AN
ESSAY
TOWARDS A
TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
OF THE
COUNTY OF NORFOLK,
CONTAINING A
DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, AND HAMLETS,
WITH THE FOUNDATIONS OF
MONASTERIES, CHURCHES, CHAPELS, CHANTRIES, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS:
ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF
The Ancient and Present State of all the Rectories, Vicarages, Donatives, and Impropriations, their Former and Present Patrons and Incumbents, with their several Valuations in the King's Books, whether discharged or not:
LIKEWISE,
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CASTLES, SEATS, AND MANORS, THEIR PRESENT AND ANCIENT OWNERS;
TOGETHER WITH THE
Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Arms in all the Parish Churches, and Chapels; with sevcral Draughts of Churches, Monuments, Arms, Ancient Ruins, and other
RELICKS OF ANTIQUITY.
collected out of
LEDGER-BOOKS, REGISTERS, RECORDS, EVIDENCES, DEEDS, COURT-ROLLS, AND OTHER AUTHENTICK MEMORIALS.
BY FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD,
RECTOR OF FERSFIELD IN NORFOLK.
Nos patriæ fines, et dulcia scripsimus arvaVirg.
VOLUME II.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE-STREET,
BY W. BULMEK, AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S.
1805.
Including the hundreds (administrative areas) of:
- Thetford, a history of the town;
- Grimeshou, including the villages and towns of:
- Croxton
- Santon (now Santon Downham)
- Weting (now Weeting)
- Keburn (now, as then, extinct)
- Wilton (now Hockwold cum Wilton)
- Hockwold (now Hockwold cum Wilton)
- Feltwell
- Methwold
- Northwold
- Wittington Hamlet (now Whittington)
- Cranwich
- Coulston, or Colveston (now Colveston)
- Ickburgh
- Mundford
- Sturston
- Stanford
- West-tofts (now West Tofts)
- Linford (now Lynford)
- Bukenham-parva, or Little-Bukenham (now ?)
- Wayland, including the villages and towns of:
- Breccles-magna, or Great Breccles
- Stow (now Stow Bedon)
- Caston
- Rockland St Peter
- Elingham-parva, or Little Elingham (now Little Ellingham)
- Griston
- Ovington
- Merton
- Watton
- Saham-Tony (now Saham Toney)
- Little Carbrook (now Carbrooke)
- Great Carbrook (now Carbrooke)
- Scoulton
- Ashill
- Tottington
- Threxton
- Thowmpson (now Thompson)
- Forehoe, including the villages and towns of:
- Bixton (now extinct)
- Bernham-Broom (now Barnham Broom)
- Bowthorp (now Bowthorpe)
- Bawburgh
- Easton
- Crownthorp (now Crownthorpe)
- Carleton Forehoe
- Cossey (now Costessey)
- Colton
- Hingham
- Huningham (now Honingham)
- Welborne
- Marlingford
- Wiclewood (now Wicklewood)
- Brandon (now Brandon Parva)
- Corston (now Coston)
- Runhal (now Runhall)
- Morley
- Bereford (now Barford)
- Wramplingham
- Little-Elingham (see above)
- Depham (now Deopham)
- Hackford
- Windham (now Wymondham)
- Flockthorp (now extinct)
- Kimberley
All other place names ostensibly remained unchanged from 1736 to the present day (2009).