Norfolk: Filby

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

FILBY is a small parish and straggling village, on the Norwich turnpike, 6 miles N.W. of Yarmouth. It has 553 inhabitants, and 1191 acres of land, exclusive of roads, 100A. in plantations, and about 160A. in a fine lake, called Filby Broad, and abounding with fish and wild ducks.

The Church, dedicated to All Saints, has a lofty embattled tower and five bells. It stands on an eminence above the lake, and contains a beautiful marble monument, in memory of the late Chas. Lucas, Esq.

The rectory, valued in the King's Books at £11. 1s. 6d., and in 1831, at £520, has 24 acres of glebe, and is in the patronage of the Rev. Charles Lucas, and incumbency of the Rev. Gibson Lucas, who is also chief owner and lord of the manor, which was anciently held by a family of its own name. Filby House, the seat of the rector, is a handsome mansion of white brick, rebuilt in 1833.

At the enclosure in 1802, 10A. 1R. 23P. of the marsh was allotted to the poor, and 2R. 4P. for the repairs of the roads.

Here is a Methodist and also an Unitarian Chapel; the latter was built and endowed by Henry Daliel, who died in 1710, but it is now disused.

The tithes have been commuted for £597. 13s. 8d. per annum.

	 Boulton     Eliz.              shopr. (Post Office)
	 Chapman     Jph.               beerhouse kpr. & smith
	 Chapman     Joseph, jun.       butcher
	 Everson     Jas.               schoolmaster & shopkr
	 Everson     Mr John
	 Green       Robert             glazier, painter, &c
	 Hannent     John               vict. Fox & Hounds
	 Harris      Wm.                sadler
	 Harrison    Wm. S.             farrier and shopr
	 Homan       Robert             joiner
	 Humphrey    Benjamin           blacksmith
	 Lucas       Rev Gibson, &      Filby House
	               Rev Charles, B.A.
	 Moore       Ann                bricklayer
	 Nichols     Thomas             wheelwright
	 Richards    John               gamekeeper
	 Shepherd    Henry              cattle dealer
	 Sherrington Mrs Elizabeth
	 Shreeve     John               blacksmith
	 Skoyles     James              iron founder and machine maker
	 Smith       Wm.                tailor
	 Trett       John               shopkeeper
	 Trett       Thomas             swine dealer
	 Walpole     Clement S.         joiner

	                     FARMERS.
	                  *are Owners.

	 Chapman     John              *Parker      John
	*Frosdick    Edw.               Skoyles     Thomas
	 Hewitt      John               Squires     John
	 Humphrey    Geo.               Thompson    Saml.
	 Nicholds    Eliz.              Waters      Samuel
	*Palmer      John

	    Shoemakers.

	 Chase       George
	 English     Wm.
	 Howard      Samuel

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.