HOLTON, one mile E. of Halesworth, is a pleasant village and parish, containing
516 souls, and 1132 acres of land, mostly in the manor of Wissett le Rosse, but
chiefly the property of A. Johnson, Esq., H. Dawson, Esq., the Executors of the
late F. Robinson, and a few smaller owners. Holton Hall, a neat mansion, with
pleasant grounds, is the property of A. Johnson, Esq., but is now unoccupied.
The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient structure with a round tower. The living, a
discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 13s. 4d., and now at £310, is in the
patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. J. C. Reynolds,
B.A. The late rector erected a neat Rectory House, in the Elizabethan style, in
1838, at a cost of about £800. Here is a National School, built, in 1814, by the
Rev. J. B. Wilkinson. The Town House and four rods of land, let for £4 per
annum, have belonged to the church from time immemorial. The Lord Nelson Public
house did belong to the parish; but in 1786, the churchwardens granted it on
lease for 99 years, to a brewer, for a premium of £80, and no rent appears to
have been reserved. The churchwardens are now taking legal steps for the
recovery of this house.