Little Holland 1848 Whites Directory

Little Holland 1848 Whites Directory

HOLLAND ( LITTLE) is a small parish adjoining the above, and 5 miles S.W. of Walton-le-Soken. It has only 75 inhabitants and 646 acres of land, bounded by the sea on the east, and by Holland creek on the north. Its Church has been long in ruins, and the benefice, which is a donative, is consolidated with the vicarage of Great Clacton. It has only one acre of glebe, and £55 a year in lieu of tithes. Robert Hills, Esq., owns most of the soil and is lord of the manor, formerly held by the Bataile, Darcy, Dawes, Corsellis, and other families. Within the last 20 years more than 20A. of land in this parish has been washed away by the ocean.
The farmers are William Cole, Bushells, or Bennetts ; Frederick Laws, Hall Farm ; and Thomas Petchell, bailiff.