Norfolk: East Lexham

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

LEXHAM, (EAST) 2 miles W. of Litcham, has in its parish 236 souls, and 1,048 acres of land, nearly all the property of F.W. Keppel, Esq., the lord of the manor, who resides at the Hall, a neat mansion pleasantly seated in a small park, within a mile of Litcham.

The Church (St. Andrew,) has a round ivy-mantled tower, and is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £8. 6s., and consolidated with that of Litcham. In the chancel are several monuments of the Keppel family.

The Poor's Allotment, awarded in 1797, comprise, 19A. let for £15, 7A., on which fuel is cut; and 2A., on which the poor turn geese and cattle. In 1629, Wm. Allee charged lands, now belonging to F.W. Keppel, Esq., with the yearly payments of 40s., to each of the parishes of East and West Lexham, Great Dunham, Beeston-juxta-Mileham, Litcham, and Castleacre; and 20s., to Newton-by-Castleacre, for the poor.

Here is a small National School, built by F.W. Keppel, Esq.

Directory

	Clark        Mary  vict.,    Chequers
	Keppel       Frederick       Hall
	               Walpole, Esq.
	Leatherdale  Frederick       shopkeeper
	Moore        John            miller

	   farmers

	Burton       John
	Childs       Henry
	Middleton    Jph.
	Hunter       Rawdon