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Norfolk - Loddon

Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, pp. 369-371.

LODDON is a small market and union town, parish and polling place in the Southern division of the county, 5 miles from Buckenham Ferry and Reedham station, 7 from Beccles, 10 south-east from Norwich, and 112 from London, in the hundred of Loddon, county court district of Bungay and Beccles, rural deanery of East Brooke, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich, situated on the river Chet. The town is lighted with gas by a company. The church of the Holy Trinity is a large structure of flint with stone dressings, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave with clerestory, aisles, square tower containing 8 bells, and south porch: it has a fine-toned organ, presented by T. Reynolds in 1821: the east window is stained; here is an ancient stone font, much defaced by the Puritans: in the south aisle is a curious painting representing Sir James Hobart and his wife, kneeling, with views of Loddon church and St. Olave's bridge, and an inscription beneath states that Sir James built the church, and his wife the bridge: in the north aisle is a marble altar-tomb, with a recumbent figure of Lady Williamson, who died in 1684. The register dates from the year 1556. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £280, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and held since 1849 by the Rev. John James Smith M.A. and formerly fellow and tutor of Caius Colege, Cambridge, who resides at Penalley near Tenby, South Wales: in 1841 the rectorial tithes were commuted for £520 yearly. The parish is in the charge of the Rev. Caleb Mayhew, curate. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. The Town Hall, erected in 1870, is a handsome building of red brick, in the Italian style, and is used for meetings and entertainments. The town estate consists of a house, and a farm of 83 acres, the rent of which, £185, is applied chiefly in the service of the church. An engine house has been built in the parish on its own land, and a fire engine placed there by the Norwich Union Fire Office. In the 18th Edward I., J. Seagrave obtained for the town a charter for a market, to be held every Tuesday, for corn, and a fair for stock on Easter Monday and on the first Monday after November 22nd. G. W. D. Palmer esq. is lord of the manor. The land belongs to several owners, amongst whom are John Crisp esq. George Riche esq. and Captain Clarke. The area is 2,952 acres; rated at £5,134; the population in 1881 was 1,145.

Parish Clerk,

POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank.—Thomas William Ellis, postmaster. Letters are received from Norwich at 6 a.m.; dispatched per mail cart a 4.15 p.m. Box closes at 4 p.m.; but letters may be posted until closing of the bag by payment of an extra stamp.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR LODDON & CLAVERING PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION.

Clerk to the Magistrates,

INSURANCE AGENTS:—

British Equitable, & Liverpool & London & Globe,

National Provident Institution,

Norwich Fire & Life,

Scottish Provident,

Star Life,

UBLIC

STABLISHMENTS

County Police Station,

Town Hall,

LODDON & CLAVERING UNION.

Board day every alternate monday, at 11 a.m. at the workhouse, Hickingham [sic. Heckingham]

The union comprise the following places:—Aldeby, Alpington, Ashby, Bedingham, Bergh Apton, Brooke, Broome, Burgh St. Peter, Carleton St. Peter, Chedgrave, Claxton, Ditchingham, Ellingham, Geldeston, Gillingham All Saints-cum-St. Mary, Haddiscoe, Hales, Hardley, Heckingham, Hedenham, Hellington, Howe, Kirby Cane, Kirstead, Langley, Lodden [sic.], Mundham, Norton Subcourse, Raveningham, Seething, Sisland, Stockton, Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Thurlton, Thurton, Thwaite St. Mary, Toft Monks, Topcroft, Wheatacre All Saints, Woodton & Yelverton. The population of the union in 1881 was 13,546; rateable value, £95,799

Clerk to the Guardians, James Cole Copeman, Loddon
Collectors & Relieving Officers, John Cossey, London district; John Read Sayer, Aldeby district
Public Vaccinator, No. 1 district, Robert Ives Metcalfe, M.D. Beccles;

No. 2 district,

No. 3 district,

No. 4 district,

Vaccination Officers,

Medical Officers, no. 1 district,

No. 2 district,

No. 3 district,

No. 4 district,

Superintendent Registrar,

Registrars of Births & Deaths, No. 1, Aldeby sub-district,

No.2, Loddon sub-dstrict,

No. 3, Woodton sub-district,

Registrar of Marriages,

Workhouse,

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Clerk,

Medical Officer of Health,

Inspector of Nuisances,

Toft Monks

PUBLIC OFFICERS:—

Assessors & Collectors of Property & Income Tax,

Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes,

Clerk to Haddiscoe Drainage Board, to Chet Valley Commissioners of Sewers & Assessment & School Attendance Committee,

Collector of Poor Rates,

Highway Surveyor,

Inspector of Cattle,

The school formerly called Loddon Public School was formed into a Board school in 1880, for the united district of Loddon & Sisland. The board meet at the school the second monday in each month, at 7.30 p.m. J. C. Copeman, clerk to the Board. The building, in the Early English style, was erected in 1857 & considerable additions were made in 1881: it will hold 160 boys; 84 girls & 81 infants. The average attendance is---boys 88; girls & infants 120. Harry Thomas Woodward, master; Miss Martha Collingwood, mistress

CARRIERS TO:—

ORWICH

ARMOUTH

RIVATE

ESIDENTS