HACHESTON is a village and parish, in Loes hundred and rural deanery, Plomesgate
union, Woodbridge county court district, archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of
Norwich, East Suffolk, on the river Ore, between Wickham Market and Framlingham,
4 miles south-east from the latter place, and 83 from London. The Framlingham
branch of the Fast Suffolk Railway passes through the parish. The church is
named All Saints. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Parham, joint
annual value £209, in the gift of Frederick Corrance, Esq., of Purham Hall, and
held by the Rev. Charles Thomas Corrance, M.A. There are several small
charities, left by different people for the relief of the poor. There is a
Charity school, supported by the widow of the late Andrew Arcedeckne, Esq.:
likewise a Charity school, endowed by Edward Porter, Esq., in 1703, for the
education of 12 boys of this and the adjoining parish of Parham. There is a fair
held by charter on the 3th of November, for toys, ice. The population in 1861
was 526, including the humlet of GLEVBRIKG, and the parish contains 1,751 acres;
the net properly assessment is £2,866 17s. 6d.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Comyn.
POST OFFICE RECEIVING HOUSE.—Thomas Comyn, receiver. Letters from Wickbam Market
arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at 8.20 p.m. The nearest money order office is
ac Wickham Market
SCHOOLS:—
Charity (supported by the widow of the late Andrew Arcedeckne, esq.), Mrs.
Kindred, mistress
Free (endowed by Edward Porter, esq.), Thomas Comyn, master
Barthrop Miss
Gregory Thomas, esq
Tanner Rev. John Selwood [curate]
White Mr. William