Great Henny and Little Henny 1848 Whites Directory
HENNY, ( GREAT) a parish on the western side of the vale of the Stour, 2½miles S. of Sudbury, has a village called Henny Street, near the river ; but its church is on a bold eminence. It contains 417 souls, and 1096 acres of land, belonging to Edmund Cook, A. Smith, G. Moor, W. M. Jones, Miss Gregory, and several smaller owners ; but J. Cuddon, Esq. , of Norwich, holds the manorial right, except a right of timber, belonging to J. Cutts, Esq. Of the Hall, which was successively the seat of the Manduit, Fitzralph, Chamberlaine, and other families, no vestiges are now extant.
The Church (St. Mary, ) is a small antique fabric, with a tower, shingled spire, and three bells, and commands extensive views over the Stour valley. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 6s. 8d., and in 1831 at £354, is in the patronage of the Earl of Verulam, and incumbency of the Hon. and Rev. E. H. Grimston, M.A., of Pebmarsh. The Rectory House is an old residence, mantled with ivy and woodbine ; and the glebe is about 60 acres. The tithes were commuted in 1840, for £375 per annum. The poor have 13s. a year, left by Thomas Sewell, in 1705, out of a farm belonging to Mr. Davis. They have also 20s. a year from Wincoll’s Charity. ( See Alphamstone.)
Allen Wm. farmer, Thorncroft
Amos Wm. wheelwright
Archer Henry, farmer, Fen
Braybrook Sar. & Scott Eliz. Schools
Cook Edmund, gent. Hill Farm
Cook Edmund, jun. farmer, Grove
Foakes Frances, shopkeeper
Harding Rev. J. Wingfield, curate, Rectory
Orbell Joseph, farmer, Cottage
Parmenter Henry Piper, corn miller
Pung Misses Rebecca, Mary, and Davey Thomas, bailiff, Street Farm Charlotte, Grove
Eldred Emnl. blacksmith & vict. Swan
Siday Wm. beerhouse
HENNY ( LITTLE) is a small churchless parish, adjoining Great Henny, and has only 65 souls and 410 acres of land, nearly all the property of Nathl. Clarke Barnardiston, Esq., and Earl Howe. The former is lord of the manor, and has a pleasant seat here, called The Ryes, built about 40 years ago, and beautifully situated on a commanding eminence, and surrounded by plantations and richly cultivated ground. Mr. Bar- nardiston is also patron of the sinecure rectory, which has 11a. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £90. 10s. in lieu of tithes, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Thos. Mills, M.A. , who does not reside here. The Parsonage House is a cottage, and the small church went to decay many years ago, and no vestiges of it are now extant. Since the reign of Elizabeth, this small parish has paid a yearly stipend of £3 to Great Henny, for pews and right of burial. Mrs. Eliz. Hasell occupies Gentry’s Farm.