The Post Office Directory of Norfolk - 1875
The following is the entry describing Breckles from the 1875 Post Office Directory of Norfolk, later known as Kelly's Directory.
''BRECKLES is a village and parish, 5 miles south-east from Watton, about 1¼ south-east from Stow Bedon station, and 109 from London, in the Western division of the county, Wayland hundred and union, Attleborough county court district, rural deanery of Breckles, and archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of St Margaret, consists of a chancel, nave and round tower with 2 bells and was restored in 1862: it contains a fine specimen of a Norman font, and arch. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £45, in the gift of Sir Edward C. Kerrison, bart., and held by the Rev. William Smythe Thorpe, B.A., of Wadham College, Oxford. Here is a small school maintained by Sir E.C. Kerrison, bart. The parish is a contributing district to the Hockham School Board. Sir E.C. Kerrison, bart., is the lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is sand and gravel; subsoil, gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 1,860 acres; rateable value, £1,288 10s.; and the population in 1871 was 137.
Parish Clerk, John Ayres.
Letters through Attleborough. The nearest money order office is at Great Hockham
School, Mrs Frederick Dexter, mistress
Ayres John, carpenter & wheelwright
Bailey James, carpenter & wheelwright
Dexter Frederick, bricklayer & plasterer
Downes George, thatcher
Goddard James, farmer
Goddard John, farmer
Goldsmith John Edward, farmer, Low farm
Oldfield Robert, farmer, Hall farm
Prewer Aaron, farmer
Prewer Susan (Mrs.), farmer
Sutton William, farmer, Lodge farm
