MARSHLAND ST. JAMES is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1922, and by the County of Norfolk Review Order, 1935, it was created a civil parish comprising parts of Clenchwarton, Terrington St. Clement, Terrington St. John, Tilney All Saints, Tilney St. Lawrence, Tilney with Islington, Walpole St. Andrew, Walpole St. Peter and West Walton. It is 7½ miles east of Wisbech and 11 south-west of King's Lynn, in the King's Lynn division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of Freebridge Marshland, rural district of Marshland, county court district of Wisbech, rural deanery of Lynn Marshland, archdeaconry of Wisbech and diocese of Ely. The church of St. James, which was erected in 1896 as a memorial to the Rev. Philip Salisbury Bagge M.A. rector of Walpole St. Peter, 1853-91, is a building of brick, consisting of apse and nave; there are 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1857. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £315, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Ely, and held since 1929 by the Rev. George Chesnutt, of Dorchester Missionary College and Saint Augustine's College, Canterbury. There is a Methodist chapel in Smeeth road and one in Middle drove, built in 1855 The Jubilee Hall is situated in Smeeth road. The principal landowners are the Norfolk County Council and the farmers. The soil is heavy and mixed; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are potatoes, wheat, peas, sugar beet and fruit. The area is 6,316 acres; the population in 1931 was 829.
Post & Tel. Call Office, Marshland Smeeth. Letters through Wisbech. Emneth nearest M. O. & T. office
Askew John, Willow cottage, St. John's Fen end
Chestnutt Rev. Frederick George (vicar), The Vicarage
Stephenson C. H. School hoise
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(Telephone Exchange, Marshland Smeeth)
Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over
Allen A, & Son, smallholders, Middle drove
Ambrose Herbt. farmer, Middle drove
Askew Charlie, smllholder, Walpole rd. Stt. John's Fen end
Askew Geo. W,. potato mer. St. John's Fen end. T N 203
Askew Herbt. W. farmer, Middle drove
Naker Albt. farmer, Middle drove
Baker Rt. farmer, Middle drove
Barsby C. E. fruit grower, Smeeth rd. T N 233
Beakley Frank Whitby, fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Ballam Harry, smallholder, Middle drove
Bird in Hand P.H. (Wm. Green), Middle drove
Bennett Edwd. Rt. poultry farmer, St. John's Fen end
Britliff Fred, jun. fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Britliff Fred Jn. fruit grower, The Newtons, Smeeth rd
Cammack Edgar, farmer, Middle drove
°Cammack Geo. farmer, Middle drove. T N 228
°Cammack Harry Clements farmer, Middle drove
Cammack Jn. Willie, farmer, Willow farm, Middle drove
Carley Thomas William, threshing machine owner, Middle drove. T N 218
Carter Geo. Wm. farmer, Smeeth rd. T N 237
Chalk Fredk. Geo. haulage contrctr, Middle drove T N 231
Clarke Cecil Douglas, fruit grower, Homeland, Smeeth rd
Clarke Wltr, Edwd. fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Cole Chas Jeffery, farm foreman to H. Mwlton esq. Middle drove
Cook Jsph. Marshall. smallholder, Emneth Hungate
Cousins Harold, farmer, St. John's Fen end
Cousins Leslie, farmer, Middle drove
Crib Chas. fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Dack Rd. Philip, farmer, Middle drove
Day Chas. farm foreman to J. W. Cole esq.
