BRECKLES, or Breccles, a small village and parish, 5 miles S by E of Watton, has 160 souls, and 1506 acres of land, belonging to Edw Kerrison, Esq, son of Sir E Kerrison, Bart, the lord of the manor and patron of the Church (St Margaret) which is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £7 7s 11d, and in 1831, at £41. From 1767 to 1824 it was augmented with £1000 of Q.A.B. The Rev Robert Ward is the incumbent. In 1806, John Stubbings died here, in his 108th year.
William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845
Breckles baptisms PD 533-1 1540-1761
Breckles baptisms PD 533-2 1761-1783
Breckles baptisms PD 533-4 1784-1812
Breckles marriages PD 533-1 1540-1752
Breckles marriages PD 533-3 1754-1784
Breckles burials PD 533-1 1540-1761
Breckles burials PD 533-2 1761-1783
Breckles burials PD 533-4 1784-1812
Further registers for Breckles are included in the FreeReg database.
- Breckles is in the Wayland Hundred
- History of Breckles
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