HENSTEAD, a parish comprising the hamlet of
Hulverstreet, in the hundred of WANGFORD, but
chiefly in the hundred of BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK,
5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Beccles, containing
509 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated
in the king's books at £12. Robert Sparrow, Esq. was
patron in 1811. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.