Population and dissenters:
There are in my Parish about 460 families; of which about 133 are Dissenters: There are two Liscens’d Meeting houses, one for Independents, the other for Anabaptists: Mr Ball teaches in the first, Mr Maynard in the other.
Public or charity schools:
There is a House which was formerly us’d as a Charity School; but there is no Fund belonging to it.
Alms-house, hospital or charitable endowment:
There is an Almshouse call’d St Margarets: There are Lands left for the repair of the Chapel of All=Hallows, and other pious uses: The Direction of those Benifactions are in the hands of Feoffees: I have heard of several Abuses in the Management of them.
Number of communicants: There are in my Parish about a hundred Communicants Between three & fourscore usually receive: about fourscore receiv’d last Easter.
Catechising of children: I catechize the Children in the Charity School: to which place the Parishioners send their Children & servants to be instructed.