Riddlesworth (St. Peter)
RIDDLESWORTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Guilt-Cross, W. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from East Harling; containing 70 inhabitants. It comprises 1157 acres, and is separated from the county of Suffolk by the Lesser Ouse river. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Gasthorpe united, valued in the king's books at £11. 2. 8½., and in the gift of T. Thornhill, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £116, and the glebe contains 15 acres. The church is in the early English style, with an embattled tower, and in the chancel is a handsome monument to Sir D. Drury.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.