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[Transcription © SA Whittle-Bruce 2002] Wereham,Norfolk Kelly's 1908 Directory Wereham is a parish and village, on the road from Lynn to Brandon, 1 1/2 miles north-west from Stoke Ferry terminal station on the Great Eastern railway and 5 east from Downham, in the South Western division of the county, Clackclose hundred and petty sessional division, Downham union and county court district, rural deanery of Fincham (east division), archdeaconry of Lynn and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Margaret, erected in the 13th century, is a small and plain building of flint and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock, presented by the late Rev. Augustus Sutton M.A. rector of West Tofts from 1834 to 1885: there are mural tablets to the families of Heaton(1779), Houchen(1852-75), Royle( 834), and Adamson(1762-1800): the nave was re-seated, the church thoroughly restored and a stone pulpit erected in 1866, at a cost of about £700, and in 1899, new western doors were furnished and an organ provided, at a cost of £160: there are 230 sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, with that of Wretton annexed, joint net yearly value £115, including 51 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and held since 1905 by the Rev. Arthur Robbs M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. The small tithes are commuted to the impropriators and patrons at £290 10s. yearly, and the great tithes to the Norwich Life Insurance Office at £253 12s. Here are Wesleyan and Methodist chapels. The charities amount to £40 yearly value. In the centre of the parish is a large pond, supplied by a fine spring of water called "St. Margaret's Well." Wereham Hall is the residence of Arthur James Keeble esq. J.P. Henry Edwards Paine esq. solicitor, Chertsey, Surrey, who is lord of the manor, A.J.Keeble esq. J.P. and Gates Green esq. are the principal landowners. The soil is a mixed loam; subsoil, in some parts gravel, and in others sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 2,231 acres; rateable value, £2,867; the population in 1901 was 478. Under the Divided Parishes Act detached parts of this parish were amalgamated with Stoke Ferry in March, 1884. Parish Clerk, Henry Griggs. Post Office.- Joseph Howlett, sub-postmaster. Letters received from Stoke Ferry S.O. at 6.40 a.m. & 1.30 p.m. (callers only); dispatched at 5.50 p.m. Stoke Ferry, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office Public Elementary School, erected in 1876, for 100 children; average attendance 78; Henry Mortimer, master
PRIVATE RESIDENTS Crabbe William, Charlton house Fryer Mrs Goodyer William, The White house Hudson Mrs Keeble Arthur Jas. J.P. Wereham hall Manders Victor, Townsend house Martin Mrs Read George J.P. Manor house Robbs Rev. Arthur M.A. (vicar), Vicarage Rudderham James
COMMERCIAL Barley George, shopkeeper Beeton Frederick Wm. game dealer Beeton William, Nag's Head P.H. & poulterer Bland Abraham, farmer Chapman John, farmer Churchill Willoughby Dixie, farmer & hay merchant Cross Arthur, cattle dealer & farmer Cunnington Healey Thomas, farmer Freeman John Henry, farmer Fretwell Robert, farmer Fryer Cornelius, english timber merchant & wheelwright, builder, contractor & carriage, cart & van bldr Gaudern William, beer retailer Goodyer William, agent & sec. to Arthur James Keeble esq. J.P. Holdgate Henry, baker & farmer Howlett Jsph. mkt. gardnr. Post office Hunt William, farmer Jarvis Lewis, George & Dragon P.H. & builder Lambert Harry, baker Margarson George, butcher Martin John David, butcher Mee William, farmer Pilgrim Jabez, wheelwright Pilgrim John, market gardener Porter Alfred, farmer Roberts Arthur, carpenter Roberts James, butcher Roberts John, coal dealer Savage James, boot repairer Savage John, farmer Spruce William, baker Steward Arthur, farmer Ward Jewson William, Crown P.H. Wick William, market gardener Winter Fredk. Wm. grocer & draper Wright James, blacksmith & agricultural machinist
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