Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for METTINGHAM

METTINGHAM, a village and a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk. The village stands near the river Waveney, at the boundary with Norfolk, 2 miles E of Bungay r. station; is a scattered place; and has a postoffice under Bungay. The parish comprises 1,386 acres. Real property, £3,101. Pop., 387. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged, from the time of Edward I. till that of Edward III., to the family of De Norwich; passed to the Uffords; and belongs now to the Rev. J.Safford. A castle was built here, in the time of Edward III., by Sir John de Norwich; appears to have been a large and strong structure; and is now an ivy-clad ruin. The residence of the Rev. J.Safford stands pleasantly within the ruin. A college, for a master and thirteen chaplains or fellows, was founded about the same time as the castle; was endowed with the manor of Mettingham, and with other manors; educated and maintained a number of boys, at an annual charge of £28; and had revenues at the dissolution, valued at £202. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £200.* Patron, the Rev. J.Safford. The church stands on an eminence, commanding fine views of the Waveney's valley; and is an old but good building, with a round tower. There is a town estate yielding upwards of £100 a year; and £20 of the income are given to a school, and £30 in coals to the poor.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Mettingham CP/AP       Wangford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Mettingham

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