Norfolk: Plumstead

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

PLUMSTEAD, 4 miles S.E. of Holt, has in its parish 190 souls, and 1273A. of land. J.T. Mott, Esq., owns most of the soil, and is lord of the manor.

The Church (St. Michael,) is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £5. 3s. 4d., and having 11A. 2R. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £185, awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. The Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, is patroness, and the Rev. Arthur Langton, of Hempstead-with-Eccles, is the incumbent.

Directory:-

	Bussey    Mary    shopkeeper   [see note below]
	Elsden    Mary    shopkeeper   [see note below]
	Goodwin   Wm.     blacksmith
	Harmer    Chpr.   bricklayer
	Overton   John    miller
	Pull      Wm.     shoemaker
	Rowland   James   vict., Cherry Tree
	Scarff    Jas.    pump maker

	   farmers

	Brett     Wm.     (cow leech)
	Broughton Danl.
	Green     John    (Church farm)
	Greenacre Wm.

Note: in the original this is:
Mary Bussey and Mary Elsden, shopkeepers

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