Norfolk: Rushall

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

RUSHALL, 3 miles W. of Harleston, has in its parish 267 souls, and 1170 acres of land, belonging to a number of freeholders, who pay small free rents to the Duke of Norfolk, as lord of the manor. The Hall farm, (200A.) belongs to the Bethel Hospital, Norwich.

The Church (Virgin Mary,) has a tower half circular and half octangular. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £4, and in 1831 at £93. The Rev. J.N. White, of Tivetshall, is patron and incumbent, and has about 12A. of glebe. The great tithes belong to Emanuel College, Cambridge.

In the 17th century, Thomas Pheasant left to this parish three tenements and 6½A. of land, let at low rents to poor families. The rents are applied in the service of the church.

Directory:-

         Colls     Wm.        blacksmith
         Mullenger James      wheelwright
         Nunn      Samuel     shoemaker
         Nunn      Thomas     joiner
         Pearce    Samuel     vict., Half Moon
         Soames    Thomas     shoemaker
         Vipond    David      shoemaker
 
            farmers
 
         Carver    Wm.
         Colls     James
         Mills     Thomas
         Pearce    Seales     (Hall)
         Smith     Thomas
 

See also the Rushall parish page.

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