INGWORTH is a village and parish 1½ miles north from Aylsham station and 7 north-west from North Walsham Great Eastern railway and the same distance from Aylsham Town station, on the Eastern and Midlands railway, and stands in the valley of the river Bure, over which there are two bridges of one arch each, on the road to Aylsham in the Northern division of the county, South Erpingham hundred, Aylsham union and county court district, rural deanery of Ingworth and archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Lawrence is a small old flnt building, containing chancel and nave, and formerly had a round tower, which fell in 1822. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, yearly value £170, with 13 acres of glebe, in the gift of the trustee of the late Admiral Wyndham and held since 1835 by the Rev. George Fish B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who resides at Erpingham lodge. Here is a chapel for the Wesleyan Reformers. Constance Marchioness of Lothian is lady of the manor of Ingworth on the part of Hoe, and W F. Wyndham esq. of Hanworth Hall, is lord of the manor of Ingworth. The principal landowners are the Rev. George Fish and Constance Marshioness of Lothian. The soil is sandy; subsoil, sand and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, roots, barley and hay. The area is 1,507A. 1R. 1P.; rateable value, £968; the population in 1881 was 144.
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