Norfolk - South Pickenham

PICKENHAM (SOUTH) 4 miles S.S.E. of Swaffham, is a parish and pleasant village, with 33 houses, 180 souls, and 1,751 acres of land, of which about 200a. are rabbit warren. E. T. Applewhaite and Jonathan Farrow, Esqrs., are owners of the soil, and the former is lord of the manor, and resides at the Hall, an ancient mansion, which was modernized about 20 years ago, by its late owner, W. L. W. Chute, Esq. The CHURCH, dedicated to All Saints, has on its north side the remains of a chapel, in which Sir Henry Hobart, Knt., was interred, in 1638. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's book at £8 1s. 5½d., and in 1831 at £313. E. T. Applethwaite, [sic.] Esq., is patron, and the Rev. George Montagu, of Swaffham, incumbent. The poor have two tenements and gardens, and 1a. 2r. of land given by unknown donors.

DIRECTORY—

Edw. Archer Applewhaite, and
Edw. Thornhill Applewhaite, Esqrs., Hall;
Wm. Burton, parish clk.;
Herbert Dickson, farm bailiff;
Jas. Richardson, blacksmith and shopkpr.;
and
Morris Cooper and
Wm. Johnson,
farmers.

1891 Census Names Index
South Greenhoe hundred
Swaffham union
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White's 1845 [GENUKI-NFK]
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