Holme Hale, Norfolk

Description
Holme Hale, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village, which has a station on the Thetford and Swaffham branch of the G.E.R., stands near the river Wissey, 5 miles SE by E from Swaffham, and has a post office under Thetford; money order office, West Bradenham; telegraph office, Swaffham. The parish comprises 2642 acres; population, 374. The hall is occupied by the Adiington family, who are lords of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £531. The church was begun in the time of Richard III. and finished in 1435, is a large building of flint in the Norman style, comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower containing six bells, and is in good condition. There is a town estate of 46 acres, worth £50 a year, the money being divided between, the church, the schools, and the poor, and a poor's allotment of 24 acres.