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Norfolk: Stalham

Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk, 1850

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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