THORPE-next-HADDISCOE, a parish in the hundred of CLAVERING, county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Beccles, containing 96 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £3. 6. 8, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Matthias.