Norfolk: Sustead

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1864

SUSTEAD parish, 4 miles S.S.W. of Cromer, has 136 inhabitants, and 483 acres of land, mostly belonging to John Ketton, Esq., and the devisees of the late W.H. Windham, Esq., the former of whom is lord of the manor, which was 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 and one bell. The living is a perpetual curacy, certified at £16, and now valued at £34. It was augmented from 1779 to 1809, with £600 of Queen Anne's bounty, laid out in land at Great Witchingham. John Ketton, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Henry Cotton Arden is the non-resident incumbent.

The chief residents are -

	Custance Miss      Sustead Hall

	Chapman  Chas.     relieving officer
	Gray     Thos.     carrier to Norwich
	Harris   Thomas    farmer
	Hearn    Chas.     shopkeeper
	Landyman Jonathan  farmer
	Le Neve  Charles   brick and tile maker and farmer, Hall farm
	Pike     Robert    blacksmith

POST from Norwich, via Hanworth.