Litcham, Norfolk

Description
Litcham, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 3 miles NE by N of Dunham station on the G.E.R., and 8 NE of Swaffham; was once a market-town; and has a good inn, and formerly had a fair on 1 Nov. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Swaffham. An adjacent tract of upwards of 50 acres is a common for recreation and for the uses of the poor. Acreage of parish, 1937; population, 806. Some tracts formerly in commonage have been inclosed. A hermitage formerly stood on one of the commons. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of East Lexham, in the diocese of Norwich; tithe commuted at £441 with residence. The church is a large and ancient building of flint, in the Perpendicular style; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, and brick tower; and contains an oak screen of the 15th century, two handsome memorial windows of 1851 to the family of Lynes, and several monumental memorials. There is a United Methodist Free Church, and a Primitive Methodist chapel, an Oddfellows' Hall erected in 1890, and an almshouse for two poor persons.