Kelly
HENSTEAD is a village and parish, 5 miles southeast from Beccles station on the London and North Eastern railway and 7 miles south-west from Lowestoft, in the Lowestoft division of the county, Blything and Wangford hundred, Blything petty sessional division and union, Beccles and Bungay county court district, rural deanery of Beccles, archdeaconry of Suffolk and diocese of St. Edmnndsbury and Ipswich. The church of St. Mary is a building of flint in the Perpendicular style, with a thatched roof, and consists of chancel, long nave, south porch and an embattled western tower containing one bell: the south porch has a Norman doorway, and there is a similar one on the north side: in the nave is a memorial window to Charles F. Sheriffs, d. 1874: there are 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1307. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £437, with residence and 38 acres of glebe, in the gift of Mrs. Rowland V. Barker, and held since 1995 by the Rev. John Alfred Griffin. In the churchyard is a stone cross on which are inscribed the names of the men of the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18. The parish has a few small charities, part of which is distributed in coals to the poor. Henstead Hall, the property and residence of Thomas M. Farmiloe esq. is a large mansion, with extensive and beautifully laid out gardens. Thomas M. Farmiloe esq. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is mixed; subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, barley, peas, beans and roots. The area is 1,953 acres of land and 6 of water; the population in 1931 was 468.
Dutt
Henstead church (5 m. S.E. of Beccles) has Norm. N. and S. doorways. Norm. work remains, too, in the nave. The church was considerably damaged by fire in 1641, when the chancel was destroyed: it has not been rebuilt. Hulver Street is a hamlet 1 m. N.W. of Henstead church. It probably derives its name from the " hulver " (holly), which is plentiful in the neighbourhood.
Church view
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Kelly
HULVER is a hamlet, 1.75 miles north-west from the church. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1840.
Post Office, Hulver. Letters through Beccles for Hulver, & Wrentham, via Beccles, for Henstead. Beccles is the nearest M. 0. office for Hulver & Wrentham for Henstead. North Cove is the nearest T. office for Hulver, & Wrentham for Henstead