Smallburgh (St. Peter)
SMALLBURGH (St. Peter), a parish, in the Tunstead and Happing incorporation, hundred of Tunstead, E. division of Norfolk, 5¼ miles (N. E. by E.) from Coltishall; containing 634 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the Cromer and Yarmouth road, and bounded on the north-east by the navigable river Ant. It comprises 1247a. 32p., of which 922 acres are arable, 197 meadow and pasture, and 127 fen and marsh. Petty-sessions are held here at the house of industry for the incorporated hundreds of Happing and Tunstead. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 4., and in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich: the tithes have been commuted for £420, and the glebe comprises 28 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the later English style; the tower fell down in 1677, and has not been rebuilt. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.