Norfolk: Weasenham All Saints

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

WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, or Upper Weasenham, is a small scattered village and parish, 3½ miles N.W. of Litcham, and 8 miles S.W. by S. of Fakenham, containing 363 souls, and 1957 acres of land, including 167A. of plantations. The whole, except a few cottages, 17A. of glebe, and the fuel allotment, belongs to the Earl of Leicester, who is also lord of the manor and lessee of the rectory.

The Church is a small fabric, without a steeple, and the vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £15. 10s., with that of Weasenham St. Peter annexed to it, is in the gift of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Chas. Campbell.

Here is a fair for toys, &c., on the 25th of January.

The Fuel Allotment, awarded in 1809 to Weasenham All Saints and St. Peter, is 40A., on which the poor cut fuel. The poor of All Saints have 10s. a year left by John Billing, in 1630, and the interest of £10 left by John Bailey.

         Beck        Wm.          land agent, Hall
         Blyth       Wm. D'Urban  farmer
         Brunton     Ellen        vict. Ostrich
         Brunton     Robert       blacksmith
         Carbould    Edward       farmer
         Freeman     John         farmer
         Jeckell     Francis      miller and baker
         Leatherdale Fdk.         shopr. (& Litcham)
         Rayner      Henry        shopr. and tailor
         Wix         James        blacksmith
 

COACH from the Ostrich to Wells, &c., Mon., Wed. and Fri. 6½ evg.; and to London, via Brandon, Tue., Thu., and Fri., 9½ mng. VAN to London Mon. & Thurs., and to Fakenham Tues. and Friday.

See also the Weasenham All Saints parish page.

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September 2004