Rogers' Directory of Norwich and Neighbourhood

by Edmund Dawson Rogers

Gayford, Luke, blacksmith

Meen, Samuel, farmer

Utting, John, farmer

Wilson, John, boot and shoe maker

COSTESSEY, or Cossey, is a scattered but pleasant village, 4 miles from Norwich, in the Forehoe hundred and union, with a population of about 1100. The Hall is the seat of Lord Stafford, who is lord of the manor, and the principal landowner. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Great Hospital, at Norwich, and enjoyed by the Rev. James William Evans, M.A. There are a National school, a British school, a large Roman Catholic school, and Baptist and Roman Catholic chapels.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Evans, Rev. James W., Cottage

Husenbeth, Right Rev. F. C., D.D., (Catholic)

Ivory, Rev. John, Baptist minister

Kidd, Mr. Thomas