Wattisfield (St. Margaret)

WATTISFIELD (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Botesdale; containing 601 inhabitants. It is on the road from Bury to Norwich. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 11. 8., and in the patronage of Mrs. Morgan; net income, £336. The church is in the decorated style, with a square tower. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. A rental of £71. 17., derived from town lands, is appropriated to general parochial purposes. The Rev. Thomas Harmer, author of Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture, and other works, resided in the parish, as minister of the Independent meeting-house, for more than 50 years.