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Saxthorpe (St. Andrew)

SAXTHORPE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (N. N. E.) from Reepham; containing 342 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 2111 acres, of which 1889 are arable, 128 pasture, and 94 woodland; the surface is undulated, and the higher grounds command some fine views. The village is situated on the river Bure, and on the road from Norwich to Holt. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 13. 4.; patrons and impropriators, the Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. The great tithes have been commuted for £290.10., and the vicarial for £87; the glebe comprises 43½ acres, and there are 19 acres of land at Wood-Dalling belonging to the living. The church is chiefly in the decorated and later English styles, with a square embattled tower. Here was anciently a chapel, founded by Aymer de Valence in 1313, and the site of which is still called Chapel Close.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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