Melville and Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Norwich, Yarmouth, Dereham, Swaffham, Wymondham, Fakenham, Thetford, Attleborough, Aylsham, Diss, Reepham, Foulsham, Hingham, &c.; Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Woodbridge, Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Eye, Stowmarket, Needham Market, &c. [1856]

by F. R. Melville & Co.

HINGHAM

Hingham is a small near market town in Forehoe hundred, East Norfolk, about 116 miles from London, 14 W.S.W. from Norwich, 6 from Wymondham station W., and 6 N.W. from Attleborough station.

The church of St. Andrew is a fine, noble structure, with a handsome tower, containing 8 bells. The living is a rectory, in the gift of Lord Wodehouse. The parish consists of 3,525 acres, and the population in 1851 was 1,698. Here is a Free Grammar School, which was founded and handsomely endowed in 1727, by Thomas Parlet, Esq.; also a National School, which is wholly supported by the Hon. and Rev. W. Wodehouse, M.A. Here is also an Independent chapel.

Post-Office—Miss Large, postmistress. This is also a Money-order office.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c

Bassum, Mr. Charles

Bowles, Rev. J. S., Independent minister

Darby, Rev. Martin B., rector of Hackford by Hingham, Market street

Daynes, Mrs. Mary, Chapel street

Gilman, Mrs., Chapel street

Gilman, Samuel H., Esq.

Gilman, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Case, Market street

Greaves, Mr. David, Chapel street

Halsey, Mrs. Mary, Chapel street

Hardy, Miss Sarah, Market place

Hodgson, Rev. Walter C., curate; h Market place

Howard, Mrs. Elizabeth, Market place

Hurnard, Rev. W. B., curate of Fenning-hall

Hurnard, William, Esq., the Green

Fickling, Miss Frances, Market place

Laing, Mrs. Frances, Market street

Matthews, Rev. R. B.

Pigg, Mrs., the Green

Pitts, Mrs. Sarah, Market place

Priest, Miss Mary, the Green

Rushbrook, Miss Ann, Chapel street

Slipper, Rev. R. B., rector of Coston, master of the Grammar school, Chapel street

Stone, Miss, Market street

Vince, Mr. John, Market place

TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.

Adcock, Mrs., dressmaker, Turnpike

Alexander, Daniel, solicitor, agent to the Atlas and the Law Union offices, Fair Land place

Barton, F., excise officer, Chapel street

Bayes, William, farmer, Mill road

Bedford, William, watch and clock maker, Turnpike

Bowles, William, miller, Market street

Bradfield, George, grocer and draper, Market place

Bunn, Benjamin, cooper, Copper lane

Cobon, Mrs. Jane, day and boarding school for young ladies, Church street

Cannell, Abraham, George inn, Mill road

Caston, W., tailor, Church street

Chamberlain, Charles, grocer and draper, Church street

Clarke, E. W., builder

Coe, Frederick, White Hart inn Commercial hotel, Market place

Drewell, William, painter, plumber, and glazier, Church street

Eagling, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Fair Land place

Elsy, George, stationer, draper, &c., Market place

Elsy, William, bricklayer and builder, Back street

Emmerson, William, ironmonger and brazier, Market street

Feltham, James, solicitor, Fair Land place

Feltham, Mrs. Mary, blacksmith, Market street

Feltham, Philip, plumber and glazier, Market street

Feltham, Robert, saddle and harness maker, Market street

Fisher, William, baker and miller, Fair Land place

Gapp, Charles, general smith, Hall lane

Gricks, John, the Cock inn and stone mason, Market street

Griston, James, tailor, Market street

Harvey, Mary Ann, shopkeeper, Baxter row

Howard, Philip, wine and spirit merchant, &c., Market place

Howchin, Edmund, butcher

Hubbard, John S., wheelwright, Fair Land place

Hubbard, John, junr., school-master to the National school, Chapel street

King, Ellen, milliner, dressmaker, and straw bonnet maker, Church street

King, Henry, boot and shoe maker, Market place

King, Robert, boot and shoe maker, Fair Land place

Kingaby, Thomas, hairdresser

Lane, Franklin, tailor, Chapel street

Langford, Samuel C., chemist and druggist, Market place

Large, Miss, grocer, draper, and post manager, Market place

Large, Robert, farmer, Mill road

Laskey, John, the Dog inn, carrier to Norwich and Hingham

Lilley, Richard, baker and farmer, Market place

Lincoln, Henry, chimney sweeper, Baxter lane

Monement, Mr. Edward, surgeon, Chapel street

Money, Robert, the Ringers, Turnpike

Muffett, William, plumber, glazier, and painter

Newson, Benjamin, the Unicorn, and butcher, Fair Land place

Nicholson, John N., butcher, Market place

Norton, Francis, general shopkeeper, Fair Land place

Pearce, Charles, Three Horse-shoes and blacksmith, Market place

Pigg, Charles, farmer, Dereham road

Pitts, George W., baker and miller, Market-place

Pitts, John, farmer, Dereham road

Pitts, Phineas, tailor and draper, agent to the Sun Fire Office, Market-place

Precious, Richard, Angel Inn, Market-place

Riddlesworth, Francis, grocer and draper, Fair Land place

Riddlesworth, Francis, harness maker, Fair Land place

Rose, Philip W., boot and shoe maker, and leather cutter, Turnpike

Semmence, Francis, tailor and confectioner, Turnpike

Scott, Charles, linen draper, grocer, &c., Market street

Spruce, William, farmer, Mill road

Stafford, John, the Oak, Turnpike

Tallant, John Thomas, surgeon, Market-place

Thompson, John, tailor, Market-place

Vince, James, grocer and draper, Market-place

Waller, William G., tailor, Turnpike

Ward, John, the Bell, Baxter row

Woodrow, John, schoolmaster at the Grammar School, High street

Wyatt, Davey, tailor and shopkeeper, Fair Land place