Norfolk: Beighton

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

BEIGHTON, on a gentle eminence, 2˝ miles S. by W. of Acle, and 10 miles W. of Yarmouth, has in its parish 288 souls, and 1016 acres of land, belonging to Magdalen College, Oxford, the Rev. J. Burroughes, Cyrus Gillett, W. Fowler, Mrs. Walker, and a few smaller owners; but Robert Fellowes, Esq., is lord of the manor and patron of the Church, (All Saints,) which is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at Ł13, and now enjoyed by the Rev. Thomas Lyon Fellowes, A.B., of Lingwood. It has 9A. 2R. 18P. of glebe, and the tithes have been commuted for Ł420 per annum.

The Poor's Allotment, 9A. 33P., awarded at the enclosure in 1803, is let for Ł20 a year.

Directory:-

	Barker     Wm.          tailor
	Brundell   Robert       blacksmith
	Carver     James        cattle dealer
	Gillett    Rev. Edward  curate
	Goff       Jas.         wheelwright
	Howard     James        shopkeeper
	Miles      Wm.          vict., Lord Nelson
	Walker     Mrs. Mary
	Wells      Mrs. Maria   Lincoln Hall

	   farmers

	Fowler     Wm.
	Howard     Robert
	Slipper    John
	Willgress  John

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