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STALHAM, a compact and well-built village, equal in commercial consequence to many small towns, is pleasantly situated on the main road between North Walsham and Yarmouth, and proverbially characterised for the unity existing among its spirited inhabitants, and their unlimited kindness to strangers. [Its] retail shops are highly respectable, and the commercial inns (of which there are two) are replete with every requisite calculated to secure comfort and conviviality, nor are they wanting of sources of amusement, as each of them possesses a billiard table, and a bowling green.
Two coaches, and several carriers, regularly start for Norwich (distant 14 miles S.W.) and for Yarmouth (distant 16 miles S.E.) two or three times a week; besides which a constant communication with the latter town is continually effected by means of wherries on the Broads, from two wharfs or staithes which lie a little south of the village.
Not far from these staithes, is Stalham Hall, the seat of Miss Brooke, who is lady of the manor of Lindford and Wilds. There is also in the parish the manor of Stalham Hall, of which a reverend gentleman, named Richard Johnson, a non-resident, is the lord.
The parish church and a Wesleyan chapel are the places of worship, and a school on the National plan provides education for the children of needy residents. The Poor's Allotment, and the bequests of money left by benevolent individuals, materially tend to relieve the distresses of the indigent parishioners. The parish comprises an area of 1760 acres, and the population in 1841 was 729.
POST-OFFICE at Miles Fenn's. Letters delivered at 10.30 a.m. and despatched to Norwich and all parts, via Coltishall, at 3.10 p.m.
Allcock Elizabeth grocery dealer Allcock George saddler Allcock John shoemaker Baker William whitesmith Bates Ann Elizth. straw bonnet mkr. Bates Robert gig builder Bilham William basket maker Bond John cooper Boorne Mr. William Brooke Miss Susannah Ellis Stalham Hall Bulley William blacksmith Burton Jonathan coal and corn merchant, lime burner Clark Richard butcher Clowes William surgeon & registrar of births and deaths Cooke Mrs. Sophia Cooke Wm. corn merchant & miller Crisp Moses clerk Fenn Miles glover and grocer Fenn Thomas Miles 'Swan Inn' Fitt Thomas saddler, ironmonger, oil and colourman Gibbs Valentine coal dealer Gidney George earthenware dealer Gray James gardener & seedsman Howard John shoemaker Juby William cattle dealer Keeler Samuel joiner Lack Thomas tailor Lacy Robert veterinary surgeon Le Frank Mr. James Martins James agent to the Rev. R. Johnson Parr Sarah boarding and day school Pestell Hannah straw bonnet mkr. Pestell Hannah milliner and dressmaker Pestell John B. painter, glazier and paper-hanger Pestell Peter joiner Porter Charles druggist Richardson Robert farrier Rogers Ellis tailor Rust William wheelwright Salmon Robert shoemaker Silcock John wine, spirit and corn merchant Silcock Richard Boardman grocer, draper and agent to the Norwich Union fire and life office Snelling William shoemaker Spanton Humphrey painter, glazier, &c. Swann Mrs. Jemima Thompson Jph. tailor Thurlow James painter, glazier, &c. Trorey Robert shoemaker Turner Samuel baker and confectioner Watts Robert 'Maid's Head Inn' Webb John Craske, Esq. The Hall White Rev. James, M.A. Wilkins Robert bricklayer Willis Ephraim watch and clock maker Wilsea Thomas brazier & tinman Farmers. Cock Robert Slipper John Armine Harvey Robert Stannard Samuel Jay William West John Merriman Richardson Robert
COACHES to Norwich, Lack's, also Whall's, Mon. Wed. and Sat. at 8 morn. To Yarmouth, Annison's, Mon. Wed. & Sat. at half-past 7 morn.; also Pooley's, Wednesday and Sat. same time.
CARRIERS to Cromer, Foulger, Sat. 4 aft. To Norwich, Marsh, 1 aft. To Yarmouth, Foulger, Friday, 1 afternoon.
See also the Stalham parish page.
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September 2011