Norfolk: West Rudham

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

RUDHAM, (WEST) a parish and village, adjoining the above [East Rudham], 8 miles W. by S. of Fakenham, has 490 inhabitants, and 2,438 acres, of which, 100 acres are heath, 180 pasture, and the rest arable. A small brook runs through the village, and gives rise to the river Wensum. A great part of the soil belongs to Lord Charles Townshend, the Marquis Cholmondeley, G. W. Chad, Esq., and Money Curtis, Esq., and lies in the manors of Houghton, Castleacre, and Northall, or St Faiths'.

The CHURCH (St. Peter,) has a nave, south aisle, chancel, and a short tower; and in the same enclosure, there was a chapel dedicated to All Saints standing in 1493. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at Ł7. 6s. 8d., and consolidated with the rectory of East Rudham. Lord Charles Townshend is patron, and also impropriator of the rectorial tithes.

	Barrett    Mrs. Mary
	Cannell    Annison       baker & Temp. Hotel
	Colman     Thos.         shoemaker & beerhs.
	Gathercole John          joiner
	Goose      Robert        carpenter
	Payne      James         bricklayer
	Parsons    Edward        blacksmith
	Piggott    Michael John  watch maker
	Powell     William       vict., Duke's Head
	Riches     John & Son    tailors & drapers
	Sharpin    Thomas        gardener
	Waller     Richard       cooper
	Stringer   William       carrier to Norwich and Lynn

	   FARMERS.

	Algar      Robert
	Barnett    John
	Curtis     Henry
	Harper     John
	Rathborn   Wm.
	Tingay     Thos. R.
	Wightman   John

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