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Attleburgh or Attleborough in Norfolk County England History and GeographyATTLEBURGH or ATTLEBOROUGH, a market town and parish in the hundred of SHROPHAM, county of NORFOLK, 15 miles (S.W. by W.) from Norwich, and 94 (N.E. by N.) from London, containing 1659 inhabitants. This place derives its name from Atheling, or Atlinge, a Saxon prince, by whom it is supposed to have been originally founded; and from a burg, or castle, by which it was formerly defended from the incursions of the Danes; it was anciently the capital of Norfolk, and the residence of Offa and Edmund, kings of East Anglia. In the reign of Richard II., Robert de Mortimer founded a college or chantry for a warden and four secular priests, in the church of the Holy Cross, of which there are no remains. Though situated on the high road from Thetford to Norwich, it is now reduced to a very inconsiderable town; the market day is Thursday, and the fairs are held on the Thursdays before Easter and Whitsuntide, and on the 15th August. The town is within the jurisdiction of the county magistrates, and constables and officers for its internal regulation are appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. Attleborough formerly comprized two parishes, Attleburgh Major, a rectory, rated in the king's books at £19. 8. 9., and Attleburgh Minor, a vicarage, rated at £8. 2. 6., they are now united, and constitute one rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich. The Rev. R. Haighton was patron in 1803. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious, cruciform structure, in the decorated style of English architecture, with a square embattled tower rising from the centre, and a fine porch; the chancel, which had some portions of the Norman style, is demolished; there are several monuments to distinguished personages, of which the most prominent are those of the Mortimers, Ratcliffs, and Blickleys; there are places of worship for Baptists and Methodists. A Sunday school, lately established, is supported by subscription. Two miles and a half from the town on the road to Wymondham, said to have been the first turnpike road constructed in England, and for which an act was granted in the 7th William III. are the remains of an obelisk, erected by the county to Sir Edward Rich, who in 1675 gave £200 towards repairing the highways. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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