GENUKI: Norfolk: Thorpe Market, Norfolk

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

THORPE MARKET is a picturesque village of neat houses and cottages, 5 miles S.S.E. of Cromer, and 4½ miles [of] N.N.W. of North Walsham. Its parish contains 261 souls, and 1309 acres of land, but only 1088A. are assessable. Lord Suffield is owner of the soil, lord of the manor, impropriator of the rectory, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in the King's Book at £5. 11s. 3d., and was augmented with £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty in 1807. It has annexed to it the donative of Bradfield, (see page 478 [which is the entry for Bradfield],) and is enjoyed by the Rev. John Dolphin.

The present Church (St. Margaret,) was built partly on the site of the old one, by the second Lord Suffield, who died in 1821. It is an elegant fabric, consisting only of one aisle, of flint and freestone, with turrets at the angles, and a gable on each side, surmounted by a cross. The windows, and the upper parts of two Gothic screens, are decorated with stained glass. The tithes have been commuted, the vicarial for £77. 15s., and the rectorial for £155. 10s. per annum.

The Almshouse, for four poor widows, was founded, in 1671, by Sir Thos. Rant, who charged his estate here, now belonging to Lord Suffield, with the yearly payment of £10, for division among the almspeople. The Town Lands, 5A. 1R. 37P., in Thorpe and Antingham, are let for £2. 11s. 6d. a year, which is distributed among the poor, who have also four coombs of wheat yearly from Lord Suffield.

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         Earle    Thos.         shoemaker
         Goulden  Wm.           gardener
         Mayes    Robert        baker
         Pearson  Clement       gamekeeper
         Weeds    James Faulke  grocer and draper
 
            farmers.
 
         Clark    Geo.
         Cushion  Pp.           (beerhouse)
         Martins  Richd.

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