OSMONDSTON, (Norfolk) or SCHOLE, on the N. side of the r. Waveney, in the road from Ipswich to Norwich, it being on the b.
of Suffolk. In the R. of Edw. III. Schole was only a hamlet to Osmondston, but gave name to a numerous family, and was so
increased in the R. of Henry VIII. as to become the chief part of the T. Here is the Whitehart, called the Schole-Inn,
much admired for its fine carved work, and images as big as the life. It was built in 1655, by John Peck, Esq; whose arms
are over the porch door. The sign, which is very large, and adorn' d with great images, was the work of one Fairchild. The
arms about it are those of the chief Ts. and gentlemen in the Co. Here is another very good inn; but the annual
cockmatches fought here are the chief support of both. This manor bel. formerly to the Sheltons, and then to the Aldhams,
who conveyed it to Sir Tho. Cornwallis, the ancestor of the present Ld. in whose family it has ever since continued. The
houses here are about 40, the inh. 230, and it is rated to the K's. tax at 435 l.