A memorial in the church to William Newman tells us that in thanks for the kindness shown to him when he was brought up here as a poor London boy in the 18th century he left £500 to the poor of Kettlestone forever.
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# Much of this material is mentioned in THE KING'S ENGLAND - NORFOLK - Green Pastures and Still Waters, edited by Arthur Mee, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1940.
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He began as rector in 1796, and hence was preaching during the French Revolution, Trafalgar and Waterloo, the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny.