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Postmasters, etc, from Kelly's 1900 Directory of Norfolk
The city of Norwich, and the towns such as Holt, King's Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Wymondham, etc, had postmasters, who were in charge of the main post offices, the delivery of post, issuing and paying postal orders, telegraphs, etc.
Towns often also had small sub post offices, so that there was one within a short distance of most people. For example, Great Yarmouth had one main post office, in the charge of Lewis S. Lugg, the postmaster, and 14 sub post offices in the charge of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses.
Those villages which were large enough (about 480 of the more than 700 Norfolk places) also had a post office. It was often part of a village shop or business, such as a draper, and was in the charge of a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress. This was one occupation in which women were well represented. In the list below, more than 100 sub post offices were held by sub-postmistresses.
In the list, no distinction is made between postmasters and sub-postmasters, though it can probably be assumed that all women were sub-postmistresses. Please see the directory for the exact job title.
A typical entry in Kelly's Directory of Norfolk for 1900 is:
- Beighton
- Post Office.-- James Hubbard, sub-postmaster. Letters through Norwich, via Acle, arrive at 7.45 a.m.; dispatched, 3.30 p.m. No sunday dispatch. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Acle, 3 miles distant.
Today, there are still main post offices in towns, and sub post offices in villages, but usually only when a village shop has survived. Many village shops have closed because they cannot compete with supermarkets, and closure has also meant the end of the village post office.
Copyright © Pat Newby
April 1999.
Postmasters and Postmistresses from Kelly's 1900 Directory of Norfolk
This list was extracted by (and is copyright ©) Richard Johns
1998.
Receiver
Alcock David Wendling
Postmasters, sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses
Abbey William Guist
Abram Alfred Thornage
Abram Frederick Wm. Little Walsingham
Aldis Charles Walter South Creake
Aldous Henry Honingham
Alexander Edward South Walsham
Allen George Rockland All Saints
Allen Robert Stanhoe
Allen Mrs. Sarah Shropham
Allington William Old Buckenham
Amis Henry William Salhouse
Andrews Thomas James Swainsthorpe
Anscombe Frederick Thomas Wicklewood
Appleton John Postwick
Argyle John William Yarmouth (Blackfriars Road)
Argyle Ernest L. Yarmouth (Nelson Road)
Arthurton John Holme Hale
Back James Edward Hindringham
Bailey Frederic William Barton Turf
Baker George Rushford
Baker Robert Tottenhill
Baker Miss Dorothy A. Blakeney
Bales Mrs. Jemima Great Bircham
Bane James Hales
Barber Frederick Ellingham
Barber James Ringland
Barber Mrs. Eleanor Lamas
Barber Mrs. Emma Starston
Barcham Mrs. Eliza Sheringham (Lower)
Barham George Harry Trowse
Barnard Mrs. Maria East Harling
Barnes Johm Clenchwarton
Barrett George North Runcton
Barrow Edward E. West Dereham
Bastard Benjamin Erpingham
Bean Mrs. Mary Marlingford
Becket George Overstrand
Beckett Miss Alice Maude Dersingham
Bee James Haddiscoe
Beeston Philip Mileham
