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

FILBY is a small parish and straggling village, on the Norwich turnpike, 6 miles N.W. of Yarmouth. It has 553 inhabitants, and 1191 acres of land, exclusive of roads, 100A. in plantations, and about 160A. in a fine lake, called Filby Broad, and abounding with fish and wild ducks.

The Church, dedicated to All Saints, has a lofty embattled tower and five bells. It stands on an eminence above the lake, and contains a beautiful marble monument, in memory of the late Chas. Lucas, Esq.

The rectory, valued in the King's Books at £11. 1s. 6d., and in 1831, at £520, has 24 acres of glebe, and is in the patronage of the Rev. Charles Lucas, and incumbency of the Rev. Gibson Lucas, who is also chief owner and lord of the manor, which was anciently held by a family of its own name. Filby House, the seat of the rector, is a handsome mansion of white brick, rebuilt in 1833.

At the enclosure in 1802, 10A. 1R. 23P. of the marsh was allotted to the poor, and 2R. 4P. for the repairs of the roads.

Here is a Methodist and also an Unitarian Chapel; the latter was built and endowed by Henry Daliel, who died in 1710, but it is now disused.

The tithes have been commuted for £597. 13s. 8d. per annum.

           Boulton     Eliz.              shopr. (Post Office)
           Chapman     Jph.               beerhouse kpr. & smith
           Chapman     Joseph, jun.       butcher
           Everson     Jas.               schoolmaster & shopkr
           Everson     Mr John
           Green       Robert             glazier, painter, &c
           Hannent     John               vict. Fox & Hounds
           Harris      Wm.                sadler
           Harrison    Wm. S.             farrier and shopr
           Homan       Robert             joiner
           Humphrey    Benjamin           blacksmith
           Lucas       Rev Gibson, &      Filby House
                         Rev Charles, B.A.
           Moore       Ann                bricklayer
           Nichols     Thomas             wheelwright
           Richards    John               gamekeeper
           Shepherd    Henry              cattle dealer
           Sherrington Mrs Elizabeth
           Shreeve     John               blacksmith
           Skoyles     James              iron founder and machine maker
           Smith       Wm.                tailor
           Trett       John               shopkeeper
           Trett       Thomas             swine dealer
           Walpole     Clement S.         joiner
 
                               FARMERS.
                            *are Owners.
 
           Chapman     John             * Parker      John
         * Frosdick    Edw.               Skoyles     Thomas
           Hewitt      John               Squires     John
           Humphrey    Geo.               Thompson    Saml.
           Nicholds    Eliz.              Waters      Samuel
         * Palmer      John
 
              Shoemakers.
 
           Chase       George
           English     Wm.
           Howard      Samuel

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