SWARDESTON.
A village and parish in Henstead hundred, near the Swainsthorpe station, 4 miles S.S.W. from Norwich, containing 950 acres of land, and in 1851 a population of 381. The church of the Virgin Mary is a neat building: the Rev. John Henry Steward, M.A., of East Carlton, is patron, and incumbent of the vicarage. It has a fine screen, some stained glass, and some tombs.
Arundel, Samuel, cooper
Barrett, Elizabeth, shopkeeper
Barrett, William, thatcher
Brown, Robert D., bricklayer
Brown, James, shopkeeper
Bond, Robert, farmer
Cannell, Isaac, blacksmith
Cunningham, John, tailor
Cunningham, Wm., butcher
Cannell, Henry, gardener
Davy, Barnard, blacksmith
Fairman, Samuel, bricklayer
Fish, Miles, shoemaker
Hamnell, Paul, shoemaker
Hall, James, wheelwright
Hubbard, John, gardener
King, Robert, farmer
Kemp, Daniel T., Esq., Rectory
Raven, Benjamin, farmer
Stewart, Rev. H., B.A., curate
Turner, Daniel, victualler, Dog
Twiss, Christopher, farmer
Wesleyan chapel. National school, erected 1841, enlarged 1855, called Rev. Samuel Chapman’s school: school-master, Joseph Cook.