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