Norfolk - Woodrising

Francis White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk 1854, p. 820

WOODRISING, 2½ miles W. by N. of Hingham, is a parish and village with 23 houses, 127 souls, and 1,636 acres of land, the property of John Weyland, Esq., the lord of the manor, who resides at WOODRISING HALL, a neat modern mansion, in a small park, near Scoulton Mere. The Church, dedicated to St. Nicolas, a small edifice, was new roofed and otherwise repaired in 1852. 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 tithes are commuted for £240, and there are 17a. of glebe. The poor have 5s. a year from Mowting's charity. DIRECTORY—John Weyland, Esq., Hall; Chas. Hilton Boultbee, farmer; Philip Fuller, carpenter; Thos. Garwood, farm bailiff; Rev. Arthur Roberts, M.A., rector; Jno. Sculfer, blacksmith; and Esther Stebbings, farmer.

Transcription Copyright © the late A.J. Carter, April 2000; links updated February 2010.

NOTE (Added by Paddy Apling):

The farmer's name was actually Charles BOULTER (refs: Parish Register and Census returns)

ADDENDUM (Added by Paddy Apling), January 2001:

A message from Ditch Boultbee dated 5th January 2001 informs me that the above note is incorrect, and provides a link to copious and rigorous genealogical information on Charles Hilton BOULTBEE and his family. It is worth commenting that I felt - before receiving this information - quite secure in my comment that the Directory was mistaken as I had taken my data from the ORIGINAL parish register and the films of the Census returns, and so felt quite sure that the family names in the baptismal register were spelt BOULTHER, while on the Census they appeared to be BOULTER. Such are the difficulties of interpreting other people's handwriting !!.

Accordingly, my apologies to the family..... (and to the Editors of White's 1854 Directory !!).

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White's Directory entries for 1845; and 1883
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