Ditchingham, Norfolk

Description
Ditchingham, a village and a parish in Norfolk, near the Waveney Valley branch of the G.E.R., on which there is a station, 1 mile N by W of Bungay. There is a post and money order office under Bungay; telegraph office, Bungay. Acreage, 2116; population, 1083. Ditchingham Hall, the seat of the Can family, is a fine mansion standing in a park. There is a silk crape manufactory, which gives employment to about 100 persons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, o£329 with residence. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style. There is a House of Mercy for the reception of fallen women, an orphanage, and a country hospital, all under the care of the sisterhood of All Hallows.