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SOUTHELMHAM ST. JAMES in 1844, is a straggling village, 6
miles N.W. by W. of Halesworth, and 7 miles S. by W. of Bungay, has in its
parish 289 souls, and 1301A. 3r. 10p. of land, part of which, on the south side
of the parish, is called St. James's Park, and was anciently a demesne of the
Bishops of Norwich, who occasionally resided here in the 12th and 13th
centuries, as already noticed. William. Adair, Esq., is lord of the manor, but
part of the soil belongs to N. Micklethwaite, Esq., the Rev. John Lewis, and a
few smaller owners. The Church is a small structure, with a tower and four
bells, and the benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8, and now
having a yearly modus of £384. 10s., in lieu of tithes. Wm. Adair, Esq., is
patron, and the Rev. Courtenay Boyle Bruce, B.A., incumbent. The Town Estate,
consisting of a house, outbuildings, and 15a. of land, let for £20 per annum,
was left in 1679 by Catherine Skaiffe, for the repairs of the church and
superstitious uses ; but after the Reformation, it was vested in trust to apply
the rents so far as necessary in repairing the church, and to pay one half of
the overplus towards easing the poor rates, and apply the other half in such
charitable uses as the trustees should think fit. The Town House, formerly the
poorhouse is let on lease for £2. 10s. a year, which is applied with the rent of
the Town Estate.
Brown Joseph, tailor & shopkeeper
Buxton John, blacksmith
Burton James, victualler, White Horse
Mann Job, boot and shoe maker
Page William, wheelwright
FARMERS.
Aldrich John
Buckingham Jas
Butcher Henry
Chambers James
Chambers Geo.
Chambers William
Cunningham J.
Hunting John
Lay James
More Richard
Page James
Thurston William (and farrier)
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