Chapter IX: Part 9

TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.

Archer, James, grocer, &c. Archer, Richard, butcher Archer, William, plumber and glazier Austin, Robert, butcher Austin, Thomas, farmer Austin, Watts, butcher Austin, John, farmer Barber, James, carrier Bartlett, Henry, druggist and stationer Bell, Benjamin, farmer Bircham, Amelia, dress maker Blogg, Richard, bricklayer Body, Henry, farmer Butler, W. G., currier and leather cutter Carr, Sarah, boarding and day school Carrison, Charlotte, grocer, &c. Chamberlain, Edward, farmer Clarke, Louisa, straw bonnet maker Clarke, Robert, carpenter Dack, —, carrier to Norwich Dawson, Michael, blacksmith Dench, Robert, solicitor, coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, clerk to the magistrates, and commissioners of taxes Drozier, Robert, parish clerk Eke, James, blacksmith Emms, Henry, veterinary surgeon Fallow, Thomas, Ship inn Frost, Robert, tailor Girling, Christopher, surgeon Girling, John, carpenter Gilham, William, baker Godfrey, Thomas, farmer Gooch, Robert P., veterinary surgeon Graver, Luke, baker Heasel, Elizabeth, baker Howlett, Stephen, King’s Arms Hubbard, Stephen, painter, plumber, &c Hunt G. P., National School Knights, Fenn, academy Knights, Frederic, glover Leamon, Charles, saddler Leamon, Edmund, ironmonger Leamon, Edward, farmer Leamon, Richard, baker Long, Robert, grocer, &c. Mace, Charles, grocer, &c. Manning, Susan, dress maker Neale, Charles, farmer Neale, George, Bull inn Oldman, James, boot and shoe maker Powell, John, tailor Pratt, Richard, grocer, &c. Prior, John, boot and shoe maker Purdy, Robert, farmer Quarles, William, solicitor Russell, Edward, watch maker Saunders, James, miller Saunders, James, jun., solicitor, agent to the Royal Farmers’ and Hail Storm, and the Farmers’ and Graziers’ Cattle Insurance Office Saunders, James and Charles, surgeons Sawyer, Thomas, wheelwright Sawyer, Thomas, carpenter Sawyer, Thomas, blacksmith Seaman, William, farmer Smith, James, boot and shoe maker Smith, Matilda, dress maker Smith, William, grocer, &c. Spencer, Edward, plumber and glazier Spragg, Thomas, boot and shoe maker Towler, George, wheelwright Towler, John, grocer, &c. Tuddenham, John, tailor Turner, James G., grocer, &c. Wade, Matthew, ironmonger West, C. S., carpenter and cabinet maker Williamson, John, glover

WATTON.

Watton, a small market-town in Wayland hundred, is 10 miles N.W. from Attleborough station, 12 N. of Thetford, and 10 from East Dereham. The church of St. Mary stands a short distance from the town, and is a very neat, though ancient structure, being built in the reign of Henry II. It has a tower, small spire, and 3 bells. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the gift of the Rev. W. H. Hicks, B.A., and the curate is the Rev. G. Nelson.

The parish contains 1807 acres, and the population, in 1851, was 1353. A market is held on the Wednesday. Fairs are held on July 10th, October 11th, and November 8th for cattle, &c.

TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.

