FRAMINGHAM EARL is a village and parish 5 miles south-east from Norwich, in the Southern division of the county, Henstead hundred and union, Norwich county court district, rural deanery of Brooke, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Andrew is an ancient and curious structure of flint, in the Norman and Early English styles, which has been repaired and restored, and consists of chancel, nave and round tower: here are a piscina and holy water stoup. The Register dates from the year 1721. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Bixley, joint yearlyegross value £579, with residence, in the gift of Clement Brereton esq. and held since 1878 by the Rev. Charles Turner M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The fuel allotment of 13 acres produced £21 yearly. The Earl of Rosebery is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are G. H. Christie esq. J.P. James Christie esq. and Major Fitzgerald. The Hall which stands in well-wooded grounds is the property of Paynton Pigott esq. chief constable of the county. The soil is sandy; subsoil, sand, gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and turnips. The area is 616 acres; rateable value, £1,122; the population in 1881 was 100.
Parish Clerk, Kenneth Blyth. http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkf/framingham/framrt.htm
Pigott Paynton esq. barrister-at-law, & chief constable for the county, The Hall
Turner Rev. Charles M.A. Rectory
Burgess John, farmer
Chaplin Josiah, clerk to the school boards for the united districts of Poringland & Bramerton, post office
Middleditch, Railway tavern
Stockings Mark, farmer
Waites John, farmer
Waites John, farmer
1891 Census Names Index
White's 1845, and 1883 [both GENUKI-NFK]
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