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HOLTON in White's 1855 Directory

Transcribed by Colin Ager

HOLTON, one mile E. of Halesworth, is a pleasant village and parish, containing 516 souls, and 1132 acres of land, mostly in the manor of Wissett le Rosse, but chiefly the property of A. Johnson, Esq., H. Dawson, Esq., the Executors of the late F. Robinson, and a few smaller owners. Holton Hall, a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, is the property of A. Johnson, Esq., but is now unoccupied. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient structure with a round tower. The living, a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at �10. 13s. 4d., and now at �310, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. J. C. Reynolds, B.A. The late rector erected a neat Rectory House, in the Elizabethan style, in 1838, at a cost of about �800. Here is a National School, built, in 1814, by the Rev. J. B. Wilkinson. The Town House and four rods of land, let for �4 per annum, have belonged to the church from time immemorial. The Lord Nelson Public house did belong to the parish; but in 1786, the churchwardens granted it on lease for 99 years, to a brewer, for a premium of �80, and no rent appears to have been reserved. The churchwardens are now taking legal steps for the recovery of this house.

Holton Census transcriptions by household:

1861 Census ; 1871 Census ; 
1881 Census ; 1891 Census ; 1901 Census