HERRINGFLEET, a parish in the hundred, of
MUTFORD-AND-LOTHINGLAND, county of SUFFOLK, 6
miles (N.W. by W.) from Lowestoft, containing 168
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich.
John Leathes, Esq. was patron in 1824. The church is
dedicated to St. Margaret. Mrs. Elizabeth Merry bequeathed
£20 per annum for the education of poor
children, of which the master receives £17, and £3 are
appropriated to the purchase of books; twelve children
are instructed gratuitously. In the reign of Henry III.
here was a priory of Black canons, founded by Roger
Fitz-Osbert, and dedicated to St. Mary and St. Olave;
at the dissolution it was valued at £49. 11. 7. The navigable
river Waveney runs along the south-west boundary
of this parish, and is crossed by St.Olave's bridge.