Norfolk: Burgh next Aylsham

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

[Transcription copyright Š Richard Johns]

BURGH, or Burgh-next-Aylsham, is a village and parish, on the east side of the Bure, 2 miles S.E. of Aylsham, and contains 314 souls, and 789 acres of land, mostly belonging to J.H. Holley, Esq., the lord of the manor, who resides at Burgh Hall, a neat mansion, with a fine lawn, and is patron of the Church, (St. Mary,) which is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at Ł7.17.1d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Edward Holley, B.A. The glebe is 12A., and the tithes have been commuted for Ł255 per annum.

From its name, and many coins, urns, &c., found here, Burgh is supposed to have been a Roman station.

Mrs. Holley supports a National School.

Directory:

	Holley  Jas.Hunt,Esq.  Hall

	Browne  Robert         miller
	Goodson Robert         shoemaker
	Hudson  Jane           schoolmistress
	Medley  Robert         shoemaker and shopkeeper
	Postle  Henry          wheelwright
	Postle  Robt.          shopkeeper
	Postle  Robert jun.    vict., Fighting Cocks
	Thorne  Robert         farmer
	Wright  Chas.          blacksmith and beer seller

See also the Burgh next Aylsham parish page.