A.M. Car. Lord Cornwaleis.
- 1702, 19 Dec. The Rev. Mr. Abraham Cooper, A.M. the present [1736] rector, at Milbourne's resignation. Robert Britiff, Esq. pro hac vice.
In 1603, here were 81 communicants, and now [1736] there are about 40 dwelling-houses, and 230 inhabitants. It paid 1l. 17s. tenths, and was allowed 7s. deductions out of it; it was rated in the parliament association at 500l. and now to the King's tax at 435l.
Here is an annual fair kept on the Tuesday after Easter day.
THORP-PARVA, or LITTLE THORP
Is a small village on the east part of Scole, having only four houses in it; the name of Dorp in Saxon signifies a manor-house, and this is called in ancient evidences, Thorp Mannewen, probably from Ralph de Manerijs, (or Manors,) lord thereof, and Little Thorp, or Parva Thorp, to distinguish it from Thorp-Abbots, which lies near it. It paid to the tenths 1l. 4s. out of which 4s. was deducted; the parliament valuation was 148l. and the present valuation is 120l.
It is a rectory, but a sinecure; the church, which is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, being quite demolished, the ruins of the steeple, which was round, appear in this manner:
A is the west part. B the south.
