Population and dissenters: Number of families about two hundred & fourteen – no Dissenters, no meeting house.
Public or charity schools: A Publick School, no endowment to it. Number of children taught in it about forty or fifty. <They are> taught & instructed in ye principles of ye Christian Religion & are constantly brought to Church on Prayr days.
Alms-house, hospital or charitable endowment: There is an Alms house in ye Parish not endowed some Ground calld ye Parish meadows given towards ye repair of ye Church but by whom I know not. There is likewise ye Rents of ye markets & Fairs kept within ye sd Parish appropriated towards ye repair of ye church. ye directions of such benefactions are lodged in ye power of ye church wardens. I know of no abuses or frauds committed.
Curate: I am ye residing Curate. I do not live in ye Parsonage house but live in ye Town near ye Church. ye Rector pays me forty Pounds per annum.
Divine service at other churches: I do <not> perform Divine service in any Church besides my own as Curate unless it be to oblige a neighbour if sick.
Frequency of divine service: I perform Divine service in ye sd Church twice every Lords day with a sermon in ye morning & afternoon.
Frequency of communion: The Sacrament of ye Lords Supper is administred six times in ye year.
Number of communicants: About three hundred Communicants in ye Parish about fourscore usually receive, near about yt number receiv’d at Easter last.
Catechising of children: The Children are catechiz’d usually in ye Summer season ye Parishioners send their Children & servants at such time as they are calld upon to be instructed.
Chapels or chapels in ruins: There are two chapels belonging to ye sd Parish one call’d Tingcombe Chapel, ye other Great Week both in ruins.
John Bestey Curate
Ordain’d Deacon ye 11 of June 1727 Benj Sarum. Presb. 2d March 1728 Gul, Norwic. [Explanation]