Norfolk: East Bradenham

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

BRADENHAM (EAST,) a parish and scattered village, 1½ mile W. of Shipdham, and 7 miles E. of Swaffham, has 368 inhabitants, and 2388 acres of land, lying chiefly in the manor of Huntinfield Hall, of which T.T. Clarke, Esq., is lord; but Thomas Adlington, Esq. is lord of East Bradenham; and here is also a small rectorial manor.

The Church (St. Mary,) is a large edifice, with a square tower; and the benefice is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £12.2s.8d., and in 1831 at £298, in the gift of T. Adlington, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Joseph Smith. The church land is 2A.3R.

The parishioners have commonright on the green (5A.,) and the poor have a house and 2R. of land, bequeathed by a Mr. Green, and now let for £12 a year, which is applied with the poor-rates. There is a small Independent Chapel here, in which the Rev. James Matthews, of Shipdham officiates.

Directory:

         Ormesby   Rev. Wm.A., M.A.     curate
 
         Backler   Wm.                  shoemkr
         Hart      Henry                vict., Lord Nelson
         Johnson   Wm.                  butcher
         Ward      John                 blacksmith
         Wheales   Charles              tailor
         Wheales   Robert               carpenter
         Whittred  Robt.                cooper
         Williams  John                 shopkeeper
 
                                 farmers.
 
         Drury     Richd.               Hudson     Simon and Wm.
         Fulcher   Jph.                 Juby       Joseph
         Goodwin   Philip Hall          Meachen    Wm.
         Heyhoe    Chas. and Grigson    Saunders   John
 

The rector has built and supports a National School in the village.

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January 1999