SWAINSTHORPE is a village and parish on the Great Eastern railway, 109¾ miles from London and 5 south-by-west from Norwich, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Humbleyard, Henstead union, Norwich county court district, rural deanery of Humbleyard, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Peter is an ancient building of flint and rubble, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, octagonal tower and 4 bells: there is an ancient and curious monument to John Dearsley esq. and an old brass. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, with that of Newton Flotman annexed, joint yearly value £627, tithe rent charge, with 48 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of F. W. K. Long esq. and held since 1835 by the Rev. Henry Churchman Long B.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge, who resides at Newton Flotman. Here was anciently another church, dedicated to St. Mary. Here is the workhouse for the Henstead union, a plain, red brick building, erected in 1836 to hold 100 inmates. F. W. Kellett Long esq. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is light and sandy; subsoil, chalk and gravelly. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 821 acres; rateable value £1,854; the population in 1881 was 191.
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POST OFFICE.—Thomas Andrews, receiver. Letters received through Norwich, viä Stoke Holy Cross, arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Norwich.
INSURANCE AGENT.—Gresham Life, J. C. Godfrey
COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR SWAINSTHORPE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION.
The union comprises the following places:—Arminghall, Bixley, Bracon Ash, Bramerton, Caistor St. Edmund's, Colney, Cringleford, Dunston, Earl Framingham. East Carlton, Flordon, Framingham Pigot, Hethel, Hethersett, Holverstone, Intwood, Keswick, Ketteringham, Kirby Bedon, Markshall, Melton Magna, Melton Parva, Mulbarton, Newton Flotman, Poringland Great (or East), Poringland Little (or West), Rockland St. Mary, Saxlingham Nethergate, Saxlingham Thorpe, Shottesham All Saints, Shottesham St. Mary & St. Martin, Stoke Holy Cross, Surlingham, Swainsthorpe, Swardeston, Trowse (or Trowse Newton), Whitlingham & Wreningham; the population of the union in 1881 was 10,636; rateable value, £88, 583
Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. 1 district, T. W. Richardson, Norwich; No. 2 district, Robert J. Mills, Norwich; No. 3 district, George Lowe, Wymondham; No. 3 district, F. W. Merry, Shottesham All Saints
Superintendent Registrar, James S. Sanders, Swainsthorpe
Registrars of Births & Deaths, No. 1 Humbleyard sub-district, J. C. F. Godfrey, Mulbarton; No. 2 Henstead sub-district, W. H. Lockwood, Poringland
Workhouse, James S. Saunders, master; Rev. F. Cavell T.A.K.C.L. chaplain; T. W. Richardson, medical officer; Mrs. Eliza Saunders, matron; Miss Jane E. Swann, schoolmistress
RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Clerk, E. P. Simpson, Tombland, Norwich
Medical Office of Health, J. B. Pitt, L.R.C.P. Edin. Scarning
Inspector of Nuisances, James Hall, Swardeston
RAILWAY STATION, William Herbert Canham, station master
Here is a National school, supported by voluntary subscriptions: Miss Kate Sandal, mistress
1891 Census Names Index
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