Norfolk: Woodbastwick

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

WOODBASTWICK, 8 miles N.E. by E. of Norwich, has in its parish 283 souls, and 2162 acres, but only 1418 acres are assessable, there being in the marshes several large broads, or lakes, near the river Bure.

John Cator, Esq., owns the greater part of the soil, and is lord of the manor, impropriator of the great tithes, and patron of the Church (St. Fabian and St. Sebastian,) which is a small antique fabric. The vicarage, valued in the King's Book at Ł6, has been united with the rectory of Panxworth since 1699, and the joint benefices were valued, in 1831, at Ł206 per annum. The Rev. Wm. Ker is the incumbent.

The poor have Ł7. 13s. a year, as the rent of 2A. called "Town Land," and 5A. allotted to them at the enclosure of Mousehold Heath, in 1810. Mrs. Cator supports a free school for thirty children.

DIRECTORY:-

	Cator      John and Albemarle, Hall
	             Esqrs.
	Dunton     Mary                free school
	Fryer      Wm.                 joiner and grocer
	Ker        Rev. Wm.            Vicarage
	Winter     Jeremiah            shoemaker

	   farmers

	Coleman    Timothy
	Goulder    Cphr. and Samuel
	Highs      Thomas
	Long       Charles
	Sutton     Robert
	Thirkettle George
	Watts      Isaac