THORPE NEXT HADDISCOE, a small village, 5 miles E. of Loddon, and 10 miles S.E. of Yarmouth, has in its parish 19 houses, 94 souls, and 900 acres of land, chiefly in the vale of the Waveney, and in the manors of Haddiscoe , Overhall, and Netherhall, &c. Col. Onslow, Jonathan Farrow, Esq., and Sir E. Bacon, Bart., are the principal land owners. The church, dedicated to St. Matthias, is a small fabric, with a round tower, and the living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's book at £3 6s. 8d., and in 1831, at £171, in the gift of the Crown and Lord Calthorpe, alternately. The Rev. Geo. Stammers Barrow is the incumbent. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for £152 12s. 1d. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here. At the enclosure in 1814, the Town Land was exchanged for a cottage and 2a. 2r. 19p., let for £6 10s. a-year, which is applied with the church-rates.
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