Norfolk: Wreningham

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

WRENINGHAM, a parish near the source of the small river Tas, 8 miles S.W. by S. of Norwich, is in Henstead union, Humbleyard hundred, Swainsthorpe petty sessional division, Wymondham county court district, Norwich bankruptcy court district, Wymondham polling district of South Norfolk, Humbleyard rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry.

It had 485 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1528 acres of land. The rateable value is £2584. Lady Berners is lady of the manor, which includes the ancient manors of Nayland and Little Wreningham, the latter of which had a church, of which no traces are now extant. Mr. J.W. Bullimore and Mr. Chas. H. Hammond are also principal landowners.

The CHURCH (All Saints), in that part of the parish formerly called Great Wreningham, is a small fabric, comprising nave, chancel, north transept, south porch, and square tower with four bells. The old tower fell down in 1852, and was rebuilt the following year, when the church was restored, the transept added, and new open seats provided, at a cost of £700, raised by subscription.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £10, is consolidated with that of Ashwellthorpe, in the gift of Lady Berners, and incumbency of the Rev. Arthur William Upcher, M.A., who has a handsome brick residence built in 1852 at a cost of £1600. The tithes here were commuted in 1837 for £400 per annum.

The Independents have a small chapel here, which is occasionally used by Primitive Methodists.

The School, attended on an average by about 65 mixed children and supported by subscription, occupies a small building, erected in 1860 at a cost of £120, chiefly contributed by the patron.

The Fuel Allotment, 20A., awarded at the enclosure, is let for £40 a year, which is distributed in coal.

POST AND MONEY ORDER OFFICE at Mr. A. Quantrill's. Letters arrive at 8.45 a.m., despatched at 5.15 p.m. viâ Wymondham, which is the nearest Telegraph Office. There is also a Pillar Post Office on the Norwich road, cleared at 5.10 p.m., week days only.

	Bloom      George            carpenter
	Bothway    Hy.               farmer, The Poplars
	Brighten   Robert            butcher
	Bullimore  Mr John Wm.       Hill house
	Bush       Mrs Eliza and
	             Miss Mary Ann   farmers, Church farm
	Bush       Mr James          Rose cottage
	Catchpole  James             farmer and market gardener
	Claxton    Alfred            vict. Bird in Hand
	Cooper     James             fishmonger
	Copeman    Robert            shoemaker
	Copeman    Thomas            vermin destroyer
	Day        Matthew           farmer
	Day        Mr Robert
	Day        Robert Dennis     grocer, draper, corn and flour dealer
	Fulcher    Miss Agnes        dressmaker
	Hammond    Charles Henry     farmer
	Kersey     John              tailor
	Lawn       George            market gardener
	Long       Dennis William    farmer
	Long       William           farmer
	March      Miss Lucy         National schlmstrs
	Mullinger  Samuel            farmer, High comn
	Nash       Thomas            corn miller
	Quantrill  Alfred            joiner, builder, wheelwright, farmer
	                               & sub-postmaster
	Saunders   David             parish clerk
	Skipper    Mrs Rebecca       blacksmith
	Upcher     Rev. Arthur
	             Wilson, M.A.    rector of Ashwellthorpe
	Welton     John              vermin destroyer
	Welton     Saml.             farmer, Penny o'Green
	Welton     Samuel, jun.      farmer
	Young      Mrs Sophia        shopkeeper

CARRIERS from Tacolneston, Hopton, Bunwell and New Buckenham pass through to Norwich, on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday