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.

The church of St. Michael was built by John of Gaunt, of Lancaster, the court of whose duchy was once hold in this town. The font is enriched with bas-reliefs of the four emblems of the Evangelists, the instruments of the Passion, and the arms of Gaunt, with other armorial insignia. Here is a monument to the memory of Richard Howard, Sheriff of Norwich, who in 1488 built the church porch. The east window is decorated with stained glass. The church has ten bells, a large and lofty steeple, clock, and organ. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The Rev. E. T. Yates is the vicar.

The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel here.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.

Bond, Mrs. E., Cawston road

Browne, Miss Martha, Cromer road

Butler, Miss Mary, Millgate

Butler, John, Cromer road

Colby, Miss Charlotte, White Halt str.

Copeman, George, Esq., Cromer road

Ebbetts, Mrs. Elizabeth, Market place