Norfolk: Twyford

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

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TWYFORD parish, 6 miles W.N.W. of Reepham, is in Mitford union, East Dereham county court district, Eynsford petty sessional division, Reepham polling district of North Norfolk, Sparham rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry and bankruptcy court district. It had 58 inhabitants in 1881, living on 529 acres, and has a rateable value of £1012.

The parish mostly belongs to the executors of the late Colonel Packe, who are lords of the manor. Twyford Hall has pleasure-grounds, and is occupied by Mr. Hamond. The executors of J. Francis, Esq., and Mr. George Nicholson, have also estates here.

The CHURCH (St. Nicholas) has a short brick tower over the south porch, surmounted by a wooden belfry, and contains a font supposed to be of the Norman period. It was thoroughly restored and reseated in 1858. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £4. 19s. 9½d., and now having 12A. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £155, awarded in 1838 in lieu of tithes, was augmented with £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty, in 1792, and is now consolidated with the vicarage of Guist, in the alternate patronage of W. Norris, Esq., and the Rev. John Norris Spurgeon, M.A., the latter of whom is also the incumbent, and lives at Twyford House, which is his own property, the rectory house being in a dilapidated condition.

The Fuel Allotment, 10 acres, let for £13, was awarded in 1796. The poor have also 15s. a year, from half an acre, given by an unknown donor.

WALL LETTER-BOX cleared at 6.5 p.m., and on Sundays at 10 a.m., via East Dereham. Foulsham is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office.

         Hamond     Mr Charles A.           The Hall
         Hubbard    Isaac                   gardener
         Nicholson  Edward                  farmer
         Nicholson  Geo. (Exors. of)        brickmaker, Littlemore
         Savory     Edward                  parish clerk
         Spurgeon   Rev. John Norris, M.A.  rector, Twyford house
 

See also the Twyford parish page.

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February 2001