Norfolk: Gateley

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

GATELEY parish, 7 miles N. by W. of East Dereham, has 129 souls, and 1,504A. 3R. 35P. of land. Lord Sondes is lord of the manor, but Robt. Mitford, Esq., Mr. Elgar, and a few others have estates here.

The Church (St. Helen,) is a vicarage, consolidated with the rectory of Brisley, as noted at page 329 [which is the entry for Brisley]). The great tithes belong to Christ's College, Cambridge. They were commuted in 1840, for £203, and the vicarial tithes, for £142 per annum.

The Town Land is 6A. 1R.; and the Poor's Land, 2A. 2P. The latter is let for £2. 10s., and was let [left?] by Robert King, in 1697.

Directory:-

	Mitford   Robt., Esq.    Hall

	Hawes     Wm.            cooper
	Hawes     Thomas         blacksmith

	   farmers

	Chambers  Wm. Ord
	Elgar     Chas.
	Griggs    Money
	Howell    Robert and Wm.