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 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 23 rectories 5 vicarages I 28 j> 14 >j 2 8 9t I »» I 31 j> 5 j> 41 JS 19 »» 39 »J 6 »> I 16 >9 3 7J I 15 » 4 » 2 24 » 6 J> I 29 » II J> 2 3 )»

28 Ji 9 9) Archdeaconry of Norfolk Fyncham Deanery ... 23 rectories 5 vicarages i chapel Granewise „ .... 28 „ 14 „ 2 „ 3 chantries Hecham „ Reppes „ Waxton „ Brooke „ Depwade „ Humilyard „ Rockland „ Hingham „ Thetford „ Burnham „ The office of rural dean fell into abeyance about 1540 in Norfolk, according to Blomefield,^ and was not revived until 1842, when Bishop Stanley reintroduced it into his diocese, appointing in most cases two rural deans to each deanery. By that time a considerable change had been made in the diocese, an Order in Council of the Ecclesiastical Commission of ig April, 1837,^ having transferred part of the archdeaconry of Sudbury from the diocese of Norwich to that of Ely. Many unions of parishes had also taken place, the diocesan having the privilege of granting a personal union of parishes on account of the small extent and value of many benefices in the diocese.' The abstracts of the census for iSii,* and of that for 1821,° state that the summary for the county of Norfolk was collected from the registers of 691 parish churches. In the Clergy List of 1842 the parishes are assigned thus : Archdeaconry of Norwich Deanery of Blofield containing 25 parishes Breckles „ 15 „ „ Brisley „ 24 „ Flegg „ 21 „ „ Holt „ 21 „ „ Ingworth „ 31 „ Deanery of Lynne containing 44 parishes „ Norwich „ 35 „ Taverham „ 15 „ Thetford 4 „ Toftrees „ 5 „ Walsingham „ 14 Archdeaconry of Norfolk Deanery of Brooke containing 5 I parishes Burnham 25 Cranwise 30 Depwade 18 Fincham 26 Hingham 38 Hitcham 15 Deanery of Humbleyard containing 1 8 parishes Redenhall » 25 Repps Rockland 28 26 Sparham Waxton or j» 26 Waxham »> 34 The census for 1871 * states that with the exception of the parish of Emneth, part of the parish of Brandon, and part of the ecclesiastical district of St. John, Little Ouse, which are in the diocese of Ely, and part of Central Wingland, in the diocese of Lincoln, the county is in the diocese of Norwich ; and that it contains parts of nine parishes which extend into the adjoining counties, namely, Brandon, Mendham, Outwell, Rushford, St. Cuthbert (Thetford), St. Mary (Thetford), Upwell, Wetney, and Central Wingland ; that the diocese of Norwich has a total population of 668,123, containing' part of Cambridge, viz. the parishes of Outwell, Upwell and Wetney ; the entire county of Norfolk with the exception of the parish of Emneth, part of the parish of Brandon, and parts of the parishes of Feltwell and Kilgay, with Feltwell Anchor, formerly extra-parochial, and part of Central Wingland, formerly extra parochial ; also the entire county of Suffolk except the deaneries of Blackburn, Thedwaster, and Thingoe, and parts of the deaneries of Clare, Fordham, and Sudbury. It will thus be seen that by the arrangement of 1837 the diocese covers, roughly speaking, the counties of Norfolk and East Suffolk. It contains an area exceeded only by that of St. David's, and has a number of clergy surpassed only by that of London. The Ciergy List for that year shows a considerable number of changes. ' Vol. iii, 447. ' Abstract of Census, I 8 1 I, xxi. ^Digest of Engl. Census for 187 1. General), 177. 2 ' Eccl. Com. Orders in Council, i, 48. Compiled from Official Returns (authorized by the Registrar ' Ibid. p. 57. 313 40
 * p. 103. ' p. 82.