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CHAP. II. 



PROPERTY. 



ESTATES arc of all sizes in Norfolk, from nenrly 

 {he largest scale to t lie little freehold: cne of 25,000!. a 

 year ; one of 14,000!. ; one of 13,000', ; two of iO,OOol. ; 

 iTianv of about 5000I. ; and an increasing number of all 

 smaller proportions. When the larger properties are de- 

 duifted, the remainder of the county will be found divided 

 into moderate estates, and in the hands of gentlemen wlio 

 pav a considerable attention to the praflice of agricul- 

 ture. 



Seventy years ago, there was not, I believe, n great 

 rental in the county, so that these considerable properties 

 have been accumulated, first, by the most excellent of all 

 causes, agricultural improvements, and, secondly, by ad- 

 ditional purchases. 



Estaces sell now (1802) pretty currently at thirty ycnrs 

 purchase. 



In th>; Ovington and Sayharn enclosure, the land sold 

 by the com mi::>ioncrs to defray the expense of the mea- 

 sure, brought 43I. per acre, as it was assigned, waste and 

 unenclosed. The average of all sales near Watton, 40I. 

 an acre. 



An estate lately sold at Fisliley, near Yarmouth, con- 

 tained 



Arable land, good, - _ - 250 acres. 



Cars and marshes, worth 22s. nn acre, 100 



Markh, worth 20^. au acre, * ~ 50 



400 

 NORFOLK.] c Rent, 



