Norfolk: Wheatacre All Saints

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

WHEATACRE ALL SAINTS is a parish of scattered houses, 4½ miles E.N.E. of Beccles, and 12 miles S.S.W. of Yarmouth. It comprises 176 inhabitants, and 1141 acres of land, partly in low marshes near the river Waveney, which divides it from Suffolk. R.H. Gurney, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil.

The Church stands on an eminence, commanding extensive prospects and is a thatched edifice with a square tower. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6. 6s. 5½d., and in 1831 at £660, with Barnby rectory, and Mutford vicarage, (in Suffolk,) annexed to it, in the patronage of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Oakes, M.A. The glebe is 54A.

At the enclosure, 8A. of marsh was awarded to the poor, and is now let for £10, which is distributed in coals.

Here is a small National School.

         Cutler   Wm. Robt.     farmer & owner
         Grimmer  George        carpenter
         Hunton   John          blacksmith and vict. White Lion
         Hammond  George        corn miller
         Moore    Mrs Mary      schoolmistress
         Oakes    Rev Wm., M.A. Rectory
         Tuttell  Wm.           farmer
 

See also the Wheatacre All Saints parish page.

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February 2000