Norfolk: South Acre

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

SOUTHACRE, a small village above the vale of the Nar, opposite Castleacre, 4 miles N. of Swaffham, has in its parish 100 inhabitants, and about 2,312 acres of land, belonging to Andrew Fountaine, Esq., the lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £10.18s.1½d., and in 1831, at £572. It is now enjoyed by the Rev. Martin Hogge, with about 25A. of glebe.

The CHURCH (St. George,) has a long nave, with aisles, chancel, and a low tower with three bells. In a chapel adjoining the north wall, is the tomb and effigy of a Knight Templar, supposed to represent Sir Eudo Harsicke, who died in 1292; and at the east end is another altar-tomb, with effigies of Sir Edward Barkham and his lady. On the pavement is a fine brass, with portraitures of a male and female of the Harsicke family. Within an arch, on the south side of the chancel, lies the figure of a man carved in oak, but without any date or inscription; and the fragments of several statutes [sic] remain in various parts of the church.

In the parish was a House of Lepers, with a chapel, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, and the site is still called Bartholomew hill.

Directory:

         Hogge    Rev M.         rector
 
         Clarke   W. B.          farmer
         Palmer   Walter Orbell  farmer
 

See also the South Acre parish page.

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