852 Tivetshall St. Margaret. ------~~~~~------• Birkett John Bescoby, stationmstr Harris J ames, farmer and dealer Read Thomas Matthews, maltster Bishop Rev. J ames Everett, curate IIarris H_y. farmer & dlr.The Lodge and merchant Brown Richard, farmer and ma- Harvey George, farmer Self George, corn miller & farmer chinist· h Tivetshall St. Mary Haunton David. farmer; h Tivets- Sendell Charles & John, farmers Davey Edward, coal dlr. & shopkpr hall St. Mary Symonds Rev. Henry, M.A. rector, Denny William, blacksmith J arvis :Mrs. farmer; h Bedford The Rectory Elmar J esse, farmer Moore John, vict. The Star Skinner Chas, fmr ; h Pulham Mkt Fenn Friday John, vi et. Rwy. hotel Mullenger Geo. farmer & shopkpr Vyse Herbert, parish clerk Fisher Robert King, farmer Mullenger William, farmer Wilby George, farmer Garrod William P. farmer, The Nichols Ziba, farmer RAILW.A.Y.-G.E.R. Station; J. B. Hall; h , Suffolk Phillipo -,farmer Birkett is the stationmaster

TIVETSIIALL ST. MARY lies south of the above, 5~ miles N.N.E. of Diss and about 2 miles from Tivetshall railway station, and its parish is in Depwade union, Diss hundred and petty sessional division, Harleston county court district, bankruptcy district, Redenhall rural deanery, and :Korfolk arch­ deaconry. It had 299 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1,125 acres. The rateable value is £1,421. The ehief owners are .T ohn Aldous and .Tames Hill, Esg_s-, Sir Kennett H. Kemp, Bart_, Lord Canterbury, J. Norman-Watson, Esq., and Miss E. Dix, Executors of John Hotson, Esq., are lords of the manor. The CHURCH is a large edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and square tower with five bells, and its thatched roof was replaced by a tiled one a few years ago. There is a piscina on the south side of the chancel. The living is a rectory, with that of Tivetshall St. Margaret annexed to it, and was valued in K.H. at £20. It is in the patronage of the Earl of Orford and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Sr.monds, who has here 28 acres of glebe and a handsome residence, which was almost entirely rebmlt some years ago, and is surrounded by pleasant grounds. The tithes of St. Mary's parish were commuted in 1839 for £439, and those of St. Margaret's for £530 per annum. The poor have yearly l3s. 4d. from N eeve's charity ; l5s. from land allotted to the townhouse ; £2 Ss. from five roods called Town Yard ; the interest of £10 left by an unknown donor; and £6 10s. from the Fuel Allotment (3 acres) awarded at the enclosure. A SCHOOL BoARD for the united parishes of St. Mary and St. Margaret was formed in 1875, and a new school was built with accommodation for over lOO children. Mr. Robert Borrett, of , is clerk. PosT OFFICE at Mr. Robert Harvev's. Letters arrive at 8.15 a.m., and are despatched at 6.10 p.m. via . The nearest Money Order Office and Telegraph Office is Pulham Market. · Aldous John, farmer & landowner Haimes Fredk. Board schoolmaster Robertson, John, farmer Bensley Mrs Catherine, shopkeeper Haunton David, farmer & hay dlr Self George, farmer and miller Bond Thomas Edward, farmer; h Harvey Robert, wheelwright, car- Shibley Henry, farmer and vict.Tha Pulham Mary hall penter, farmer, and postmaster Ram · Boyce Jas. shopkpr. & parith clerk Lain Robert, farmer Button Mrs Hannah, farmer and Brown Richard, machinist Nichols Elijah, shoemaker shopkeeper Brown William, farmer Norman George, farmer Vyse Jabez, farmer; h Dickleboro' Dix Miss Elizabeth Reeve Herbert, blacksmith WomackEdwd. fmr; h Dickleboro'

TOFT-MONKS, 6 tniles S.E. by E. of Loddon and 4 miles N. of Beccles, is a parish in Loddon and Clavering union and petty sessional division, Clavering hundred, Beccles county court district, Yarmouth bankruptcy court district, East Brooke rural deanery, and archdeaconry. It had 397 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 2,238 acres of land. The rateable value is £2,747. The parish includes 600 acres of marsh and 76 acres of woods and plantations. The principal owners of the soil are C. Colman, Esg_., Mr. A. Winter, and the Fuller, Sayer, and other families, and the Master and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. The latter ue lords of the manor. The ELMS, the seat of Colonel Russell G. Freeland, J.P., is a handsome residence in the Tudor style, surrounded by a moat, and situated near the bank of the Waveney, and within a mile of railway station. · The CHURCH (St. Margaret) comprises nave, chancel, south porch, and octagonal tower. The latter, which is embattled and contains three bells, is a fine specimen of Norman architecture. The windows of the church are of Perpendicular character. The chancel was entirely rebuilt in 1849 at a cost of £295; and its roof is of the hammer-beam kind, supported by stone corbels embellished with winged angels. There are tablets of the Bayspoole and Lodington, and brasses of the Kedgell and Howlett families. The Master and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, are appropriators of the great tithes and patrons of the discharged vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at £8, and is consolidated with that of IIaddiscoe, and in the incumbency of the Rev. Arthur Wace, B.A., who resides at . 'Jhe tithes were com­ muted in 1840 for £501 per annum, of which the rector of Gillingham receives £26, the rector of IIaddiscoe £158 6s. 8d, and the appropriators £316 13s. 4d. The glebe is 16 acres, and the common l3a. lr. lOp. A ScHOOL BoARD for the united parishes of and Haddiscoe was established in 1873_ The School (for 90 children) with teacher's residence was erected in 1866, and a classroom was added in 1874 at a cost of £250. The Town Estate consists of three tenements, a garden, and lla. 3r. 3p., let for £44 l9s. a year, which is partly distributed in coal and partly applied with the church rates. '!'he poor have the dividends of £42 consols, left by William Crisp in 1798. PosT and MoNEY ORDER OFFICE at Mr_ R. T. Sharman's. Letters arrive at 7.35 a.m. and 10.35 a.m., and are despatched at 12.55 and 5.20 p.m. via Beccles, which is the nearest Telegraph Office .

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