ENCLOSING. 169 



i-i^ade Inquiries for some person who could give me infor- 

 mation, but all were long since dead : I was assured that 

 three or four acres were laid to each common-right house, 

 besides an allotment in common of eighteen acres of 

 marsh for the poor that had no cottages of their own, 

 which remains so at present. All those allotments, how- 

 ever, for rights, have been sold long ago, as the whole 

 parish is now the property of one person. By means of 

 the common left, there are 17 or 18 cows now kept by 

 the poor people, who buy i)av or otlv:r winter food. Poor 

 rates about 4s. in the pound. The parish register at Yar- 

 mouth. 



SWAFHAM. — NOT ENCLOSED. 



Ten years, from 1780 to 1789: 



Baptisms - - 619 



Burials - - - 489 



130 



Increase 



Ten years, from 1790 to 1799: 



Baptisms - - 6cc 



Burials - - n^^ 



Increase - - 266 



Rent. — The rental in Swafham in 1795. 



Land at i6s, an acre - ^. 3108 



Besides above 2000 acres of common. 



Houses - - - 187 r 



Stock in trade and mills - - 120 



Rcdory, tithe and glebe - 387 



Vicar - - - 1^0 



£• 5640 



Number 