Adcock, J. W., watchmaker Alexander, E., grocer and draper Amas, Charles, grocer and draper Amas, Mary Ann, milliner Baldry, Edward, bricklayer Bales, John, police officer Baley, Robert, auctioneer Balls, James, boot and shoe maker Barber, Ann, berlin wool depot Barber, Mr. John, Rose cottage Barber, John, upholsterer and cabinet maker Barnard, Robert, butcher Beets, James, farmer Bicker, George, hairdresser, &c. Boreham, John, boot and shoe maker Bowles, Barnard, saddler Brown, James, tailor Brunton, Thomas, Green Man Brunton, William, tailor Buxton, Henry, brazier Chaston, Mr. Alfred Cornwall, William, joiner Cornwall, Robert, saddler De Grey, Hon. Brownlow, N.O. Dorr, Mrs. Mary Dorr, Charles, farmer Drake, Thomas, painter, plumber, &c. Drew, George, boot and shoe maker Emerson, Stephen, George commercial and family hotel, posting house, and architect and surveyor Elsegood, James, baker, &c Feakes, Charles, farmer Garner, James, fishmonger Gathergood, James, farmer George, George, bookseller and leather dealer George and Kiddle, grocers and drapers Gooderstone, Mary A., milliner Gowing, James Warden, bookseller, printer, and stationer Greengrass, Robert, beerhouse Grigson, E. R., solicitor Grickman, Charles, solicitor Hargraves, George, surgeon Hargraves, John, surgeon Harper, Samuel, sack and seed merchant Hart, Mr. Joseph Hart, Joseph, joiner Harvey, James, carrier Hastley, Rev., academy Hastings, Edward, maltster Hastings, John E., wine & spirit merchant Hendry, Henry, grocer and draper Hendry, Thomas, plumber, &c. Hicks, Rev. W. H., vicar Jacobs, Thomas, machine maker Jacobs, George, Crown Commercial hotel, posting house, and Inland Revenue office James, William, tailor Layt, Robert, carrier Lacey, Rebecca, butcher Leggatt, Robert, butcher Massey, William, solicitor Mallows, James, butcher Minns, George, tailor Munnings, George, tailor Nelson, Rev. G., curate Payne, Edward, carrier Playle, Henry, beerhouse Parker, Joseph, butcher Read, Robert, gardener and seedsman Reeve, Barnabas, basket maker, and beer-house Rice, Mr. William Rice, George, butcher Rice, Mrs. Harriet, milliner, &c. Ringer, Robert, gunmaker Rook, W., grocer and draper Sampson, Mrs. Dorothy Salmon, Richard, farmer Secker, Samuel, basket maker Siggins, Henry, plumber, &c Smith, Thomas, veterinary surgeon Smith, Charles, master of National school Smith, Mary, school-mistress Smith, Thomas, gardener Snare, George, academy Spanton, Thomas, Bull inn Sprigg, Squire, surgeon Standley, James, tailor Stanham, George, baker Stebbings, John, bricklayer Stebbings, Mrs. Stebbings, George, joiner Stevens, Robert, brewer and maltster, wine and spirit merchant Sturgeon, William, blacksmith Thurling, John, horse breaker Thompson, John, joiner, &c. Twaits, Barnabas, shoemaker Wace, Richard, farmer Ward, John, police officer Watson, Burton, hairdresser Waters, Charlotte, Rose Warnes, Reuben, grocer and draper Wenham, George, watchmaker Warne, James, veterinary surgeon Ward, Robert, farmer Warman, William, farmer Wightwick, Miss, academy, Willow house Wright, Misses, academy Wright, Robert, corn merchant and baker Woodcock, John, beerhouse Wortley, Jonathan, King’s Arms Young, James, boot and shoe maker Young, Robert, boot and shoe maker

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Harveys and Hudsons’ Bank, Mr. Benjamin Chaston, agent. Draw on Hankey and Co. Savings’ Bank, Mr. B. Chaston, Secretary. Atlas Fire and Life Office, Mr. W. P. Pillans. Clerical and Medical Life Office, Mr. John Hargraves. English and Cambrian Life Assurance and Loan Society, Mr. B. Chaston. Farmers’ and General Hail Storm, Mr. B. Chaston. Norwich Union, Mr. William Massey. Suffolk Alliance, Mr. Alfred Griffin. Unity, Mr. W. Rook.

YARMOUTH.

Yarmouth or Great Yarmouth, is, next to Norwich, the most important town in the Eastern Counties, celebrated for its fisheries, its shipping, trade, and manufactures, and is also much frequented in the season as a bathing-place. It is distant 19 miles E. by S. from Norwich, 9 miles N. from Lowestoft, and 123 miles N.E. from London. The population of the town and borough, including Gorleston and Southtown was, in 1851, 30,879. The town derives its name from the Yare, on the east bank of which river it is situated. There are very few principal streets, but in the more modern parts are some commanding edifices. The north and south quays, extending for nearly a mile and a quarter, and very broad, are among the peculiar and interesting features of Yarmouth. The principal streets run parallel with the quays, and are crossed by 145 narrow lanes, called rows, which are numbered; it is for the traversing of these rows that the many small narrow carts are used which abound in Yarmouth.

There is a new and elegant bridge over the Yare. A handsome and substantial suspension bridge crosses the Bure, over the same spot whence 79 persons were suddenly plunged by the fall of the previous bridge in May, 1845; whilst a handsome iron tubular bridge, in two compartments, connects the railway with the tramways, which extend the entire length of the quays. The New Pier is a great accommodation to the visitors and inhabitants.

