Walpole (St. Mary)

WALPOLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Blything, E. division of Suffolk, 2 miles (S. W.) from Halesworth; containing 615 inhabitants, and comprising 1652 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Church Patronage Society; net income, £82. The church is an ancient edifice, chiefly in the early English style, with a tower surmounted by a spire; on the south is a fine Norman doorway. There is a place of worship for Independents.