Beeston Mrs. Hannah Rockland St. Mary
Bell Thomas Stow Bardolph (Stow)
Bennett George Thomas Tilney St. Lawrence
Bidewell Frederick Wood Norton
Billman William Foulden
Bird Alfred Scottow
Blackburn Willie John Brancaster Staithe
Blaxter Mrs. Mary Ann Hillington
Blower Michael Gimingham
Blyth Samuel Spatchet Caister
Blythe Alfred Easton
Boast Elijah William Langham
Boswell Henry Neatishead
Bowery Miss Minna Taverham
Bowman John Russell Colney
Boyce William Edward Mundford
Bradshaw Thomas North Walsham
Breeze Robert Crownthorpe
Bristow George Yarmouth (King Street)
Brock Charles John Freethorpe
Brooke Ellen Maria Harleston
Brooks Burwood Gissing
Brooks Henry Hanworth
Brown John Yarmouth (Regent Road)
Brown Mrs. Harriet Wood Rising
Browne Philip William Reedham
Brunson Alfred John Runham
Buck George Thorpe Market
Buck Benjamin Trunch
Bugdale James Little Snoring
Bullock Mrs. Ann Winterton
Burrage Henry Sprowston
Burrows Eldred Burston
Bushell Frederick Yarmouth (Beccles Road)
Buxton Elijah Billingford (near Dereham)
Buxton Samuel Needham
Cable Mrs. Isabella
Royston Burnham Market
Calver Henry Frederick Yarmouth (St. Peter's Road)
Cammack Frederick Terrington St. John (Middle Drove)
Carr Augustus Methwold
Carse James Richard Walsoken (Old)
Carter Edward David Snetterton
Cattermoul Mrs. Emily Stalham
Catton Mrs. Sarah Bawdeswell
Cawthorn William Walter Upwell (Three Holes Bridge)
Chamberlin John George Wroxham
Chaplin Miss Anna Framingham Earl
Chaplin Mrs. Phoebe West Bradenham
Chaplin John, jun. Ludham
Chapman William Bintry
Chapman Thomas Fundenhall
Chapman Oliver Charles Litcham
Chapman Arthur Suttle Tittleshall
Chapman John Upwell (Nordelph)
Chapman John R. Yarmouth (Crown Road)
Chestney Walter Aldborough
Child David William Bawburgh
Churchman Mrs. Elizabeth Wood Dalling
Churchyard Henry William Pulham St. Mary Magdalen
Clare Samuel Critoph Holt
Claxton John James Swanton Novers
Clements Mrs. Sarah Lessingham
Coan James Morton
Cobbin Miss Louisa Gooderstone
Cockrill William Ballard Yarmouth (Town)
Cole Charles Ridlington
Cole Charles Witton (near North Walsham)
Collins Adam W. Moulton St. Mary
Colman Frederick Southrepps
Cook Henry West Newton
Cook Frederick Great Snoring
Cooke William Bramerton
Cooper Richard Parker Sparham
Cooper Abraham S. Yarmouth (Market Place)
Cooper Mrs. Lydia Outwell
Copping James Benjamin Worstead
Corston Jonathan Bunwell
Coulson Albert Hilgay
Cox Thomas South Lopham
Cracknell Mrs. Alice Stiffkey
Crane Robert Jeremiah Banningham
Crane Thomas Marsham
Cuddon Mrs. Elizabeth Reveningham (sic)
Curson George Webster West Walton (Church End)
Curston James South Pickenham
Cutter John Bridgham
Dalton Samuel Welney
Dane Samuel Shouldham Thorpe
Davey Edward Tivetshall St. Margaret
Deadman Thomas Livermore Weasenham St. Peter
Debenham Harry A. Thorpe Abbott
Delamore Mrs. Elizabeth Walpole St. Andrew
Dexter Frederick Stow Bedon (Lower)
Dodman Robert Thomas Barney
Doe Charles Larling
Doughty Walter Suffield
Douse James William Shipdham
Downing Mrs. Matilda Riddlesworth
Drew George Caistor St. Edmund
Ducker David Frederick Happisburgh
Dunn Charles Necton
Dunnett Ernest J. Ashill
Eagle William North Pickenham
Edwards Robert Dereham (Toftwood)
Elliott John Dickleburgh
Ellis Thomas William Loddon
