Borley 1863 Whites directory
BORLEY, a very small village, on the south-western acclivity of the Stour valley, 24 miles N.W. of Sudbury, has in its parish only 190 souls and 776 acres of land, extending down to the river-bank, where there is a water mill, near the Hall, a good house, occupied by a farmer. Thefine old mansion, called Borley Place, is occupied by a farmer. The Dowager Countess Waldegrave is lady of the manor, patroness of the rectory, and owner of most of the soil ; and the res tbelongs chiefly to Mr. J. S. Gardiner. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £9, and in 1831 at £249, is in the incumbency of the Rev. Henry D. E. Bull, who has a good modern residence, and 10A. 2R. of glebe.
The Church is a plain ancient structure, with a tower and two bells, and contains a splendid monument to the memory of several of the Waldegrave family. It is about 14 feet high, 9long, and 5 broad, with a cornice of elegant workmanship, supported by six marble pillars of the Corinthian order. On the tomb, lie full-length marble statues of Sir Edward Waldegrave and his lady, who died in the 16th century. On the north wall, between two pillars, is a kneeling figure of Magdalen Waldegrave, who died in 1598. In 1628, Thomas Stevens left to this parish two yearly rent-charges, out of Sayer’s Farm, in Little Cornord, viz :- 40s. for the poor and 6s. 8d. for the rector.
Branwhite Chas. H. farmer, Hall
Gardiner James Spalding, Purkis Farm
Hart James, blacksmith
Seber James, shoemaker & shopkeeper.
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