Norfolk: Swanton Morley

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

SWANTON-MORLEY is a considerable village of detached houses, nearly 4 miles N.E. of East Dereham, comprising in its parish 779 inhabitants, and 2,649A. 13P. of land, belonging to a number of proprietors, the largest of whom is Edward Lombe, Esq., the lord of the manor, which is on fine arbitrary, and has a court baron in Nov. The ancient lords were the Beaufoes, Morles, and Parkers.

The CHURCH (All Saints) stands on an eminence, and has a lofty square tower with five bells. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at Ł15. 10s. 2d., is consolidated with Worthing, in the gift of E. Lombe, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Tacey. The joint rectories were valued in 1831, at Ł922 per annum. Thomas Barret bequeathed, many years ago, a yearly rent-charge of Ł24, for repairing the church and relieving the poor.

The Wesleyans have a small chapel here.

The Town Lands, 52A., are let for Ł106 per annum, half of which is applied in the service of the church, and the other moiety is distributed in blankets and calico among the poor. In 1654, William Small, charged his lands, called Eye Park, in Suffolk, with the yearly payment of Ł10, for schooling and apprenticing poor children of this parish. In 1792, Robert Freeman left an annuity of 21s., for a distribution of bread on Easter Sunday.

	Anderson  Geo.         brickmaker
	Ayres     John         blacksmith
	Bensley   John         carpenter
	Brunting  James        blacksmith
	Brunting  Philip       blacksmith
	Daynes    Fras.        miller and baker
	Harrold   Geo.         bricklayer
	Hubbard   Wm.          shoemaker
	Neale     Thos.        wheelwright
	Pearse    Thos.        beerhouse
	Rump      Mrs
	Sharman   Jas.         shopkeeper
	Smith     John         shopkeeper
	Springall Chas.        bricklayer
	Tacey     Rev Henry    Rectory

	   INNS AND TAVERNS

	Angel                  (empty)
	Cherry Ground          Benj. Large [see note below]
	Dial                   John Marjoram
	Paper Makers Arms      John Canham

	   FARMERS.

	Branford  Benj.        Lucas     Robert
	Fox       Thomas       Mack      Thos., Park
	Freeman   Wm.          Mayes     Cath.
	Green     Soames       Parsons   George
	Ling      William      Rump      Thomas

Note: In the original this is Grouud.

See also the Swanton Morley parish page.

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