Norfolk: Woodrising

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

WOODRISING is a small village and parish, 2½ miles W. by N. of Hingham, and contains only 129 inhabitants, and 1363 acres of land. John Weyland, Esq., is lord of the manor and owner of the soil, and resides at Woodrising Hall, a neat modern mansion in a small park, near Scoulton-mere. The manor was formerly held by the Southwells, of which family was Sir Richard Southwell, chancellor to Edward VI.

The Church (St. Nicholas,) is a small fabric, with the ruins of an ivy-mantled tower. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £4. 18s. 4d., in the gift of J. Weyland, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Arthur Roberts, M.A. The glebe is about 17A., and the tithes were commuted in 1841, for £240 per annum. The poor have 5s. a year from Mowting's Charity.

Directory:

	Weyland    John, Esq.   Hall

	Fuller     Philip       carpenter
	Margetson  Edward       farmer
	Sculpher   John         blacksmith
	Stebbing   Thomas       farmer