From the Norwich Mercury 200 years ago this week was this article which interested me due to the link to Swanton Abbott.
“On Wednesday se’nnight, as Edward Woodhouse, of Swanton Abbots, (during the last 27 years head farming man to Wm. Blake, Esq.) was driving his team to Oxnead, his fore horse being alarmed by a miller’s cart, passing at the time, loaded with sacks and covered with a cloth, turned suddenly round, when the unfortunate man was knocked down, and the wheel passing over him, he was so dreadfully injured, as to survive only till the following Friday.”
It’s an interesting old spelling of the village and a rather sad story. Edward Woodhouse died of his injuries on 27 October 1826 and was aged 56. He had been baptised at St. Michael’s Church in Swanton Abbott on 23 December 1770, the son of Edward Woodhouse and Susannah Woodhouse. He was buried at the same church on 1 November 1826 and his grave is still in situ in the graveyard.
And, as I frequently mention to try and get it back into popular usage (which might be slightly aspirational), the word ‘Se’nnight’ is an old expression meaning seven nights, or a week.