TAVERHAM (St. Edmund), a parish, in the union of St. Faith, hundred of Taverham, E. division of Norfolk, 5 ¾ miles (N. W.) from Norwich; containing 211 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the road from Norwich to Fakenham, comprises 2021a. 2r. 17p. ; the scenery is exceedingly picturesque, and enlivened by the passage of the river Wensum. N. Micklethwaite, Esq., who is lord of the manor, and proprietor of almost the whole of the parish, resides in a beautiful mansion surrounded by 500 acres of fine woodland. The living is a rectory, formerly in medieties, now united, each valued in the king’s books at £.4. 2. 8½.; net income, £300 ; patrons, alternately, the Bishop of Norwich and Mr. Micklethwaite : the glebe contains 42 acres, and there is a small parsonage-house. The church is chiefly in the decorated style. In a plantation called Friars’ Wood, are slight remains of a friary.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
