AYLSHAM.
Aylsham. A market and union town, in South Erpingham hundred, East Norfolk, 125½ miles from London, and 12 N. of Norwich; contained, in 1851, 2,741 inhabitants, and 4,311 acres. The annual value of assessed property in 1846 was £9,191 2s. 6d. It stands on the river Bure, which is navigable to Yarmouth. The market is held on Tuesday. Fairs are held yearly on March 23rd and last Tuesday in September, and a hiring for servants on the first Tuesday in October. Petty Sessions are held every Tuesday at the Black Boys Hotel; Mr. Frederic Roe, Clerk to Magistrates.
The church of St. Michael was built by John of Gaunt, of Lancaster, the court of whose duchy was once hold in this town. The font is enriched with bas-reliefs of the four emblems of the Evangelists, the instruments of the Passion, and the arms of Gaunt, with other armorial insignia. Here is a monument to the memory of Richard Howard, Sheriff of Norwich, who in 1488 built the church porch. The east window is decorated with stained glass. The church has ten bells, a large and lofty steeple, clock, and organ. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The Rev. E. T. Yates is the vicar.
The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel here.
CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.
Bond, Mrs. E., Cawston road
Browne, Miss Martha, Cromer road
Butler, Miss Mary, Millgate
Butler, John, Cromer road
Colby, Miss Charlotte, White Halt str.
Copeman, George, Esq., Cromer road
Ebbetts, Mrs. Elizabeth, Market place
Gunton, Miss Frances, Cromer road
Gunton, George, Esq., White Hart street
Hilliman, Mrs. Cromer road
Houndsfield, Mrs. Mary, Cromer road
Mileham, Miss Mary, Millgate
Postle, Robot, Esq., farmer, Cawston road
Short, Miss Sarah, Rod Lion street
Walpole, Mrs. Emily, White Hart street
Yates, Rev. E. T., vicar of St. Michael’s, Vicarage house
Young, Miss Elizabeth, Millgate
TRADES. PROFESSIONS, &c.
Abbs, William, baker, Church hill
Ager, George, Diocesan school (president, Lord Sondes; visitor, the Bishop of Norwich) Post-office street
Austen, Baker S., ironmonger, Market-place
Ayton, Harriet, milliner and dress-maker, Market-place
Bane, Mary, shopkeeper, Millgate
Bane, William, chemist and druggist, Red Lion street
Barber, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Red Lion street
Bartram, William and Son, builders and timber merchants, Millgate
Bird, Joseph, Ship tavern, White Hart street
Blyth, Isaac, tailor, Millgate
Bonn, Winter, millwright, Cawston rood
Breeze, James, Black Boys hotel and posting house, Market-place
Breeze, Stephen, tailor and woollen draper, Market-place
Bullock, F. T. and millers and maltsters, Millgate
Burrell, George, builder, cabinet maker, upholsterer, and auctioneer, Market-place
Burton, William, shopkeeper, White Hart street
Butler, William, smith in general, Cawston road
Cary, Thomas, shopkeeper, Millgate
Case, James Lee, farmer, Millgate
Chapman, Robert, butcher, Red Lion street
Charlton, Thomas, Primitive Methodist preacher, White Hart street
Clarke, George, Red Lion, Red Lion str.
Clemente, Charles and Son, printers, bookbinders, stamp office, reading room and library. Market-place
Clover, John, baker and confectioner, (agent to the General Hail Storm Company) Market-place
Copemans and Gurney, bankers; manager, Jacob Middleton, jun., Norwich road
Colk, Ann, day school, Bridewell corner
Connold, Thomas, watch and clock maker, agent to Norwich Equitable Fire office, Market-place
Culley, Benjamin, bricklayer, Cawston rd.
