Norfolk: Southrepps

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

SOUTHREPPS, a large village, about 5 miles S.S.E. of Cromer, and N.N.W. of North Walsham, has in its parish 813 souls, and 2081 acres of land, including 35A. of common, 27A. of roads, and 82A. of wood. It is in the manor of Gimingham Lancaster, held of the Crown by Lord Suffield, who owns about one-fourth of the soil. Here is a cattle fair on the Tuesday fortnight after Whit-Monday.

The CHURCH (St. James,) has a lofty tower, but its side-aisles were taken down in 1788, and the arches built up. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £16, has 12A. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £666, awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. The Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, is patroness, and the Ven. Archdeacon Glover is the incumbent.

Here is a Methodist chapel, and on a lofty hill are the ruins of an old beacon, commanding an extensive prospect of sea and land. The Poor's Land, 2A. 2R. 31P., is let for £5. 15s. 6d.

	Baker    John               glazier, painter, &c
	Burrell  John               parish clerk
	Cubitt   Mr B.G. and Mrs
	Ducker   John               butcher
	Glover   Ven. George, A.M.,
	           F.R.S.           Archdeacon of Sudbury, Rectory
	Gray     Joseph             blacksmith
	Green    Priest             wheelwright
	Harmer   Wm.                bricklayer
	Mower    Robert             vict. Vernon Arms
	Murrell  Hy. T.             regr. & relvg. officer
	Plumbly  James Spurrell     clerk to Erpingham Union
	Seago    Mary Ann
	Sisson   Rev J.L.           Lodge
	Sharpin  Jas.               vety. surgeon & beerhs
	Ward     Wm.                vict. Crown
	Woods    Christopher        saddler

	   Bakers, &c.                 Gardeners.

	Carter   James              Goulden  Benj.
	Emery    Thomas             Lubbock  John
	Harmer   Thomas             Pike     Robert

	   Boot & Shoe Mkrs.           Grocers, &c.

	Baker    James              Barber   Robert
	Foulger  Robert             Goulden  Benj.
	Mower    Robert             Messant  Ann
	Woods    Samuel

	   Corn Millers.               Joiners, &c.

	Bartram  James              Copeman  Robert
	Duncan   Robert             Green    Priest
	                            Temple   Wm.

	                               Tailors.

	                            Bensley  James
	                            Chaplin  Robert

	                     FARMERS.

	Carter   James              Harmer   Christn.
	Cook     John               Martins  Wm.
	Green    Priest             Painter  Edmund
	Haddon   Leonard            Starling M. (lime burner)
	Hewitt   Robert             Weeds    John