Spexhall (St. Peter)
SPEXHALL (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Blything, E. division of Suffolk, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Halesworth; containing 215 inhabitants, and consisting of 1484 acres by admeasurement. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £14, and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £286; the glebe comprises 45 acres.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.