Day Hy. tobccnst. The Bungalow
Dix Salmon Jas. farmer, St. John's Fen end
Eggleton C. carpnter & joiner, St. John's Fen end
Eilnor Arth. Wm. smallholder, Smeeth rd
Flood Geo. farm foreman to A. Ruston esw
Fos G. (Miss), poultry far,er. St. John;s Fen end
Gamble Harvey, fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Garner J. W. farm foreman to B. N. Payne esq. Smeeth rd
Gay Jas. blacksmith, Smeeth rd
Goebbels Anthony Aug. smallholder, Moyses bank
Goebbels Wm. Jy. smallholder, Smeeth rd
Golding Wm. David, smallholder, St. John's Fen end
Good A. farmer, Fen, Middle drove
Good P. farmer, Fen, Middle drove
°Goose Arth. Geo. farmer, Trafford ho. Smeeth T N 205
°Goose Arthur Ralph, famer, Willow farm. T N 219
°Goose Hugh Leonard, farmer, Poplar farm. T N 224
Goward O. & Son, blackmsiths, Middle drove
Grainger Geo. Arth. farmer, Middle drove
Grainger Jn. farmer, Middle drove
Green Horace, farmer, Middle drove
Greenacre Winifred (Miss), fruit grover, Smeeth rd
Grüb Chas. Wm. smallholder, St. John's Fen end
Hartley Wm. farmer, Middle drove
Harvey Jn. fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
°Herbert Albt. Jsph. farmer, Bank ho. Niddle drove. T N 212
Holman Hy. farmer, Middle drove
Howlett Harry, farmer, Poppylot
Hubbard G E. coal mer. Smeeth rd
Hunter Wm. farmer, Smeth rd
Hurst Alfd. smallholder, St. John's Fen end
James Ernest Hubert, fruit grower, Goose la. Smeeth rd
Jolly Farmers P.H. (Edwin Earls)
Kirby Thos, fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Lawrence Fred, fruti grower, St. John's Fen end
Lawrence Hy. fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Laws Geo. Wm. fruit grower, Smeeth rd. T N 238
Lewis Ernest, farmer, Moyses bank
°Liquorice Roland, farmer, St. John's Fen rd
Marshand Dairy, Poplar farm. T N 224
Martin Albert Edward, farmer, Westfields, Middle drove. T N 210
Mason Chas, farmer, Middle drove
Mee J. foreman to J. C Selby esq. fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Motson Wltr. Chas. farmer, Townsend farm, Middle drove
New Swan Inn (Mrs. Emma R. Johnson), St. John's Fen end
Newton Wm. smallholder, Middle drove
Oglesby Rd. Wilson, farmer, Rands fm. Smeet rd. T N 230
Racey Hugh, fruit grower, Black ho. Smeeth rd. T N 235
Racey Hugh, fruit grower, Smeet rd. T N 227
Reeve Sidney, grocer, & post office, Smeeth rd
Reynolds Rt. fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Roberts R. farmer, Fen, Middle drove
Robertson G. farm foreman to W. Flint esq. Middle drove
Rome Jas. fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Russell Sidney, fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Sanderson Aug. Harold Allen, haulage contrctr, St. John's Fen end. T N 217
Scotting Percy, farmer, Middle drove
Sevastapol Inn (Mrs. Alice Bodger), Middle drove
Smart Arth. Edwd. smallholder, Fen rd
Smeeth Station Inn (Jas. Gay), Smeeth rd
Smith A. farmer, Fen, Middle drove
Stannard Geo. Wm. fruit grower, Smeeth rd. T N 201
Stephenson C. H. clerk to the parish council, School ho
Stimpson Ernest Eli, fruit grower, St. John's Fen end
Stokes Jn. Wm. fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Sutton Christphr. farmer, Smeeth rd. T M 229
Talbot Jn, frit grower, Smeeth rd
Taylor J. smallholder, Smeeth rd
Terrington Arth. farmer, Middle drove
Tomlinson Jabez Wm. fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Upshaw Lewis, farmer, Middle drove
Walker Jas. farmer, Middle drove
Ward Fred, fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Ward Jn. fruit grower, Glynavon, Smeeth rd
Wheatsheaf P.H. (Fredk. Geo. Chalke), Middle drove. T N 231
Wilcox J. R. W. fruit grower, Smeeth rd
Wing Hy. Herbt. farmer
