TASBURGH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Depwade, E. division of Norfolk, 2 miles (N.) from Long Stratton; containing 527 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the London and Norwich road, by way of Bury and Ipswich, and comprises by admeasurement 881 acres, of which 637 are arable, and the remainder meadow and gardens; the surface is in some parts boldly undulated, and very fine views are obtained from the churchyard and its vicinity of an extensive range of beautifully-varied scenery. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8, and in the gift of J. Jermy, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £287, and the glebe contains about 3 acres, with a parsonage-house, a handsome residence, erected in 1840, by the Rev. Henry E. Preston. The church, which was recently damaged by lightning, is a very ancient edifice, with a circular tower, and stands on a lofty eminence, in the area of a square intrenchment containing 24 acres, an advantageous position for the defence of the river Taes, running hence to Caistor. Coins, fibulae, and other relics of antiquity, have been found; and Gale considers this the Roman station Ad Taum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