There are numerous and very extensive malting-houses in Yarmouth and its neighbourhood, belonging to the metropolitan brewers and others, which afford employment for a large number of hands. The town is a great centre of the fishing trade. The mackarel fishery employs upwards of 3,000 tons, with about 90 boats and 870 men, and produces about 16,000 a year. The herring fishery, for which Yarmouth is so highly and justly celebrated, employs about 6,000 tons, with 160 boats and 1,300 men, besides those on shore; the produce is about 100,000 barrels yearly, about 20,000 of which are sent to the southern countries. There are also fisheries of cod, sprats, turbot, soles, skate, whitings, eels, and shrimps. A large portion of this produce is sent to London, Manchester, Birmingham, and other distant towns. The number of vessels belonging to the port is about 500, besides 250 fishing-boats and other smaller craft. Ship and boat building employs many hands, and vessels of 460 tons are built here. The silk mills, belonging to Grout and Co., erected in 1818, give employment to nearly 700 operatives of both sexes.

The church of St. Nicholas is a fine cross-shaped building, of unusually large dimensions. It had formerly sixteen chapels. The spire is 168 feet high, erected in 1683. There is a fine peal of ten bells and a clock. The organ is of some celebrity, and has been most materially improved by Gray and Davidson; it was built in 1733 by Muller. Here are monuments of the Englands, and some few other families of distinction, while plain marble slabs point out the resting-places of John Carter, a great friend of Cromwell, and of Mrs. Bridget Bendish, daughter of General Ireton, grand-daughter of the Lord Protector. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The font, which is of Purbeck marble, is octagonal and very ancient. The vestry contains a small collection of old books.

St. George’s chapel was built in 1714, and is a fine building, partly of stone, with square tower. St. Peter’s church was built in 1833, at a cost of £12,000; it is in the Gothic style, of white brick, with a tower 118 feet high; there is in it a copy of Ruben’s Descent from the Cross. There is also an ancient church at Gorleston, with curious font and brasses. St. Mary’s Southtown was built in 1831. The Roman Catholic chapel is a new Gothic building, of neat appearance. There is a Jews’ synagogue, which has been rebuilt. Here are meeting-houses for Independents, General and Particular Baptists, Wesleyans, Countess of Huntingdon, Society of Friends, Primitive Methodists, and Unitarians. The Roman Catholics have a small cemetery, situate on the road leading to Caistor, north of the town.

The Town Hall, built in 1716, is of the Tuscan order, with a fine suite of rooms; it contains also the court rooms. There is also a Town House, belonging to the corporation. The Borough Gaol was built in 1260, and much of the original building remains. The market-place is very extensive, covering an area of three acres; the fish market adjoins it. The Corn Exchange is in Regent-street, and the Commercial Club House on the Quay. The Custom House, on the Quay, is a large and handsome building. The Bath House was built in 1759, and has a large public room and all requisite bathing accommodations. There are several small docks or basins belonging to the shipbuilders, and one of which will take a 500 ton ship. The town is well paved and lighted with gas, and watched by a borough police. The large naval and military hospital, situate at the southern extremity of the town, is now used as a Government asylum for insane officers of the navy and army. One of the chief ornaments of the town is the conspicuous column, erected on the South Denes by county subscription in 1817, to commemorate the immortal Nelson; it is a fine pillar, of the Doric order, with fluted shaft: its extreme height is 144 feet; the summit is reached by 270 steps; the views from it of the sea and surrounding country are varied and extensive.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.

