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MARKET TOWNS OF NORFOLK (from SDUK Penny Cyclopedia)

Diss in 1839

Diss is in the hundred of Diss, 86 miles from London. The parish is divided by the Waveney from the adjacent parish of Palgrave in Suffolk ; it contains an area of 3,450 acres, and had, in 1831, a population of 2,934, one-fourth agricultural. The town is irregularly laid out, and is on a very uneven site, but the streets are clean, and there are a number of good houses. At the extremity of the town is a large mere or pool, covering above seven acres, and abounding with eels.

The church is an ancient building, erected by the Fitzwalters, lords of the place ; it consists of a nave with two aisles and a chancel, and a square tower at the west end. There are several dissenting places of worship in the town.

There is a weekly market at Diss on Friday, and a yearly fair for cattle and toys. A few individuals are employed in the manufacture of hempen cloth, a quantity of which is sold at the weekly market. The living is a rectory, of the clear yearly value of £715, with a glebe-house.

There were in the parish, in 1833, an infant school with 80 children ; a school of industry, with 65 girls ; fourteen day or boarding schools, with 242 children, and four Sunday-schools, with 545 children.