Melville and Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Norwich, Yarmouth, Dereham, Swaffham, Wymondham, Fakenham, Thetford, Attleborough, Aylsham, Diss, Reepham, Foulsham, Hingham, &c.; Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Woodbridge, Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Eye, Stowmarket, Needham Market, &c. [1856]

by F. R. Melville & Co.

Waters, Elizabeth, milliner and dress-maker, Holt road

Waters, John, coach builder, Holt road

Wilson, Thomas, policeman, Police station, White Horse street

Winter, George, cabinet maker, Brewers’ Arms street

Woodhouse, Henry, smith in general, Holt road

Wright, Gregory, marine store dealer, Oak street

Wright, John, clerk to the magistrates, do. taxes, do. board guardians, Wellingham union, superintendent registrar, secretary to Corn Exchange, agent to Sun Fire office, Bridge street

Wright, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, White Horse street

AYLSHAM.

Aylsham. A market and union town, in South Erpingham hundred, East Norfolk, 125½ miles from London, and 12 N. of Norwich; contained, in 1851, 2,741 inhabitants, and 4,311 acres. The annual value of assessed property in 1846 was £9,191 2s. 6d. It stands on the river Bure, which is navigable to Yarmouth. The market is held on Tuesday. Fairs are held yearly on March 23rd and last Tuesday in September, and a hiring for servants on the first Tuesday in October. Petty Sessions are held every Tuesday at the Black Boys Hotel; Mr. Frederic Roe, Clerk to Magistrates.