Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk

Description
Burnham-Thorpe, a parish in Norfolk, on the rivulet Burn, 1 1/2 mile E of Burnham Market station on the G.E.R., and 4 1/2 miles W by S of Wells. It formerly had a weekly market and a fair. Its post town is Burnham Market, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 2364; population, 353. The manor belonged anciently to the Calthorpes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £700 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Orford. The church is Later English, and contains a canopied brass of Sir W. Calthorpe and a mural tablet to Viscount Nelson's father, who was rector. The oak lectern of this church was made from the wood of H.M.S. Victory, presented by the Lords of the Admiralty in 1881. Viscount Nelson was born in the parsonage, and took from the place the title of Baron. The Nelson Memorial Hall was erected in 1892. The thorough restoration of the church in 1893-94 was suggested by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales as a local memorial to Nelson. It cost altogether £7000. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1864.