Dale, Robert, hair-dresser and bird preserver, Market-place
Davison, James, baker and miller, Butt Land lane
Edwards, John, china and glass dealer, Red Lion street
Elden, Eleanor, milliner and dress-maker, Red Lion street
Elden, Elizabeth, general shopkeeper, Red Lion street
England and Roper, grocers and drapers, Red Lion street
Eston, Robert, baker, Millgate
Feek, Dick, the New Inn, Red Lion street
Firmage, John, boot and shoe maker, Pinfold street
Fitt, Edward, gardener, Red Lion street
Fitt, James, the Anchor, Millgate
Fitt, John, watch and clock maker, Red Lion street
Forster, William, solicitor
Foxhall, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Caston street
Franklin, James, harness maker, Red Lion street
Freeman, John, stone and marble mason, and Stone Masons’ Arms, Millgate
Gatterson, Thomas, wheelwright and carpenter, Cromer road
Goodwin, Keziah, straw bonnet maker, Butt Land lane
Griffin, John, grocer and draper, Market-place
Grimson, John, carpenter, Pinfold street
Haddon, James, glover, &c., White Hart street
Harris and Nitch, millers and farmers, Caston road
Harrod, James, agent to the Norwich Union Fire and Life office, h Paradise
Hatcher, Jane, milliner and dress-maker, Red Lion street
Hill, William, the Unicorn inn, Post-office street
Horstead, John, bricklayer, Post-office street
Howes, Matthew, general dealer, White Hart street
Ingate, Lewis, coachmaker, Commercial road
Jones, Edmund, superintendent of the police station, Cromer road
Johnson, Jane, school-mistress, Post-office street
Johnson, John, boot and shoe maker, Post-office street
Larke, John, cabinet maker, Cromer road
Laxen, Henry, saddle and harness maker, Market place
Laxon, Richard, baker and confectioner, Red Lion street
Lemon, Benjamin, saddle and harness maker, Red Lion street
Lomax, George, beer retailer, Millgate
Mark, Charles, grocer, draper, and shoe man, Market-place
Margetson, Robert, Norwich carrier and merchant
Mash, Eliza, shop-keeper, Millgate
Matthews, Richard, the Star inn, Red Lion street
Miller, Sarah, straw bonnet maker, Cromer road
Middleton, Jacob, jun., bank manager, Norwich road
Miller, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, White Hart street
Morton, R. K. Esq., physician, Cromer road
Moy, John, the Feathers, Cawston road
Mole, Elijah, baker, Pinfold street
Nicholls, John, the White Horse, Millgate
Nobbs, Mary Ann, superintendent of the post-office, Post-office street
Ostick, Robert, boot and shoemaker, White Hart street
Page, William, draper and grocer, Red Lion street
Parmeter, Robert W., Esq., solicitor, clerk of the Peace for the County of Norfolk: h Cromer road
Payne, James, boot maker, Red Lion str.
Payne, William, boot and shoe maker, Red Lion street
Pert, David, plumber and glazier, Red Lion street
Pike, Robert, smith in general, Red Lion street
Platten, Edward Suffolk, Temperance house, Church hill
Poll, Frederic, sawyer, Town lane
Poll, Henry, beer retailer and brewer, White Hart street
Powell, Benjamin, grocer and draper, Market place
Proudfoot, John, carpenter and joiner, Post-office street
Puncher, William, the Dog inn, Norwich road
Purdy, James, patten and clog maker, Market place
Purdy, James, Norwich carrier and fishmonger, Red Lion street
Pye, Allen, the Swan, rent collector, Post-office street
Ransome, Horatio, tailor and draper, Red Lion street
Repton, William, solicitor, Market place
Roe, Daniel, F., solicitor’s clerk, Town lane
Rust, William and Eliza, ironmongers and boot and shoe makers, Red Lion street
Sands, Sarah, butcher, Post-office street
Sands, James, butcher and farmer, Red Lion street
Scott, George, grocer and draper, Red Lion street
Scott, William Henry, solicitor, offices Market place: h Norwich road
Sexton, Joseph, baker, Post-office street
Smart, William, beer retailer and brewer, Post-office street
Smith, Frederick P., surgeon, Market place
Smithson, James, hairdresser, Red Lion street
Soame, Henry, farmer, Cawston road
Soame, John, baker, White Hart street
Starling, William, basket maker, Red Lion street
Stearman, Ann, shopkeeper, Red Lion street
Stearman, Frederick, tailor, Post-office street
Stearman, James, gardener, Cawston road
Sutton, John, tailor and draper, Red Lion street
Symonds, John, chemist and druggist, Market place
Tattam, George Edward, smith in general, Cromer road
Thirtle, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Norwich road
Tuck, Henry, boot and shoe maker, Millgate
Turner, Frederick James, ladies’ boarding and day school, Market place
Ulph, John Hook, Cross Keys and wheelwright, Red Lion street
Waller, J. W., Commercial road
Warren, Thomas, tea dealer and draper, Market place
Watson, James W. B., basket maker and reed merchant, Millgate
Williamson, Henry, the Bull inn, Red Lion street
Wright, William, day and boarding school for young gentlemen, Commercial road