Norfolk: Wellingham

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

WELLINGHAM, a small village and parish, 6 miles S.S.W. of Fakenham, is in Mitford and Launditch union and petty sessional division, Dereham county court district, Norwich bankruptcy court district, Brisley rural deanery and Norwich archdeaconry, Launditch hundred, and Litcham polling district of West Norfolk. It had 132 inhabitants in 1881, living on 1066 acres, and had a rateable value of £1325. The parish mostly belongs to the Earl of Leicester, who is lord of the manor, and partly to Mr. John Norton.

The CHURCH (St. Andrew) is a small building, with a low square tower and one bell; and was partly reseated in 1854 at the expense of the rector, who in the same year erected a small school. The Earl of Leicester is patron of the vicarage, which was consolidated with the rectory of Tittleshall-cum-Godwick, and valued in the King's Book at £5 8s. 6d. The Fuel Allotment, awarded in 1809, is 37A. 20P.

POST via Swaffham. Litcham is the nearest Money Order Office.

         Keeley   George       farm bailiff
         Keeley   Mrs Mary     shopkeeper
         Norton   John         farmer
         Pease    Thomas       farm bailiff
         Rivett   James        farmer; h Mileham
         Rivett   Misses
         Sidell   Miss Martha  schoolmistress
         Sidell   Thos.        blacksmith & vict. Plough
         Tann     Thomas       parish clerk
         Withers  James        wheelwright
 

See also the Wellingham parish page.

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