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Norfolk - Tottington

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845, p. 369.

E.C."Paddy" Apling]

TOTTINGTON, a small village, on the Thetford road, 4 miles S. by W. of Watton, has in its parish 340 souls, and 3090 acres of land, (including 150A. of plantation,) nearly all the property of Lord Walsingham. The soil is generally a light sand. The Church (St. Andrew) is a large fabric, with a square tower, containing five bells, and formerly crowned by a spire, which was taken down in 1802. The pews have carved heads, and in the windows are some fragments of stained glass. Several ancient slabs have been robbed of their brasses. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6. 14s. 9d., and in 1831 at £89, is enjoyed by the Rev. W. J. Burford, D.D., with 10 acres of glebe. The patronage, and the rectorial titles, belong to Chigwell Free Schools, Essex. At the enclosure, in 1774, about 60 acres were left open as a Fuel Allotment, but part of it is now in plantations, belonging to Lord Walsingham. DIRECTORY: Wm. Chilvers, vict., Green Man; John Clivers, wheelwright; Thomas Watling, fishmonger; Simon Watson, shopkeeper; Robert Chilvers, carpenter; and Thos. Buckle, John Lincoln, Thomas Palmer, Wm. Sutton, and Robert Towler, farmers.