Capt. T. J. B. Dunne (2nd Queen's) adjutant;
   Wm. Thomas Gidney, quartermaster; S. M. Hopson, surgeon; R. K. Morton, acting surgeon;
   Rev. E. C. H. Bearcroft B.C.L., Rev. B. J. Armstrong M.A. Rev. B. Houcher M.A. & Rev. A. Napier, hon. chaplains);
   F company, Capt. H. E. Hide; headquarters & orderly room, Norwich street
Norgate Charles Bladwell LeGrys (firm, Cooper & Norgate), solicitor,
   deputy registrar of the county court, & commissioner to administer oaths & clerk
   & solicitor to the Dereham & united districts of Beetley school boards
   & clerk to Headborough trusts, Quebec road
Norton Robert, beer retailer, Cowper road
Norton Robert, bill poster, Dunn's yard
Norwich & Norfolk Bank (branch) (Gurney & Co.), (Arthur Massingham, agent), Market place;
   draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London e.c
Oakley Francis, stone mason, Commercial road
Page George, grocer & draper, Market place
Page Henry, sec. to East Dereham Gas Co. Quebec road
Pamment Alfred, tailor, St. Withburga lane
Pamment Harriet (Mrs.), carrier, Church street
Parke William, chemist & druggist, High street
Parker Samuel, vaccination officer, Commercial road
Patterson William, Cock, Norwich street
Pearce Samuel, builder, Holl lane
Pearce Sophia (Mrs.), boot & shoe maker, Swaffham road
Pease Frederick, hair dresser, Quebec street
Perry John, "The Market Café"
Perry Latten John, baker & confectioner, Market place
Philo George, parish clerk, Church street
Pilch William, tailor, Church street
Playford John Joseph, station master, Railway station
Pleasants James, boot maker, High street
Pleasants Joshua, boot & shoe maker, Baxter row
Police Station (County) (Edward Symonds, supt.), Commercial road
Potter Robert, corn, coal, seed & cake mer. Railway station
Parsey Obadiah, tailor, hatter, boot & shoe factor, High st
Property & Income Tax Office (J. P. Nankivell, assessor & collector), Theatre street
Quadling George, tinman, High street
Raven William, Duke of Wellington, Wellington road
Rawson James, coal dealer, Toftwood
Reading Rooms & Athenœum (George Quadling, sec. & librarian), Market place
Rice Richard, dealer in old clothes, Baxter row
Rickets George, currier & leather seller, Norwich street
Ricketts Mary Ann (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, Norwich st
Rix & Ward, machinists, Norwich street
Rix Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker & confectioner, High street
Rix George, baker & confectioner, Market place
Rix Harriett (Mrs.), baker, Quebec street
Rix William, machinist, Toftwood
Roberts Sarah Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Commercial road
Rogers Alfred, shoe maker, Commercial road
Roots John, engineer, millwright, iron & metal merchant,
   iron & brass founder, agricultural implement maker,
   machinist & broker, South green
Rowing John, Fox & Hounds, & coal merchant, London rd
Roy Elijah, beer retailer, Upper Norwich road
Rumble William, Light Horse, & smith, Baxter row
Russell John, Cattle Market inn, Market place
Russell Richard, blacksmith, High street
Ruston Arthur, farmer, Rookery, Etling green
Sainty Barnard, civil engineer, Quebec road
Saunders James, solicitor,
   commissioner to administer oaths & for taking acknowledgments of married women
   & agent to West Norfolk Conservative Registration Association
   & agent to Royal Farmers' Fire; London & Provincial; Law Life;
   & british & foreign patent agent, & clerk to East Dereham Local Board, Church street
Scales Walter, farmer, Badley moor
Secker Barnard, Swan, London road
Secure Jane (Mrs.), basket maker, High street
Short William, shopkeeper, South end
Skinner Elizabeth (Mrs.), fishmonger, Baxter row
Skinner Frances (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Baxter row
Skinner John, shopkeeper, Baxter row
Skinner John Henry, fretwood merchant &c. Norwich street
Skipper Robert, builder & contractor, Commercial road, & brick works, next to Railway station
Skipper Uriah, leather seller, Norwich street, & boot maker, Market place
Smith Frederick & George, maltsters, Railway station; & at Great Ryburgh & Wells
