RISHANGLES
"RISHANGLES, a parish in the hundred of Hartismere, county Suffolk, 4 miles S. of Eye, its post town, and 5 E. of Finningham railway station. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. The glebe comprises 70 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Norwich, value £323. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient edifice, with a square embattled tower. The font is of Caen stone. The register dates from 1593. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a place of worship."
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
Cemeteries
- St Margaret, -village centre- B1077, Church of England
- Chapel [now Rishangles Baptist Church], Bedingfield Road, Particular Baptist
Census
Church History
Descriptions and photographs of churches in the parish may be found in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches.Church Records
- Churches in Rishangles:
- St Margaret, -village centre- B1077, Church of England
- Chapel [now Rishangles Baptist Church], Bedingfield Road, Particular Baptist
- Chapel, Wesleyan Methodist
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