FINCHAM, a parish in the hundred of CLACKCLOSE,
county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (E. N. E,) from Downham-
Market, containing 708 inhabitants. It formerly comprised
two parishes; St. Martin's, a discharged vicarage,
and St. Michael's, a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, now con-,
solidated, rated jointly in the king's books at £ 17 6. 8,
and in the patronage of the Crown and the Rev. R. Forby,
alternately. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. A fair for horses and toys is held on
March 3rd, and there is a show of horses on August 9th.