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Walsham (North) in Norfolk County England History and GeographyWALSHAM (NORTH), a market town and parish in the hundred of TUNSTEAD, county of NORFOLK, 15 miles (N.N.E.) from Norwich, and 124 (N.E. by N.) from London, containing 2303 inhabitants. In the year 1600, nearly the whole of this town was destroyed by a fire, which, although it continued but three hours, consumed property of the value of £20,000. It is situated on the high road to Norwich, and consists of three streets diverging from a central area, in which stands the church: the inhabitants are well supplied with water. A neat theatre has been lately erected, and is opened for performances once in two years. A navigable canal passes through the parish, a short distance north-east of the town, in its course from Antingham to Yarmouth; and a silk-manufactory has been recently established. The market is on Thursday; and a fair is held on the day before Holy Thursday, for cattle: statutes for hiring servants are held twice a year. The market cross, erected by Bishop Thirlby, in the reign of Edward III., was repaired, after the great fire in 1600, by Bishop Redman. Two courts baron are held annually, one by the Bishop of Norwich, and the other by Lord Suffield. The magistrates for the hundred meet here every week. The living is a vicarage, with the rectory of Antingham St. Mary annexed, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £8, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Norwich. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious structure; but the tower, having fallen in the year 1724, is in ruins: in the chancel is an elegant mural monument to the memory of Sir William Paston, Knt., a native of this town, and founder of the grammar school; it was erected during his life, and is surmounted by a recumbent statue in armour. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, and Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists. The free grammar school was founded by the above-mentioned Sir William Paston, for the education of forty boys, being children of the inhabitants resident in either of the hundreds of North Erpingham, Happing, Tunstead, and Flegg, who endowed it with the rents of certain estates at Horsey and Walcot, to the amount of about £300 per annum, together with a small endowment of £4. 15. by a person unknown: the master's salary is £70 per annum, with a residence; that of the usher £30, and that of the lecturer £10. Admiral Lord Nelson received part of his education at this school. A Sunday school, on the National system, is supported by voluntary subscription. About a mile south of the town is a stone cross, erected to commemorate a victory obtained, in 1382, by Spencer, Bishop of Norwich, over some rebels headed by a dyer, named Leytester. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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