The Lists of the Parishes in Norfolk (with the number of houses and persons in 1821), distinguishing whether Rectories, Vicarages, or Perpetual Curacies, with their respective distances from Norwich; and of the Seats and Villas in the County; will, it is hoped, be found useful to those who reside in, or may occasionally visit this part of the kingdom, either for pleasure or for business. **Such errors, of omission or commission, as may be discovered in this humble Compilation, shall (if pointed out) be corrected in a future Edition, if ever a Third should be called for. J. MATCHETT. Lukenham, June 18, 1822. Account of the number of Quarters of Wheat returned to Norwich Annual Bills of Mortality for the last 50 years Chronological List of all the Bishops of Norwich List of the High Sheriffs of Norfolk, from 1701 to 1822 List of all the Recorders and Stewards of Norwich List of those persons who paid the fine for being dis- Puge 4-for 1815 read 1715. 255-for John Joseph Gurney, Esq. read Joseph John. A BRIEF STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF NORFOLK AND NORWICH. NORFOLK IS a maritime county, situated between 52° 28′ and 53° 3′ of north latitude, and between 13 and 1° 42' of east longitude. This diversified portion of Eng land is bounded on the north and east by the British Ocean; on the south and south-east, from Suffolk, by the river Waveney; and on the south-west, from that county, by the Little Ouse or Brandon river; and on the west by the shire, and by the Lincolnshire Washes. The county of Norfolk is nearly of an oval form, and, except a small space near Lopham, is surrounded by water, and is thus almost an island of itself. Its principal rivers are the Great and Little Ouse, which me meet the sea in one channel below Lynn, and the Waveney, the Wensum, and the Bure, or North River, which uniting together form the Yare, and fall into the British Ocean. The Nar, which has its source at Litcham, falls into the Greater Ouse, and is navigable as far as Narborough, The greatest length of this county, due east and west, from the meridian of Yarmouth to that of Wis bech, is 59 miles; its greatest breadth, north and south, on the parallel of Billingford to that of Wells, 38 miles; and its circumference about 210 miles, she of Ely, in Cambridge 1 b 1 1 X It contains 2092 square miles, equal to 1,338,880 statute acres (reckoning 640 statute acres to a mile), The number of inhabitants in each square mile averaged in 1821, 164 persons. When the Romans first invaded Britain, in the year 55 (B. C.) this part of it was inhabited by the Iceni (the first inhabitants of this county that we read of); after the defeat and death of their heroic Queen Boadicea (A. D. 60), the Roman Generals, to prevent the people from revolting again, established numerous military posts; their principal stations in this county bore the names of Branodunum (Brancaster), Venta Icenorum (Caister, near Norwich), Sitomagus (supposed to be Thetford), and Ad Taum (Tasburgh). It was made. part of the province of Flavia Cæsariensis: and the Roman way is conjectured to have crossed this county to Garrianonum, now Burgh Castle (Suffolk), near Yarmouth. Under the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy it belonged to the kingdom of the East Angles. The first Saxon leader that established himself, and assumed dominion over that part of the country which at present comprises Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire, was Uffa: this was in the year 575. From him the inhabitants were denominated Uffagines, and the country East Anglia. About this period it appears probable that the city of Norwich arose out of the Venta Icenorum of the Britons and Romans (Caister), for according to an old distich, Caister was a city when Norwich was none, And Norwich was built with Caister stone. And from its relative situation with respect to the old city, was called by the Saxons Northick or Northwick: as Norfolk, or the Northern Folk, is so called with respect to Suffolk, or the Southern Folk. This, as well as the other eastern counties, was the scene of many military transactions in the time of the Danish |
