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SEETHING, a well built village, 9½ miles S. E. of Norwich, has in its parish 449 souls, and 1571 acres of land, mostly belonging to G.S. Kett, Esq., of Brooke.
Seething Hall, the seat of Mrs. H. Kett, is a large mansion with a beautiful lawn, descending to a picturesque valley, in which a rivulet is swelled into lakes and decoys, finely margined with wood. The blue sash, worn by Penn, at the treaty of Pennsylvannia, is in the possession of Mrs. Kett.
The CHURCH (St. Margaret,) has a round tower, and the living is a perpetual curacy, valued in 1831 at £143, and now enjoyed by the Rev. J.T. Burt, M.A. The Trustees of the Great Hospital, Norwich are the patrons, and also impropriators of the great tithes, commuted for £383 per annum, in 1839.
Here is a National School, established in 1813. The Fuel Allotment is 2A. 1R. 18P., awarded at the enclosure in 1814, when the old Poor's Land was exchanged for 3R. 26P. The poor have also three yearly rent-charges, viz :- £3 left by Thos. Brooke, in 1674; £1 10s. left by Thos. Spooner, in 1630; and 20s. left by John Kerrison, in 1753.
DIRECTORY:-
Burt Rev. John T., M.A. incmbt Clarke John vict., Cherry Tree Duffield Rt. blacksmith Kett Mrs. Hannah Seething Hall Rushmore Henry wheelwright Spalding Cphr. grocer Tate Robt. grocer farmers Branch Edw. (Grove) Bridges Geo. Crickmore Robt. Crickmore Wm. Grimmer Robert Mann Edm. Mann John Roberts Henry
Copyright © Mike Bristow.
May 1999