The village many locals just call Saxlingham (not to be confused with Saxlingham near Holt) is made up of two parishes, Saxlingham Nethergate and Saxlingham Thorpe. Some data has been collected as if it was the single entity, other data according to the specific parish.
SAXLINGHAM-NETHERGATE is a pleasant village and parish, 2 miles east from Flordon station on the Ipswich and Norwich section of the Great Eastern railway and 7 south from Norwich, in the Southern division of the county, Swainsthorpe petty sessional division, Henstead hundred and union, Norwich county court district, rural deanery of Brooke, western division, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary is a fine building of flint in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower with pinnacles containing a clock and 6 bells: in 1867 the church was thoroughly restored, the nave considerably enlarged, a vestry added and a stained window placed in the tower several of the other windows are also stained, and the church affords 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1556. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Saxlingham-Thorpe, joint tithe rent-charge £805, net yearly value £600, including 27 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. Pitt, of Lopham, Norfolk, and held since 1868 by the Rev. George King M.A. formerly fellow of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, and hon. canon of Norwich and surrogate. John Steward esq. of the Manor House, East Carlton, is lord of the manor and the Steward family and Robert Fellowes esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is various; subsoil, clay. The crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area is 1,618 acres; rateable value, £2,681 ; the population in 1891 was 565. Parish Clerk, Frederick Read. POST OFFICE.-Thomas Simmons, sub-postmaster. Letters are received from Norwich at 6.30 a.m.; dispatched 5·35 p.m.; a bag arrives at 5.50 p.m. delivery to callers only. The nearest money order office is at Hempnall, & Long Stratton the nearest telegraph office. School (mixed), for 130 children; average attendance, 100; Miss Margaret Osborne, mistress; Miss Emily Cushing infants' mistress. Police Station, John Robertson, constable. CARRIERS TO NORWICH.-Ephraim Dade, wed. & sat. & Leggatt passes through from Hempnall, wed. & sat. & Brown passes through from Pulham Mary, sat. (Kelly's Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1892. [Part 2: Norfolk])
SAXLINGHAM-THORPE is a parish on the river Taas and adjoins Saxlingham-Nethergate; the principal part is situated on the Norwich road, about 1½ miles north- east from Flordon station on the Ipswich and Norwich section of the Great Eastern railway and 7 south from Norwich, in the Southern division of the county, Swainsthorpe petty sessional division, Henstead hundred and union, Norwich county court district, rural deanery of Brooke, western division, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary is in ruins. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Saxlingham-Nethergate. There is a Baptist chapel here. John Steward esq. of the Manor House, East Carlton, is lord of the manor. George Feltham esq. and the Steward family are the chief landowners. The soil is various; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area is 454 acres; rateable value, £781; the population in 1891 was 120. In 1882, by a Local Government Order, portions of this parish were added to Saxlingham-Nethergate and part of that parish added to this, so as to form a more regular boundary. Letters from Norwich through Saxlingham-Nethergate, arrive at 6..10 a.m. Hempnall is the nearest money order office & Long Stratton the nearest telegraph office. The children attend the school at Saxlingham-Nethergate. (Kelly's Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1892. [Part 2: Norfolk])
