Norfolk: Stockton

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

STOCKTON, a small straggling village, 4½ miles S.S.E. of Loddon, has in its parish 129 inhabitants, and 1023A. of land, mostly the property of John Kerrich, Esqr., the lord of the manor of Stockton-with-the-Soke, which comprises most of this parish and those of Geldeston, Gillingham, Ellingham, and Kirby-Cane. It was held by the Crown in the reign of Elizabeth, but was let in fee farm. A court baron and leet was then kept on St. Margaret's day, with exclusive jurisdiction for the recovery of debts under 40s. The tenants were exempt from serving on juries at assizes or sessions, and had common-right on Mickle-fen, now enclosed.

The CHURCH (St. Michael,) is a small antique fabric, with a round tower, surmounted by a short spire. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £8, and in 1831 at £280. It is in the gift of the Duke of Norfolk, and incumbency of the Rev. John Coldham, for whom the Rev. E.J. Jones, of Geldeston, officiates. The glebe is 32A.

The Town Estate, which has been held from an early period, for the benefit of the parish, at the discretion of the chief inhabitants, comprises two cottages and upwards of 48A. of land, let for £65 a year, which is applied in the repairs of the church, and the relief of the poor. The latter have occasionally distributions of coals, blankets, and bread.

Carr's Marshes, an extensive tract of low swampy lands, in Stockton and Toftmonks, have long been under a regular system of drainage, and are now well cultivated.

DIRECTORY:

         Abram   John     farmer
         Grice   Sarah    vict. Black Boy
         Grimmer Robert   farmer
         Morris  Robert   farmer
 

See also the Stockton parish page.

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