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Shouldham-Thorpe (The Virgin Mary)

SHOULDHAM-THORPE (The Virgin Mary), a parish, in the union of Downham, hundred of Clackclose, W. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (N. E.) from Downham; containing 314 inhabitants. This parish, anciently called Garbois-Thorpe, comprises about 1350 acres, of which 900 are arable, 350 pasture and meadow, 40 woodland, and 60 common. The soil in some parts is light and heathy, but in general well adapted for grain; the surface is elevated, though not hilly. The living is a perpetual curacy, united to that of Shouldham. The church is in the early and decorated English styles, with a richly-ornamented Norman doorway on the north: the tower fell down in 1724, and has not been rebuilt. At the inclosure in 1794, an allotment of 60 acres was made to the poor for fuel. About a mile north of the village, on the road from Lynn to Stoke-Ferry, is the manor of Fodderston, or Foston-Gap, anciently a separate parish, and which had a church.

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

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