Agar, Moses, 78, Southtown road Aldis, Mr. John, North end Alexander, Mrs. Caroline, Regent road Ames, Edward, Esq., East street Ansell, the Misses, 1, North Beach terrace Arbon, Noah, back of Wall Ashill, Mrs. Ann, King street Bailey, Mr. Robert, 1, Wiltshire Cottage, Victoria road Bampton, Rev. John, South Beach terrace Barber, Mrs. Hannah M., South Quay Barber, Mr. Robert David, Regent road Barclay, Mrs. M. A., 86, Southtown road Barnard, Mrs. M. A., 5, Providence place Bateley, Mrs. Harriott, Regent road Bartram, Cubitt Engall, 12, St. George’s terrace Bartram, Mr. William, 58, Southtown road Baynes, Mrs., North Quay Beasley, Mrs. G., 85, Southtown road Beckett, Miss Mary Ann, back of Wall Bee, Mr. James, 13, Bath place Blake, John, Esq., 3, Ely place Blake, Mr. Thomas, 7, Seymour place Boardman, the Misses, South Quay Borrett, Mr. George, 7, Bath place Borrett, Dr. James, King street Branch, John, Esq., Regent street Brock, Mrs., 70, Southtown road Brock, Miss, Southtown road Brown, Mr. George Penrice, South Quay Brown, Mrs. Priscilla, 6, St. George’s terrace Brown, Mr. Robert, 1, Bath Hill terrace Brown, Mr. Robert Fitzwilliam Buck, Mrs., 1, Devonshire place Bunn, Mrs. Sarah, 17, Southtown road Bunn, Samuel G., Esq., 69, Southtown road Bunn, Thomas, Esq., 47, Southtown road Burton, Samuel, Esq., 67, Southtown road Burton, Mrs. Mary, Hall Quay Butcher, Mrs. Maria, King street Butcher, Mrs. M., 10, St. George’s terrace Button, Mr. James, 2, Bath place Carter, Mr. Daniel, King street Chandler, Mrs., 6, Sefton terrace, Southtown road Chevalier, Mrs. Sophia, 14, Southtown Christmas, Mr. Cornelius H., South Market road Clarke, Mrs., 2, Royal place Clifton, Mr. Robert, 2, Sefton terrace, Southtown road Cobb, Mrs. Frances, King street Cobles, Mrs. Rebecca, 6, Henry place Colls, Mrs. Elizabeth, 84, Southtown road Costerton, Mr. Frederic, Southtown road Coston, Mrs. M. A., 7, Sefton terrace, Southtown road Creak, Mrs. Maria, Gaol street Crickmay, Mrs. M. A., 37, Southtown road Crowe, Mr. James, Fuller’s hill Crowe, Miss M. A., 1, Flushing terrace Crowther, Miss Mary, Church square Cudeon, Mrs. Sarah, Regent street Day, Mrs. Charlotte, King street Decarle, Mrs., Trafalgar House Dick, Mrs., South Quay Diggins, Miss Elizabeth, 31, Southtown Dilliston, Mr. Henry, row 142 Drake, Mrs. Amelia, 83, Southtown road Dobson, Rev. St. N., 4, Claremont terrace Doughty, Capt. James, Regent road Douglass, Mr. James, Theatre plain Douglass, Mr., 6, St. James’ terrace Duffield, Mr. James, Southtown road Dunne, Dr. John, Regent road Dye, Mrs. Mary, King street Emes, Mrs. Elizabeth, Fuller’s hill Fabb, Miss, 62, Southtown road Fear, Mrs. Mary, North Quay Feek, Mrs., Recent road Fell, — Esq., Regent road Fenn, John, Esq., magistrate, North Quay Fiddes, Joseph, Esq., Church square Field, Mr. Michael, 12, Southtown Fish, Mr. Simon, 79, Southtown road Foreman, Mr. Thomas, Gaol street Frane, Frederic, Esq., Regent road Frere, Rev. Edward Borke, King street Gibbs, Henry, H., Esq., Brunswick place Godbolt, Mr. Joseph, Southtown road Goodwin, Mr. John, North end Gourlay, Joyce, Esq., Regent road Green, Rev. Joseph, Baptist minister, Nelson’s terrace Greenward, Mr. G., 7, Southtown road Hales, Mrs. Lydia, Jetty road Hall, John, 12, Henry’s place Hammond, Mrs., 2, St. George’s terrace Hammond, Richard, Esq., North Quay Hankes, William, Esq., South Quay Hardingham, Mr. W., 14, Seymour place Harrison, Mr. James Hargroom, Gaol st. Haw, Miss Jane, Regent street Hayman, Rev. H., Gaol street Hills, Rev. George, Parsonage House, Church square Holt, Mrs. John, Southtown road Hurst, Rev. Samuel, 80, Southtown road Hutson, Mrs. Sarah, Southtown road Jex, Mrs. Ann, 9, Sefton terrace, Southtown road Johnson, William, Esq., Southtown road Keable, Mrs. Hannah, 3, Blake’s buildings Keymer, Miss Anne, 63, Southtown road Kiddall, Mr. Robert, King