Norfolk: Syderstone

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

SYDERSTONE, a village on an acclivity, 6 miles W.N.W. of Fakenham, has in its parish 504 souls, and 2,308 acres of land, belonging to the Marquis Cholmondeley, the lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £13 13s. 4d., and in 1831 at £535, and now enjoyed by the Rev. Wm. Henry Tudor, M.A., with 45A. of glebe. The tithes were [commuted] in 1845. The CHURCH (St. Mary,) has a round tower, and formerly had aisles, which were taken down about 1784.

In the 12th of Henry VII., the Earl of Suffolk granted this manor to the Robserts, one of whom was the unfortunate Anne, Countess of Leicester, who figures in Sir Walter Scott's novel of Kenilworth, under the name of Amy Robsert.

DIRECTORY:-

	Daw        Benjamin       schoolmr.
	Daw        Robert         nursery and seedsman
	Daw        Robt., jun.    gardener
	Fuller     Jas.           blacksmith
	Gant       Stephen        shoemaker & shopr.
	Glasswell  John           shoemaker
	Harper     Rt.            joiner and vict., Buck
	Leverett   Robert Secker  miller and baker
	Mace       Henry & Thos.  joiners
	Rye        Richard        beerhouse
	Savory     John           farmer
	Sheppings  Thos.          farmer, White Hall
	Tudor      Rev. Wm. Hy.   Rectory
	             M.A.