Smith George, corn, cake, seed & coal mer. Railway station
Smith Mark, farmer, North Hall green
Smith Richard George Edgar, miller (steam & wind). merchant & farmer, Toftwood
Smith Sophia (Mrs.), farmer, Gollamore farm,
Smith William, chemist & druggist, Market place
Snowdon Henry, wholesale warehouseman & general retail draper, silk mercer & carpet factr. Church st.;
   & at Norwich
Spanton William, plumber, Norwich street
Springall Robert Aldous, corn chandler, Holl lane
Stamp Office (Leonard E. Hatfield, distributor), Market pl
Stammers Ernest Callow, brewer & wine & spirit merchant, Crown brewery
Stebbings W. & Co. timber, slate, brick & tile merchants,
   dealers & converters of every description of english & foreign timber, also bent timber, dressed spokes, &c.;
   office, Norwich street; timber & saw mill, Railway station; and at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
Stewart Charles, town crier, Baxter row
Stimpson Robert, butcher, Norwich street
Stimpson Richard, butcher & dealer, Wellington road
Stoakley Elmer, farmer, Dumpling green
Studd Rose (Mrs.), day school, Norwich street
Studd Thomas, temperance hotel, Norwich street
Symonds Edward, supt. of county police, Commercial road
Taylor James, shopkeeper, Church street
Taylor Thomas, plumber, painter & paperhanger, High st
Taylor Thomas B. dep. superintendent registrar, Guildhall
Thackray William, grocer, Market place
Tomlinson James, upholsterer, Church street
Tooley Rachel (Mrs.), dress maker, Quebec street
Towler George Henry, smith, Toftwood
Trollop James, tinman & brazier, Cowper road
Tuck George, shopkeeper, Baxter Row
Tuck Mahershalalhashbaz, Cherry Tree, Theatre street
Tuck Thomas, Millwrights' Arms, Toftwood
Vincent Henry Bird, surgeon, & medical officer of health for East Dereham urban sanitary authority
   & certifying factory surgeon, St. Withburga cottage
Vincent James M.D. surgeon & medical officer to the Mitford & Launditch union house,
   Beech house, High street
Vores Benjamin Herbert (firm, Wright, Barton & Vores), solicitor & deputy coroner, Guildhall
Wake George, veterinary surgeon,
   inspector to the Norfolk Farmers' General Insurance & Investment Co. Cowper road
Walker John, draper, silk mercer, clothier &c. Orwell villas, Norwich road
Walker William, manager of the National Provincial Bank of England, Market place
Ward Edward, farmer, North Hall green
Warren Joseph & Son, general drapers, Market place
Warren Charles (Mrs.), farmer. Etling green
Water Works (Wm. Hy. Nankivell, enginer & manager), Old road
Watling Sarah (Mrs.), watch maker, High street
Watson Richard, assistant clerk to Mitford & Launditch union,
   registrar of births & deaths for East Dereham sub-district
   & registrar of marriages for Mitford & Launditch union, Commercial road
Websdale Frederick, farmer, Park farm
Weeds Ellen (Miss), milliner, Norwch street
Wells Hase, coach builder, Commercial road
Wells James, farmer & cattle dealer, Neatherd
Wells John, beer retailer, Norwich street
Wells Mary Ann (Mrs.), dyer, Baxter row
Wells William, coach builder, Norwich street
Wells William, Rose, Baxter row
Wharton William Gaze, watch & clock maker, Market place
Wicks Robert, farm bailiff to C. H. Wigg, esq. Etling green
Weir William Baxter, dining rooms, Quebec street
Wigg Wright Goddard, farmer, South green
Wilson Thomas, Crown inn, Norwich road
Wicks James & Son, machinists, High street
Wray William Frow, assistant overseer, Church street
Wright, Barton & Vores, solicitors, Guildhall
Wright & Son, hatters, clothiers, outfitters, boot & shoe manufacturers, High street;
   & at 34 High street & 1 & 2 Conduit St. Lynn; & Market pl. & Post Office st. Fakenhm
Wright Amelia (Mrs.), grocer, High street
Wright David Wm. corn & flour dealer, Wellington road
Wright John, shoe maker, Quebec street
Wright Thomas, boot & shoe maker, High street
Yelland John, inland revenue officer, Norwich road
Young Charles, coal merchant, Railway station
Yull Robert, baker, High street

Transcription Copyright © E.C."Paddy" Apling September 1999; links updated, January 2010.

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