Norfolk: Wimbotsham
Zachary Clark: Charities belonging to the Poor: 1811
An ACCOUNT
of the different CHARITIES
belonging to THE POOR
of the COUNTY of NORFOLK,
Abridged from the Returns under GILBERT'S ACT,
to the House of Commons in 1786;
and from THE TERRIERS
in the Office of the LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH.
by ZACHARY CLARK.
1811.
Notes:
- G - (if present) an abridged extract from Gilbert's Returns, 1786
- T - (if present) an abridged extract from a terrier, with its date
- GT - (if present) combined abridged extracts from Gilbert's Returns
and a terrier.
- In the original, pounds are shown as "l" so, for example, 60 pounds
is shown as "60l." which is not easy to read. In this transcription
they are shown as "£" so 60 pounds appears as "£60".
[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
WIMBOTSHAM.
(CLACKCLOSE HUNDRED.)
G. - Two Cottages, divided into 4 apartments,
occupied by 4 poor persons, standing upon the
common pasture, and supposed to have been
built by the Overseers, by leave of the Lord of
the Manor, they not being copyhold.
T. 1729. - A Piece of Land, called the Common
Plot, containing about 3A. and usually let
yearly for the Poor, at the time when the town
accounts are passed, viz. at Easter. This is the
last Terrier wherein this land is noticed.
See also the Wimbotsham parish page.
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