Kelly's Directory,
1892
HORSEY-NEXT-THE-SEA is a village and parish, 4
miles north of Martham station on the Eastern and Midlands railway, about 11 miles north-by-west from Yarmouth, and
21 from Norwich, in the Eastern division of the county, Tunstead and Happing petty sessional division, Happing
hundred, Smallburgh union, Great Yarmouth county court district, rural deanery of Waxham (Happing division),
archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. This parish was frequently flooded until purchased by the late
Robert RISING snr of Horsey Hall who, by repairing the sea bank and draining the marshes, brought it to a high
state of productiveness. He also constructed a road to Somerton, which is of great advantage to the inhabitants.
the church of All Saints is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style of the 13th century, consisting of
chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled tower, round at the base and octagonal above and containing one bell:
on the north side is a memorial window, erected in 1872 to the Rev. E.P. NEALE, late vicar, and in the chancel
three to the RISING family: the finely-carved rood-screen is a work of the 13th century: the church was restored in
1855, at a cost of £300 and has 120 sittings. the register dates from the year 1559. The living is a vicarage,
average tithe rent charge £63, net yearly value £105, including 47 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of
the late Robert RISING, esq. and held since 1889 by the Reverend Stafford Meredith Brown. the poor's allotment of
9A.3R.9P awarded at the inclosure in 1816 is now (1892) let for about £12 yearly, which sum is distributed in
coals. Horsey Hall, rebuilt in 1845, is the seat of Capt. Charles Compton RISING, R.N. The trustees of the late
Robert RISING, J.P. are lords of the manor, and principal landowners. the soil is mixed: subsoil clay and sand. The
chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. Here is a Coastguard station. The area is 1,830 acres, 120 of which form a
sheet of water known by the name Horsey Mere; rateable value £1,280; the population in 1891 was
155.
LITTLE WAXHAM, formerly ex-parochial and annexed to
Waxham, is now, under the Divided Parishes Act, amalgamated with this parish; it has an area of about 300
acres. Bernard James CUDDON-FLETCHER, J.P. of Somerton Hall is lord of the manor and sole
landowner.
POST OFFICE - Mrs Margaret GOOSE,
sub-postmistress.
Letters arrive from Yarmouth at 8am and are dispatched at 4.30pm. Martham is the
nearest money order and telegraph office. postal Orders are issued here but not paid.
SCHOOL (mixed) - built by the late R. RISING Esq in
1858 for 30 children; average attendance 22; Miss Mary Baldwin, mistress.
BROWN, Rev. Stafford Meredith, (vicar) The Vicarage
JOHNSON, Mrs William
RISING, Capt. Charles Compton, R.N. Horsey Hall
RISING, Fras Simon, R.N.
WEBSTER, William
BECKET, John - farmer
CLARKE, Daniel - farmer
DACK, George Nelson Head P.H. and farmer
GOOSE, Thomas - farmer
GOOSE, Margaret (Mrs) - shopkeeper Post Office
WALKER, Frederick - Gamekeeper to Capt. RISING
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