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PULHAM ST. MARY MAGDALEN is a populous village near the main road, between Scole and Norwich, 4½ miles N.W. of Harleston, 15 miles S. of Norwich, and about a mile from the Tivetshall Station of the Eastern Union Railway. Many of the houses are scattered about on fine healthy sites, and the surrounding scenery is picturesque and diversified. Pulham once had its weekly markets, and its manufactures of hats, coverlets, and dornicks, but these have long been obsolete, and the only manufacture carried on now is that of gloves. A cattle FAIR is annually held on the third Thursday in May. The parish comprises an area of 2956 acres, and the population in 1841 was 1155. Post-Office, at Elizabeth Palmer's. Letters delivered at 9.30 a.m. and despatched to Norwich and all parts, via Harleston, at 4.30 p.m.
Aldrich John grocer and draper Allen Richard joiner Banham Ezekiel shoemaker Bond Rev. Richard (curate) Brown Robert 'Falcon' Bullen Joseph organ builder Churchyard Sidney grocer & draper Cocks John 'Crown' (and painter, glazier, &c.) Cole Miss Maria Dade William blacksmith Dodd David 'Queen's Head' Drake Captain Edward Drake the Misses Dunn Matthew painter, glazier, &c. Field William miller Goff William tailor and draper Goldspink Waters butcher Howlett Edward joiner Howlett Joseph machine maker King William blacksmith King Wm. Hy. veterinary surgeon Mainey Thos. master of workhouse Myhill William George baker Neave James cattle dealer Neave William machine maker Osborne William saddler Palmer Elizabeth straw hat maker Palmer John wheelwright Parkerson Miss Charlotte Poppy Mrs. Mary Rayson George law clerk Rayson John miller Rayson Robert blacksmith Reeve Thomas bricklayer Riches John glover Rudling John cooper Rush John school Self Mrs. Sarah Took Thomas grocery dealer Wade Robert butcher Waller Mr. Joshua Warne Benjamin shoemaker Warne Ebenezer grocer and draper Warne Frederick tailor Warne John carrier Webb James shoemaker Farmers. Barnes Samuel Kerrison Henry Baxter James Kerrison Samuel Bowles William Kerrison Samuel, jun. Bullock Robert Kersey Henry Bunn William King George Chaney John Knights George Elmar James Leggett Laverock Folkard James Moore James Goldsmith James Nurse William Gooch Thomas Poppy George Harden Jacob Read John Harden Jacob, jun. Salter William Harris Charles Stanley John Kent James Stanley John, jun.CARRIERS, &c. - To Harleston, Jackson, Wed. and Sat. 8 eveng.; also, Prime's "bus" same days, 7 eveng. To Norwich, Jackson, Wed. and Sat. 6 morn.; also, Prime's "bus" same days, at ¼ past 8 morn.; likewise, Warne, same days, at 9 morn., per rail, from Tivetshall.
Copyright © Pat Newby.
November 2005