HORSHAM ST. FAITH’S.
A parish in Taverham hundred, East Norfolk, better known as St. Faith’s, including Newton St. Faith, one mile further north, on the direct road to Aylsham from Norwich, and distant 5 miles north of the latter station, 7 miles south of Aylsham, and 118½ from London, containing, in 1851, 923 inhabitants in Horsham, and 288 in Newton. The church of the Virgin Mary is an old building, with four large windows, and high embattled tower of Gothic architecture. The land comprises 2,700 acres of tolerably good land, belonging to several proprietors, the largest of whom is Lord Viscount Ranelagh, who is lord of the manor and patron of the living a curacy, enjoyed by the Rev. William Atthill, M.A. The Wesleyans have a chapel here, and also one at Newton St. Faith’s. The Union Workhouse, half a mile north-east of the church, is a large brick building, with accommodation for 300 inmates. There is a large cattle fair held for three weeks, commencing October 17th, where a vast quantity of cattle from Scotland and the surrounding country is sent. Here was anciently a market, a Benedictine priory, founded in 1105, and an hospital of Knights Templars.
ST. FAITH’S UNION WORKHOUSE.
The Rev. A. S. Warner, Chaplain. Robert Thompson, Esq., Surgeon. James and Mahala Goodchild, Master and Matron. Esther Goodchild, Assistant Matron. Joseph and Elizabeth Howlett, Schoolmaster and Schoolmistress. Andrew Child, Porter. 30 parishes in Union.
Atthill, Rev., William, rector of St. Faith’s; h Horsford
Barker, Edward, horse farrier
Batley, Stephen, cabinet and chair maker
Blyth, John, boot and shoe maker
Bridges, John, boot and shoe maker
Britcher, William, the Crown
Bullard, Robert, shopkeeper and butcher
Cable, Robert, King’s Head
Carman, Philip Lincoln, superintendent registrar
Cooper, James, gardener
Eglington, Richard, miller and farmer
Forster, William, bricklayer
Gear, Joseph, and Potter, Eliza, superintendents of the day and sunday schools
Harper, Elizabeth, shopkeeper
Hook, Samuel B., tailor
Holmes, George, clerk to St. Faith’s church
Kerry, Henry, tailor
Lovick, John, beer retailer and farmer
Lovick, Samuel, baker
Newton, Edward, the Crown
Nunn, Eve Elizabeth, Jolly Butchers
Osborn, George, haircutter
Pearce, John, smith in general
Painter, Thomas, boot and shoe maker
Priestley, William Stanton, surgeon
Reynolds, Charlotte, day school for children
Reynolds, Edward, farmer
Reynolds, James, corn and seed merchant
Rice, James, Black Swan, and post-office
Scarnett, John, farmer and builder
Scarnett, John, general shopkeeper and blacksmith
Snelling, Elizabeth, Cross Keys
Webb, Benjamin, shopkeeper and basket-maker
West, John, farmer
Woolsey, Alfred, shopkeeper
Youngs, Peter, saddle and harness maker