Ellis John Terrington St. Clement
Emerson John Fulmodeston
Emerson John Croxton
English William Boughton
English Benjamin Filby
Everson Thomas Stratton Strawless
Ewer Henry Snettisham
Fairbairn Robert Oulton
Falgate Thomas Forncett St. Mary
Farman Charles William Burlingham St. Andrew
Farrow James Yaxham
Faulkner John George Narborough
Feather Alfred Sea Palling
Fennings Edward John Hempton
Fickling Miss Martha Saham Toney
Fillenham Walt. Edmund Gaywood
Finch Matthew Garveston
Flatman Charles John Booton
Flowerdew William Walcott
Flowers Baker Kirby Cane
Forster Samuel Joseph Cawston
Fox David Forncett St. Peter
Fox Thomas Horsham St. Faith's
Fox Miss Maria Binham
Fox Mrs. Harriet Cromer
Funnell Robert Bracon Ash
Futter William Tuttington
Galloway Thomas Oxburgh
Gardner William Amos Billingford (near Diss)
Garrett Charles Frettenham
Garwood Miss Lucy Ann Houghton
Gaul James Ingworth
Gaze John Halvergate
Gibbs Samuel Arthur Rollesby
Gibson Thomas Kenninghall
Godfrey Arthur William Seething
Goldsmith Charles Great Fransham
Goodman George Little Dunham
Goodwin Miss Charlotte Plumstead
Goose Mrs. Margaret Horsey (Waxham)
Gotts Mrs. Robert(sic) Aylmerton
Gotts Mrs. Ann Honing
Grand George Colton
Gray Miss Emma Paston
Green Reuben Woodbastwick
Green Mrs. Frances Hunworth
Green Mrs. Emma N. West Lexham
Greene Miss Annie Castle Rising
Groom Ernest J. H. Beetley
Groom Mrs. Sarah Ann Holkham
Grunow Mrs. Isabel Flitcham
Gunn Christopher Wimbotsham
Haggith Robert Bacton
Haggith Arthur Jabez Mundesley
Hall James Drayton
Hall Herbert Arthur Fersfield
Hall James Middleton
Halls Arthur Yarmouth (Cobholm Island)
Hammaway John Downham (Railway Road)
Hamnell Paul Swardeston
Hanley Zachariah West Walton (Highway)
Harbour Albert Flordon
Harrington George Stokesby
Harrison William Lancelot King's Lynn
Harrison William, jun. Strumpshaw
Harrowven Henry Catton
Harvey James Hethersett
Harvey George E. Witchingham
Harvey Mrs. Eliza Tivetshall St. Mary
Hazell March Hempnall
Hazell Tryphena Walsoken (Town)
Hazlewood Simeon Quidenham
Henden Mrs. William Sidestrand
Herring Robert Tottington
Hewitt Mrs. Elizabeth Swafield
Hipper Robert Wm. Henry Edgefield
Hipperson Arthur Shouldham
Holliday William Scarning
Holman Charles Fen Dereham (Norwich Road)
Hooper Harbord Martham
Horn James Barton Bendish
Horn James Denver
Horne James Joseph Longham
Horne William Pratt Stoke Holy Cross
Howard Edward Swanton Abbot
Howard Harry Thetford
Howes George Brisley
Howlett Mrs. Mary Stow Bardolph (Stow Bridge)
Hubbard James Beighton
Hubbard James Rushford (Shadwell)
Hudson Edward Cley
Huggins Robert Hockering
Inman James Henry Upwell
Jacobs Samuel Brancaster
Jacobs George Harry Sedgeford
James Frederick Wyatt Yarmouth (Northgate Street)
James Mrs. Susan Congham
Jarrard John Stradsett
Jones Samuel Lingwood
Juby Mrs. Sarah Ann Hedenham
Kemp Mrs. Sarah Heacham
Kemp Mrs. A. Hempstead
Kent Joseph Gillingham
Kerrison Robert Elmham
Kersey John Wrenningham
Kingaby Robert Hingham
Kirby George Tasburgh
Laight William Acle
Lawrence Frederick Barret Garboldisham
Laws John Costessey
Laws Miss Martha Fincham
Leeder Charles Field Dalling
Leverett Edward Thurton
Lewis Miss Ruth Salthouse
Lincoln Mrs. Ellen Moulton St. Michael
Linden Arthur Briningham
Linder John Melton Constable