street Lacon, Sir Edmund Knowles, Bart., Youell & Co., Bankers, Hall Quay Lacon, Sir Edmund, Hopton, near Yarmouth Lamb, Mrs. Mary, 87, Southtown road Larklam, Mrs. Mary, Gaol street Last, James, Esq., 35, Southtown road Lawes, Capt. John Porter, (Hon. E. I. C.’s Madras Artillery), 5, St. George’s terrace Layton, Mrs. Mary Hannah, North end Layton, Mrs. Mortlock, North Quay Lee, Mr. Henry, St. George’s road Linder, Mrs. Mary Ann, King street Long, Miss Susan, North Quay Manthorp, Mr. George, 1, Sefton terrace Marsh, Mrs. Ann, South Quay Martin, Hezekiah, Esq., 32, Southtown Mayhew, Mrs. Mary Ann, St. George’s road Meen, Henry, 2, Apsley terrace Middleton, Mrs. Susan, 7, Norfolk terrace Miller, Richard, Esq., 19, Southtown road Mitchell, Mrs. Amelia, South Quay Moore, Mr. Charles, 48, Southtown road Mountjoy, Mr. William, Jetty road Mouse, the Misses Hannah M., 68, Southtown road Naunton, George, Esq., 64, Southtown road Neeve, Miss E., North end Newman, Mrs. Mary, Regent street Nisbett, Major Richard Blundell, North Quay Orfeur, Mrs. E. Regent terrace Orfeur, John, 12, Claremont terrace Page, Miss Matilda, 84, Southtown Page, Mrs., 11, Southtown Paget, Samuel, Esq., 9, St. George’s terrace Palmer, Charles John, Esq., Regent street Palmer, Henry, Esq., Regent street Palmer, Mrs. John B., 45, Southtown road Partridge, Rev. John, Southtown road Penrice, Mrs. Anne, King street Pestell, Henry, 2, Henry’s place Pigott, Jacob, 1, Henry’s place Pillar, Joseph, row 142 Pope, Mrs. Sarah, 9, Albion terrace Preston, E. H. L., Esq., North Quay Preston, Mrs. Hannah, 11, St. George’s terrace Preston, the Misses, Quay Ray, Mrs. Catherine, 8, St. George’s terrace Read, Mrs., 4, Trafalgar road Richardson, William Josiah, 6, Trafalgar road Richmond Edward, Southtown road Rising, Mrs. Charlotte, King street Rising, Mrs. Elizabeth, 1, Apsley terrace Rising, George, Esq., 22, Southtown road Rivett, Richard, Regent terrace Roberts, Harold, Esq., South street Roberts, William, Esq., 29, Southtown Rounding, Thomas J. W., 33, Regent road Russell, Rev. James, Gaol street Sacret, Thomas, 60, Southtown road Sault, Rev. Francis, 6, Sefton terrace, Southtown road Sayer, Mrs. Mary, 4, Norfolk terrace Sculley, Edward, Buckenham House Shephard, Mrs., 6, Ely place Silcock, Mrs., 3, St. James’ terrace Slipper, John, 92, Southtown road Smith, Mrs. M. A., 41, Southtown road Smith, Mr. Ormond, 11, Henry place Spillings, William, Esq., Southtown Spillings, William, 14, Henry place Squire, Mr. William, North end Steele, Edward, Esq., Regent road Stephenson, Mrs. Eliza, Jetty road Steny, Mrs., 5, St. James’ terrace Steward, Mrs. Ann, South quay Steward, Robert, Esq., magistrate, Southtown road Stonex, Henry, 32, Regent road Tann, Rev. James, Baptist minister, Regent road Taylor, Mrs. Susannah, Gaol street Terhance, Lieut. John, 5, Trafalgar road Thaxter, Mrs. Elizabeth, 51, Southtown road Thede, Mrs. Fanny, Regent road Thetford, Miss Mary, 5, Norfolk terrace Thirtle, Mrs. Harriet, 8, Sefton terrace, Southtown road Thirtle, William, Esq., South quay Thornton, Mrs. Susannah, North end Tillson, George, Esq., 52, Southtown road Titshall, Miss Maria, 39, Southtown road Tolver, Samuel, Esq., Hall quay Turner, Miss M. A., Regent road Tydeman, the Misses, Queen street Tyler, Frederic, Esq., 23, Southtown road Upjohn, Rev. Francis, M. A., vicar of Gorleston Waller, Mr. William, Southtown cottage Walpole, Mr. Jonas, Regent street Walpole, William, Esq., Southtown Warner, Mrs. Elizabeth, Apsley terrace Waters, Rev. Mark, vicar of St. George’s, 15, Southtown road West, Mrs., Chapel Paved row Wigg, Mr. Samuel, White Horse plain Willemite, Mrs. R., 2, Norfolk terrace Woolverton, Mrs. M., Catherine, King st. Worship, Francis, Esq., Regent street Yetts, William, Esq., King street

TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.