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HORSEY-NEXT-THE SEA, on a gentle eminence, 11 miles N. by W. of Yarmouth, and 1 mile from the beach, has in its parish 162 souls, and 1839A. of land, including 132A. of wood, but exclusive of Horsey mere, a lake of 112 acres.
Robert Rising, Esq., is owner of most of the soil, and lord of the manor, which was purchased by the late R. Rising, Esq., of Sir G.B. Brograve and others, upwards of forty years ago, when it was of little value, being generally flooded; but this gentleman, by repairing the sea-bank, draining the marshes, planting quickthorn hedges, and making a road to Somerton, has rendered it one of the most fertile estates in the county.
The Church (All Saints) is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Books at £3 1s. 5½d., and augmented from 1739 to 1788, with £800 of Queen Anne's Bounty. The Rev. William Rees, M.A., of Alby, is the incumbent, and the patronage is vested with the Trustees of North Walsham Free School, to whom 147 acres were allotted at the enclosure in lieu of rectorial tithes, but they still take tithe on 270A of arable land. The vicarage was valued in 1831 at £135 per annum, and is usually held by the master of the said school.
The Poor's Allotment, 9A.3R.9P., was awarded at the enclosure in 1816.
DIRECTORY:-
Rising Robert, Esq. Rising Mrs. Drury Rev.George,B.A. curate Morten Thomas vict. "Nelson's Head". farmers. Chapman Wm. Myhill Wm. Haylock David Plane John Ling Francis Watts Wm.
Copyright © Pat Newby.
June 1999