Norfolk - City of Norwich

Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, pp. 403-459.

Partial entry (full details of County Court and Norwich Incorporation, from pp. 414-5).

[Note: - Pending the transcription of the full entry, particular questions about this directory entry will be gladly answered by the transcriber.]

COUNTY COURT
28 Castle Meadow

Judge, Edwin Plumer Price esq Q.C. 6 King's Bench walk, Temple, London
Registrar & Bailiff, George Frederick Cooke
Chief Clerk, Edwin Matthias Bullard
The County Court district embraces the followng places:--
Acle, Alpington, Arminghall, Ashby, Attlebridge, Barford, Bawburgh, Beeston Saint Andrew, Beighton, , Bixley. Blofield, Bowthorpe, Bracon Ash, Bracondale, Bradiston, Bramerton, Brooke, Brundall, Buckenham, Burlingham Saint Andrew, Burlingham Saint Edmund, Burlingham Saint Peter, Caister Saint Edmund, Cantley, Carlton East, Carleton Saint Peter, Carrow, Catton Old, Catton New, Claxton, Colney, Colton, Cossey, Cringleford, Crostwick, Drayton, Dunston, Earlham, Easton, Eaton, Felthorpe, Fishley, Flordon, Framingham Earl, Framingham Pigot, Frettenham, Hainford, Hardley, Hassingham, Heigham beyond the Walls, Hellesdon, Hemblington, Hethersett, Hillington, Holverstone, Horning, Horsford, Horsham Saint Faith's, Horstead, Howe, Intwood, Keswick, Kirby Bedon, Lakenham New, Lakenham Old, Langley, Lingwood, Ludham, Markshall, Marlingford, Melton (Great), Melton (Little), Morton, Moulton, Mulbarton, Newton Flotman, Newton Saint Faith's, Norwich, Panxworth, Plumstead (Great), Plumstead (Little), Pockthorpe, Poringland (Great), Poringland (Little), Postwick, Rackheath, Ranworth, Ringland, Rockland Saint Mary, Salhouse, Saxlingham Nethergate, Saxlingham Thorpe, Shottesham All Saints, Shottesham Saint Martin. Shottesham Saint Mary, Sisland, Spixworth, Sprowston, Stanninghall, Stoke Holy Cross, Strumpshaw, Surlingham, Swainsthorpe, Swardeston, Tasburgh, Taverham, Thorpe Hamlet, Thorpe Saint Andrew, Thurton, Trowse, Upton, Walsham St. Lawrence, Walsham Saint Mary, Weston, Whitlingham, Witton, Woodbastwick, Wroxham, and Yelverton.

NORWICH INCORPORATION
Board day, alternate thursdays.

