FersfieldHarrod & Co.’s Directory of Norfolk & Lowestoft, 1877Page 178
FERSFIELD is a village and parish in Diss hundred, Guilt-cross union, diocese of Norwich, archdeaconry of Norfolk, rural deanery of Redenhall, and Diss county court district, East Norfolk, 5 miles W.N.W. of Diss station. The population is about 300, and the acreage 1,400. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor and principal landowner. This place gave birth to the Rev. Francis Blomefield, who was rector of this parish for 23 years, and also projector and writer of the History of Norfolk, published in the 17th century. The church of St. Andrew is an old edifice. The interior contains monuments of Sir Robert and William du Blois, by whom it was re-built. The living is a rectory, annual value £400, in the incumbency of the Rev. George W. Darby, M.A.Diss is the nearest money-order, telegraph office, and post town.
Darby Rev. George William, M.A. rector Mortimer Miss, Algar house Bond Cornelius, gardener Coates Miss Elizabeth, beer retailer Garrod Robert, carpenter Hawes Robert, miller Noble R. shopkeeper and beer retailer Punt George, blacksmith Robinson John, beer retailer and straw merchant Spurdens William, grocer FARMERS. Alby William Back George Blomfield Henry Calton James Eaton George, and landowner Foster William Greenwood James Hoskins Charles, and landowner Hoskins Charles, jun. Hoskins William Munford John Noble Daniel Pearce George Punt George, and landowner Robinson John Spurdens William Stains William Walden, the Lodge Williams Jonathan Witham Richard Woodcock Horace Robert, Hall farm
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