Norfolk: Wolferton
William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845
WOLVERTON, or Wolfreton, is a small scattered village, lying
chiefly among the sandy hills above the marshes, bordering on Lynn Deeps,
7 miles N. by E. of Lynn. Its parish has 165 inhabitants, and 2,569 acres
of land, exclusive of about 1,000 A. of the open sandy heath, extending
hence to Dersingham and West Newton. On the west side of the parish are
about 200A. of salt-marsh, bordering on the Wash, where a sea-wall was
built many years ago, at the cost of £1,800.
The Hon. Chas. Spencer Cowper, of Sandringham, is owner of the soil, lord
of the manor, and patron of the CHURCH, (St. Peter,) which was built in
1487, after the old one had been burnt down. It has recently been new
roofed, re-pewed, and thoroughly repaired. The rectory, valued in
the King's Book at £12, and in 1835 at £218, is enjoyed by the Rev. Dr.
Bacon, of Fring. The glebe is 23A.
The poor have the interest of £25.
Matthews James gamekeeper
farmers
Farrar Jabez
Grice Jeremiah
Loose James
Mitchell William
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See also the Wolferton parish page.
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