Wissett, Blything hundred, Suffolk
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Wissett Public Houses & Wissett
1865 directory
WISSETT in 1844, is a pleasant village, in a narrow valley, on one of the
tributary streams of the Blythe, 2 miles N.W. of Halesworth, has in its parish
470 souls, and 2260 acres of land. In the reign of Henry III., it was the
lordship of the Earl of Richmond, and it afterwards passed to the Earl of Savoy,
and from him to John de Vaux, whose two daughters and co-heirs married William
de Nerford and Thomas Lord Roos, or Ross W. E. Hartopp, Esq., is lord of the
manor, called Wissett lac Rosse, but the greater part of the soil belongs to the
Parkyns, Tacon, Wilcox, Bence, Micklethwaite, Crabtree, Chase, Calver, Crisp,
Wright, Pedgrift, Aldred, Button, Pattison, and other families, some of whom
have neat houses here. The parish is mostly freehold, and its gross annual
rental is now estimated at �3637. The Church (St. Andrew) is a small antique
fabric, with a round tower. The north entrance is under a fine Saxon arch. The
east end was repaired seven years ago, and the interior was new pewed in 1843,
when a gallery was erected at the west end. William Edmund Hartopp, Esq., is
impropriator of the rectory, and patron of the perpetual curacy, valued, in
1835, at �105, and now enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Kemp, for whom a new
parsonage, was built in 1843, at the cost of about �700, towards which the
patron gave �200, and the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty �200. The tithes have
been commuted for yearly moduses of �452. 10s. 2d. to the impropriator, and �90
to the incumbent. A house and garden have been vested in trust, from an early
period, for the reparation of the church, and were let, in 1774, on a lease of
99 years, at the annual rent of �1. 5s. 4d., the lessee covenanting to lay out a
large sum in rebuilding the house. Here is a School, supported by subscription,
for the instruction of about 30 poor children.
Aldrich Thomas, bricklayer & whiting manufacturer
Algar George, tailor and shopkeeper
Barber Richard, joiner
Kerry Joseph, shoemaker & parish clerk
Davy Lucy, schoolmistress
Gooch Samuel, vict.
Swan
Howlett Jonathan, auctioneer, &c. Hill House
Howlett and Lenny, auctioneers and estate agents
Howlett William, beerhouse keeper
Hufflett George, blacksmith
Keable John, corn miller
Kemp Rev Robert, incumbent, Parsonage
Lenny Charles, auctioneer, &c
Markham William, shoemaker
Pedgrift William Henchman, surgeon, Wissett Place
Phillips John, gentleman
Watson Henry, blacksmith
Woods William, brewer and shopkeeper
Farmers. * are Owners
* Aldred Robert
Allen Richard, Red House
* Banks William
Banks William
Bootman Eliz.
* Button John, Brook Hall
Chase Elizabeth
Ecclestone Jas.
Goldsmith Jas.
Mayhew Edward
Moore Jno. Robert
Prime Philip
* Self Thomas, (and gardener)
Tillott Jno. Lodge
Walker John
Walker John
Winter James