This is an extract from 'Lothingland on the Internet'

The local Internet site for the island of Lothingland in north-east Suffolk, England

Covering the villages of Blundeston, Flixton, Somerleyton, Lound, Browston Green, Herringfleet, St. Olaves, Fritton, Belton, Burgh Castle, Hopton and Corton.

History of Herringfleet and St. Olave's Part 10: Some interesting buildings

SOME INTERESTING BUILDINGS IN THE PARISH

MANOR FARM HOUSE in 1780, this consisted of House and yards, Dove House Close, Barn Close, Broom Close, Church and Old Bullock Shed Closes, with yard, Stable Close, Reddens Plantation, Eighteen Acres, Luddams (sic), Furze Close, Ashby Close, Fifteen Acres, Stub Row, Perry Close, Field Piece, Ditcham Close (Ditch Close), Fourteen Acres, Field Land, Five Acres, Grove and Grove Piece.

The marshes of the farm were Stonehouse Marsh, Fleet Marsh, Alder and Carr Marsh, Skeet's Rush Marsh, Little Marsh, Spring Marsh, None Close Marsh, Causeway Marsh, Dirty Marsh and Rands. In 1724 the acreage was 105 uplands with 46 acres of marsh, in 1780, 230 arable with 91 marsh, today, 204 with 74 marsh. The Manor House in the early 19th. Century had a roof in half-castellation but this has now gone. The windows in the front have sashes in flush frames, with a blank panel. The house is constructed on an 'L' plan one arm being added in the 18th. Century. The garden wall of brick and flint recalls 17th. Century work which can also be seen in the Tithe Barn. The interior of the house has been much changed. Among later occupants was Jeremiah Kittle in 1891, a remarkable man who died in 1921 at the age of 93 at the Hollies, Somerleyton. He had a prodigious memory especially for Biblical texts: former occupants were J. Grimmer (1780-6), John Glasspoole (1800-12 - churchwarden 1804, to be followed in the office by his son 1815-30), James Larkman (1817-22), W.H. Maddison (1848), Fred Maddison (1877), Edward Wormall (1884), W.H. Bullock, and C. Kittle (1928-57).

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