SNORING (GREAT) is a village and parish, in North Greenhoe hundred and Walsingham union, distant three and a half miles N. by E. of Fakenham station. The living is a rectory consolidated with that of Thursford; joint annual value £584, with residence. The Rev. George Henry Marsh, B.D., is the rector; and the Rev. William Gale, the curate. The church (Virgin Mary) is an ancient edifice with square tower containing one bell. It contains several neat monuments and a handsome mural tablet to the memory of the late Rev. Christopher Stannard, B.D., who was many years rector of this parish. The acreage js 2,000, principally the property of John Dugmore, Esq., J.P., of Swaffham, and the Rev. H. D. Lee Warner, of Walsingham Abbey. J. Dugmore, Esq., is lord of the manor. The Walsingham Union. Workhouse stands in this parish. It comprises fifty parishes and has accommodation for about 300 inmates. The population, in 1861, was 594.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.—Letters are received through Fakenham per foot post; arrive at 10 a.m., dispatched 2·45 p.m. Post town, Fakenham.
Gale, Rev. Wm. Burch, M.A., (curate)
Marsh, Rev. George Henry, B.D., (rector)
Leeder, Miss B.
Stannard, Mrs. Maria, The Cottage
Thornel, Mr. John
COMMERCIAL.
Archer, Robert, horsedealer and farmer
Bray, Charles William, farmer
Bradfield, Charles, farmer
Bushell, Jonas, machine maker
Chamberlain, Thomas, farmer
Cook, David, wheelwright
Cook, George, machine maker
Docking, Mrs. Mary Ann, baker
Francis, John, farmer
Grange, Charles, blacksmith
Gray, Mr., master of the Union Workhouse
Hall, James, farmer
Hill, William, tailor
Jackson, Christopher, bricklayer
Lack, Robert, shoemaker
Lack, Thomas, Unicorn Inn, and shoe maker
Lyne, James, grocer
Mallett, Chriatopher, school master and postmaster
Olley, George, pork butcher
Perowne, Benjamin, farmer
Plane, Mrs., baker
Savage, Henry, shopkeeper
Southgate, Charles, jun., millwright
Southgate, Charles, sen., farmer
Southgate, Samson, farmer
Southgate, William, farmer and horsebreaker
Southgate, Robert, Three Tuns
Southgate, William1 miller, grocer, and draper
SNORING (LITTLE) is a village and parish in Gallow hundred and Walsingham union, distant three miles E.N.E. of Fakenham station, The living is a rectory consolidated with the vicarage of East Barsham, Joint annual value £645. The Hon. and Rev. Delaval Loftus Astlet, M.A,, is rector. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a fine Saxon structure, with a round tower. The area of the parish is about 1,520 acres, principally the property of Lord Hastings, who also is lord of the manor and patron of the living. The population, in 1861, was 311.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.—Letters through Fakenham which is its post town.
Tuck, Mr. William
COMMERCIAL.
Banyard, Miss, schoolmistress
Banyard. William, shoemaker
Banyard, John, shoemaker
Barnes, Henry, wheelwright
Barnes, Henry, carpenter
Barnes, John, shoemaker
Gent, William, carpenter
Hill, Charles, farmer and shoemaker
Howell, Mrs. Maria, The Bell
Jackson, John, farmer, Manor house
Loads, William, blacksmith
Nickalls, Charles, blacksmith and wheelwright
Parker, Thomas, farmer
Powell, Nicholas, farmer
Shaw, Robert, The Green Man
Sherringham, Robert, miller and farmer
Stimpson, William, farmer
Tuck, John, farmer and horsebreaker
Tuddenham, John, shopkeeper
(C) Transcript by J. Tillin 2004