Norfolk: Tottenhill

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

TOTTENHILL, a straggling village, near the Downham road, 5 miles S. by E. of Lynn, has in its parish 426 souls, and 1,463 acres of land, mostly the property of C.B.P. Plestow, Esq., the lord of the manor.

The CHURCH, (St. Botolph,) is in that part of the parish called WEST-BRIGGS, and is a small fabric, with a lofty tower. The living is a perpetual curacy, which was augmented with £1,000 of Queen Anne's Bounty, from 1767 to 1842, and valued in 1831 at £62. The Bishop of Ely is appropriator and patron, and the Rev. Wm. Harold Henslowe, incumbent.

The Poor's Land, 16A. 8P., let for £34, was awarded at the enclosure, in 1780, in lieu of commonright and other land, which had belonged to the poor. The rent is distributed in coals. At the same time, Allotments, containing 30A., were awarded to the poor for fuel and the pasturage of geese, &c.

Directory:-

         Henslowe  Rev. Wm. Henry  incumbent
 
         Butter    Thos.           miller & baker
         Claydon   Edward          vict., Dray and Horse
         Stevens   Robert          blacksmith
 
            farmers.
 
         Allen     Thomas
         Allflatt  Wm.
         Gant      John
         Panton    Thomas
         Thompson  Ambrose
         Rodwell   John
         Towler    Stephen
         Wicks     Francis
 

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May 2002

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