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CONEY.WESTON in 1844, is a village, 6 miles N.N.E. of Ixworth, and 5 miles
W.N.W. of Botesdale, and S. by W. of East Harling, has in its parish 244 souls,
and 1,321a. 1r. 1 p. of land. The Hall, a neat mansion in a pleasant park, near
a small rivulet, is the seat of Edward Bridgman, Esq., lord of the manor, and
owner of all the parish, except a farm of 600a. belonging to T. Thornhill, Esq.
The manor formerly belonged to Bury Abbey. The Church, (St. Mary) is a small
thatched structure, and the rectory, valued in K.B. at £13 0s. 4d., is
consolidated with Barningham. The tithes here were commuted in 1843, for a
yearly modus of £433 19s. The Town Estate comprises two cottages occupied by
paupers, and 8a. of land let for £10 12s. a year, and partly lying in Barningham
parish. The rent is applied in the reparation of the church, and when any
surplus remains, it is added to the poor rates. A benefaction of £10, given by
R. Firmage, in 1611, for the poor of this parish, was laid out in the purchase
of land at Rattlesden, now let for £1 10s. 6d. per annum. The poor parishioners
have also 10a. of fen-land, awarded to them, at an enclosure about 70 years ago,
and now let for £5 a year, subject to the right of the poor to enter and cut
turf for fuel. Directory-
Edward Bridgman, Esq., Coney-Weston Hall;
David Bloomfield, shopkeeper;
Fras. Bloomfield, shoemaker;
Robert Calver, farmer, Heath;
William Wiseman, Street farm;
and Rev. Garrod Wade, Lodge.