The incorporation of Norwich comprises the following places:--
All Saints, Earlham Saint Mary, Eaton, Heigham, North & South Hellesdon (part-of), Lakenham, Pockthorpe, St. Andrew, St. Augustus, St. Clement, St. Edmund, St. Ethelred, St. George Colegate, St. George Tombland, St. Giles, St. Gregory, St. Helen, St. James, St. John Maddermarket, St. John Sepulchre, St. John Timberhill, St. Julian, St. Lawrence, St. Margaret, St. Martin-at-Oak, St. Martin-at-Palace, St. Mary-at-Coslany. St. Michael-at-Coslany, St. Michael-at-Plea, St. Michael-at-Thorn, St. Paul, St. Peter Hungate, St. Peter Mancroft, St. Peter-per-Mountergate, St. Peter Southgate, St. Saviour, Saint Simon and St Jude, St. Stephen, St. Swithin, Thorpe, Town Close, Trowse, Carrow, and Bracondale, The population of the incorporation in 1881 was 87,843; rateable value, £267,750
Treasurer, Henry Birkbeck, esq
Clerk to the Guardians, John Cross, Surrey street
Deputy, G. W. G. Barnard, Surrey street
Relieving Officers, 1st district, James Cracknell Fisher, Hall road, Lakenham;
2nd district, Gent Burton, Park lane, South Heigham;
3rd district, F. G. Sexton, Bishop Bridge road, Thorpe;
4th district, Robert Palmer, Edinburgh road, North Heigham
Collectors, 1st district, Charles Joseph Bailey, Chapelfield road;
2nd district, Samuel Mann, Magdalen street
3rd district, Benjamin Hook, St. Philip#s road;
4th district, Mark William Cullington, Dereham road;
5th district, Alfred George Barard, Castle meadow;
6th district, Ambrose Winter Bell, Botolph street
Medical Officers, 1st district, Wm. Woodhouse, 14 Chapelfield gardens;
2nd district, Robert James Mills, All Saints green;
3rd district, Horace Turner, Nethel street
4th district, Thomas Wm. Richardson, Surrey street
5th district, Thomas Thwaites Breese M.B. 3 Upper St. Giles street
6th district, Charles William Doyle M.B. Magdalen street;
7th district, Frederic Charles Bailey, 30 St. Giles street;
8th district, William Ribton Spowart, 19 St. Giles street
Public Vaccinator, William Guy M.D. St. Andrew's Hall plain
Vaccination Officer, vacant; station, Princes street
Superintendent Registrar, George Robert Cooke, St. Andrew's Broad st.;
Deputy, W Runacres, 17 Park la
Registrars of Births & Deaths,
No.1, Coslany Sub-Diustrict,, Horace Turner, Bethel street
Deputy William Burows, St. Clement's alley, Magdalen street
No.2, East Wymer Sub-district, W. J. Gardiner, Elm hill
No.3. Conisford Sub-district, H. Thompson, St. Stephen's street
Deputy, Henry Wilding, St. Stephen's plain
No. 4, Mancroft Sub-district, Thomas William Crosse, 22 St. Giles street
No. 5, West Wymer Sub-district, Benjamin Laffin Nockall, Tucks court, St. Giles street
Deputy, John Cossey, 1 St. John's street
Registrar of Marriages, Frederic Oddin Taylor, Old Bank buildings & J. Restieaux, 3 Stafford street
Deputy, Charles Searle, Dereham road
Workhouse, Dereham road, is a handsome red brick building, in the Tudor style, about 1 mile north of the city:
it was completed in 1859 & 1860, & cost £33,000 & has accommodation for 1,003 inmates. Rev. S. A. Selwyn M.A., chaplain; Frederick Charles Bailey, medical officer; Thomas Wolveridge, master; Mrs. Mary Ann Wolveridge, matron; Arthur J. Spinks, schoolmaster; Miss Caroline Butler, schoolmistress
Boy's Home, St. Faith's lane, T. W. Richardson, medical officer;
Edwin Smith, master; Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, matron

© Transcribed by E.C. ("Paddy") Apling, July 2007. Minor correction January 2010; links updated January 2011.

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List of 1891 Census Names Indexes for parishes in Norwich City
Agreement between James BARBER of Aylsham and Charles CLAY of Norwich [Linda Steward]
Jenny Lind (founder of Children's Hospital) [Eastern Daily Press]
Norwich Archeology [Norfolk Heritage Explorer[
Norwich Catholic Cathedral [Simon Knott]
Holy Apostles Jesuit Chapel [Simon Knott]
Ancient church of St. Clement, Conesford [Simon Knott]
Church of St. Francis, Heartsease [Simon Knott]
{Modern] church of St. Mary Magdalene [Simon Knott]
Norwich City [Methodist] Church [Simon Knott]
Bowthorpe Road Methodist Church [Simon Knott] Church of St. Alban, Lakenham
Church of St. Barnabas, Heigham [Simon Knott]
Church of St. Bartholomew, Heigham [Simon Knott]
Church of St. Catherine [Simon Knott]
Church of St. Helen [Simon Knott]
Church of St. Thomas [Simon Knott]
Friends' Meeting House, Gildencroft [Simon Knott]
Hillcrest Chapel [Simon Knott]
Holy Trinity Church [Simon Knott]
Oak Grove Chapel [Simon Knott]
Potter's House Church (Dereham Road Baptist Church) [Simon Knott]
Our Lady Mother of God Catholic chapel [Simon Knott]
Roseberry Road Methodist Church [Simon Knott]
Seventh-Day Adventist Church [Simon Knott]
Silver Street Baptist Church [Simon Knott]
Sprowston Methodist Church [Simon Knott]
St. Lukes Church Centre [Simon Knott]
St. Peter Park Lane Methodist [Simon Knott]
Swedenborgian Chapel [Simon Knott]
Trinity URC church [Simon Knott]
Witard Road Baptist Church [Simon Knott]
Heigham tower mill [Jonathan Neville]
New Mills [Jonathan Neville]
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