Lines Philip Dereham (Baxter Row)
Lock Stephen, jun. Downham
Long Herbert W. Bale
Long John Lyng
Love Henry Elsing
Lovett Mrs. Eliza Little Fransham
Lowe Thomas R. Dereham
Lown Miss Mary Sheringham (Upper)
Lugg Lewis S. Yarmouth
Lyndo Stephen Repps-with-Bastwick
Lyndoe Harrison Wereham
Mace George M. North Walsham (White Horse)
Macrow Miss Emma Diss (Victoria Road)
Madgett Frederick Roydon (near Diss)
Maidstone Leonard Great Plumstead
Mallett Mrs. Sarah Ranworth
Mann William Henry Sandringham
Marsh Henry East Winch
Marsters Matthew South Wootton
Mason Mrs. Maria Crimplesham
Mason Mrs. Jessie South Raynham
Matthews Arthur Great Cressingham
McCreedy Harcourt Aylsham
Meale Luther George Foxley
Mee John Stoke Ferry
Merrison Benjamin Winter Brundall
Middleton Frederick Wm. Mulbarton
Minns Charles Robert Tilney All Saints
Mitchell George Swanton Morley
Morris Mrs. Sarah Ann Burgh St. Peter
Moy John Roughton
Muffett William East Bilney
Munford Robert Swannington
Murrell John Caston
Murrell Mrs. Clara Carbrooke
Muskett William Newton Flotman
Muttitt Alfred William Aldeby
Narborough William Matthew Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen
Neave James East Tuddenham
Nelson William Besthorpe
Newing Ernest Newman East Rudham
Newstead James Rackheath
Nicholds Mrs. Elizabeth Castle Acre
Nicholson George Harrison Yarmouth (Southtown)
Noble Mrs. Emily Bressingham
Norgate Walter Stibbard
Norman Arthur Sutton
Nunn Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson
Osborne George Pentney
Osborne Richard Noah Surlingham
Ottaway Robert James Saxthorpe
Overton Walter Docking
Page William Attleborough
Palmer Arthur John Feltwell
Palmer Alfred Pulham St. Mary the Virgin
Palmer Albert Henry Wortwell
Parfect Mrs. Mary Elizbth Morley St. Peter
Parfect Mrs. Wymondham (Suton)
Parker Walter James Thorpe St. Andrew
Parlett Robert Marham
Parnell Nathaniel West Lynn
Patrick William Gayton
Pawson Joseph B. Denton
Payne Robert Gamble Bodham
Payne William West Runton
Peake Mrs. Phoebe Rushall
Pearce William Funnell Diss
Pease John Barnham Broom
Pegg Orris Robert Hindolveston
Pengelley Thomas Ernest Fakenham
Pestell Mrs. Harriet Edingthorpe
Pettitt John Hockwold
Phoenix Walter Charles Deopham
Pollard Samuel Potter Heigham
Pooley William Cook Topcroft
Porter Barley Page Southery
Potter Henry Holme-next-the-Sea
Preston Mrs. Eliza Beeston
Puxley William Runton
Pyke William Gresham
Racey William Emneth
Randell James Trimingham
Raven James T. Foulsham
Rayner William Brinton
Rayner Mrs. Lydia Hardwick
Reeve James Terrington St. John
Reeve George Walpole St. Peter
Reeve William Winfarthing
Regester William Great Dunham
Richardson Miss Martha Ann Great Ryburgh
Riches James Vincent Burnham Overy Staithe
Riches Arthur Hardingham
Riches George Benjamin Watlington
Richmond James R. Weston Longville
Rivitt Edward Southburgh
Rix Henry Beechamwell
Rix Henry George Eccles
Roberts William Philip Hainford
Robinson Walter Beart Brockdish
Rolfe George North Walsham (Spa Common)
Roll Mrs. Ann Thurne
Rope Mrs. Lucy Morriss Horning
Roy Alfred Edward Coltishall
Roy Herbert G. Helhoughton
Royall John Richard Woodton
Rudd Miss Lydia A. Reepham
Ruddock Simon Peter North Lopham
Sales Thomas Cantley
Salmon Joseh B. Yarmouth (South Gorleston)
