THORPE (ST-ANDREW), a parish partly in the
city of NORWICH, but chiefly in the hundred of BLOFIELD,
county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (E. by S.) from
Norwich, containing 1091 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £8. J. P. Maxwell,
Esq. was patron in 1813. The county lunatic
asylum is in this parish. The village is delightfully
situated on the southern declivity of a hill, at the base
of which flows the navigable river Wensum; the vicinity
is ornamented with rich plantations, finely interspersed
with the handsome villas of many of the opulent citizens
of Norwich.