THORPE.
Thorpe, near Norwich, or Thorpe St. Andrew. A picturesque village, 2 miles east of Norwich, on the banks of the river Yare, over which the Norwich and Yarmouth railway passes, by two newly-constructed bridges. The church of St. Andrew is a small Gothic building, with a plain thatched roof, and a small square tower. The inside contains many old monuments; one, dated 1700, to the memory of Peter Vertigans, Esq. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Rev. Armine Herring, M.A., and the incumbent is the Rev. Armine Herring. One mile S.E. of the village is the County Lunatic Asylum. The parish is in Blofield hundred, and the population in 1851 was 912. There is a neat chapel belonging to the Congregationalists.
Alborn, Samuel, farmer
Bacon, Miss Mary Ann
Bailey, George, King’s Head
Barker, Henry John
Batley, Mrs. Susannah
Bolingbroke, Frederic, Esq.
Bracey, Frederick, boot and shoe maker
Bracey, Robert, shopkeeper
Bright, John, Red Lion
Brightwen, John, Esq.
Brinded, Robert, bricklayer
Bulley, William, shopkeeper
Burton, Thomas, flour merchant
Clabburn, William, Esq., shawl manufacturer
Cattermole, Mary, Three Tuns’ inn
Clayton, Miss Margaret Elizabeth
Dale, Robert, timber merchant
Davey, Joseph, manufacturer
Emms, Thomas, gardener
Etheridge, Philip, Esq.
Farman, William, carpenter and joiner
Frost, Rev. William, Thorpe Lodge
Gurney, Charles, Esq., banker
Gurney, Hay, Esq., banker
Harvey, Sir Robert, Bart., Household House
Hastings, Elwin
Herring, Rev. Armine, rectory
Hopcroft, Mr. Thomas
Jay, George, fish merchant
Jecks, Charles, Esq., grove
Jecks, William, merchant
King, Robert, Esq.
Lincoln, Edmund, carpenter
Lincoln, Francis, shopkeeper
Martin, William, whitesmith
Morgan, Henry, brewer
Palmer, Nathaniel, Esq., barrister
Palmer, Thomas Fletcher, solicitor
Patteson, Henry, brewer
Postle, Misses
Rose, Ann, shopkeeper
Rowling, Nathan S., Esq.
Sabberton, Thomas, smith in general
Shardelow, Benjamin, plumber and glazier
Smith, Joseph, the Buck
Southgate, Henry, the Griffin
Spooner, John, boot and shoe maker
Starling, Samuel, farmer
Tinker, Harris, boot and shoe maker
Todd, Daniel, post-office
Upcroft, Mrs. Sarah
Wells, Robert Esq.
Western, Charles, brewer
White, William, gardener
Willett, Henry, Esq., manufacturer
Wines, Miss, milliner
Wright, Robert, land agent