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SUSTEAD parish, 4 miles S.S.W. of Cromer, has 143 souls, and 483 acres of land, mostly belonging to W.H. Windham, Esq., lord of the manor, formerly held by the Damme family, who had a large mansion, near a rivulet, which abounds in trout.
The CHURCH (St. Peter and St. Paul,) is a small edifice, with a round tower. The living is a perpetual curacy, certified at £16, and valued in 1831 at £34. It was augmented from 1779 to 1809, with £600 of Queen Anne's Bounty, laid out in land at Great Witchingham. W.H. Windham, Esq., is impropriator and patron, and the Rev. F.E. Arden, B.A., incumbent.
Directory:-
Arden Rev. Henry curate Brown Edw. farmer [see note below] Cooper Wm. farm bailiff Crowe Peter beerhouse Crowe Thomas wheelwright Custance Misses L. and F. Hall Landymore Jonathan brick and tile maker Murrell Timothy registrar and relieving officer Pike Robert blacksmith Turrell John farmer [see note below]
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March 2002