HADDISCOE, a parish in the hundred of CLAVERING,
county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (N..N. E.) from
Beccles, containing 316 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory united to that of Monks-Toft, in the
archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated
in the king's books at £ 12, The church, dedicated to
St. Mary, has a Norman archway and a round tower.
Here was a preceptory of Knights Templars, to which
Henry III. was a considerable benefactor.