DRAYTON.
A compact and pleasant village in Taverham hundred, East Norfolk, and the vale of the river Wensum. It is situated about 4 miles N.W. of Norwich station, and 117½ from London. The church of St. Margaret is a plain building with thatched roof. A new tower has just been erected; the inside contains several monuments. The living, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, is a rectory consolidated with Hellesdon, and held by the Rev. Thomas Calthorpe Blofield, M.A., incumbent, who resides at the Rectory, a neat dwelling. There are a Baptist Chapel, and a Free School for boys and girls. The parish contains 1,284 acres of land, and in 1851 the population was 472.
Adcock, Edmund, farmer
Adcock, William, shoemaker
Arger, John, pork butcher
Arger, William, gardener and butcher
Beasey, John, shoemaker
Blyth, Matthew, beer retailer
Blyth, Matthew, junr., carpenter
Blyth, William, carpenter
Bradshaw, Fras. G. and F. W., Esqrs., D. house
Bunn, Samuel, farmer
Buttle, Henry, shopkeeper
Cannell, John, blacksmith
Collins, William, victualler, Red Lion
Fenn, Robert, shoemaker
French, Ann, farmer
Green, Rev. J. Spurgeon, curate, M.A.
Hipper, Thomas, butcher
Howard, Jeremiah, flour and saw mills
Laton, Charles Henry, Esq., Lodge
March, John, shopkeeper
Mumford, George, gardener
Oxley, Misses Elizabeth and Margaret
Thomas, Robert, carpenter and victualler, Cock
West, John, beerhouse