Samson Mrs. Mary Ann Wiggenhall St. German
Saunders Alfred Charles Banham
Saunders William Burgh (Aylsham)
Saward Mrs. S. E. Wolferton
Scutts Charles Scole
Seaman George Henry Mattishall
Sewter William Sculthorpe
Sexton Mrs. Joseph Knapton
Sharman Robert Tripp Toft Monks
Shephard Mrs. Rebecca East Barsham
Sheringham Mrs. Rosamond
Anna Letheringsett
Shinkfield James West Winch
Sidell Mrs. Mary Westwick
Simmons Thomas Saxlingham Nethergate
Simmons Elijah West Somerton
Smith James Richard Croxton
Smith William Morley St. Botolph
Smithson Horace Ketteringham
Softley John West Acre
Softley Frederick Thuxton
Southgate Samuel Hunstanton (Railway)
Southgate Miss Jane Wells
Sparrow Mrs. Ann Colkirk
Spink Geo. David John Weybourne
Spink Mrs. Harriet Lucy Felmingham
Stacey Jonathon Haveringland
Starr Frederick Long Stratton
Stearman Walter Marler Smallburgh
Stedman Allen Bertie Thursford
Steel James Harpley
Steel George Weeting
Stimpson William Witton (near Norwich)
Stone George Keswick
Stott Mrs. Mary Ann West Raynham
Stoveld William Watton
Stubbings Mrs. Julia Barford
Sturgeon George Charles Norwich (Castle Meadow)
Sutherland Thomas Edward Thornham
Sword Samuel Little Melton
Sycamore Thomas Reuben Geldeston
Tann Ephraim Tacolneston
Taylor Miss Elizabeth Alburgh
Taylor Mrs. Elizabeth Guestwick
Thing James Neale Whissonsett
Thomas Richard Edwin Rougham
Thompson Robert Felthorpe
Thompson Thomas Wighton
Thompson Miss Jane Itteringham
Thrower Alfred Bernard Heydon
Tillott Misses Emma
and Anne East Wretham
Titlow Henry James Swaffham
Tooke Robert Burgh St. Margaret
Townshend William Ingoldisthorpe
Tricker Frederick Wm. Carleton Rode
Trudgill Edward Aslacton
Tuck Miss Susannah Walsingham (Great)
Turner James Hickling
Tye Mrs. Sarah Gressenhall
Tyrrell Henry Robert Scoulton
Upton Frank Northwold
Wade Mrs. Margaret Hevingham
Wales Arthur Ringstead
Walker George Little Ellingham
Walker John Hilborough
Walker Miss Sarah Burton North Creake
Walker Mrs. Sarah Ann Tattersett
Ward Edward John Hoveton St. John
Warren John Joseph Hockham
Watkins Mrs. Elizabeth Wormegay
Watts George Brampton
Webb Frederic Merton Baconsthorpe
Webster James Stow Bedon
Weddup William Burgh Apton (sic)
Wegg Miss Mary Ann Cockley Cley
Wells Thomas Ingham
Wells Henry Northrepps
West Miss Maria Tibenham
West Mrs. Elizabeth Great Massingham
Wharton George Wymondham (Spooner Row)
Whitaker William Warham All Saints
Whitehand James Ashwellthorpe
Whiting John W. G. Yarmouth (North Denes)
Whybrow Mrs. Sarah Stow Bardolph (Barroway Drove)
Wicks George Robert Shotesham All Saints
Wightman Hugh W. Catfield
Wiles George Frederick Terrington St. John (Fen End)
Wilkins William Great Ellingham
Williams John Llewellyn New Buckenham
Willimont Walter Henry Syderstone
Wilmot Hilton Wymondham (Market Place)
Woodcock Thomas Briston
Woods Walter Buxton
Woods Arthur Ditchingham
Woods Mrs. Emily Hunstanton (Town)
Woolston Mrs. Emily Hemsby
Worrell William Grimston
Wright John Blofield
Wright Isaac Earsham
Wright Charles Sporle
Yallop Richard Fryer Brooke
Yallop Frederick Wm. Norton Subcourse
Yallop Arthur Ormesby
Youels George Shelfanger
Young Mrs. Margaret Titchwell
Youngman Charles Fred Blofield Corner
Youngman Miss Anna
Elizabeth East Ruston
Youngs Enoch Upton (with Fishley)