1084 BEVENINGHAM. . [ K.El..LY's

HEVENINGHAM is a parish and village on the river present trustees are Lord Huntingfield and the Rev. William Blyth, 5 miles south-west-by-west from station Relcher B.A. Heveningham Hall, the seat of Lord Hunting• on the and section of the Great Eastern field, is a spacious mansion in the Classic style, begun in railway, in the North Eastern division of the county, Blyth- 1778 from the designs of Sir Robert Taylor, and completed ing hundred, petty sessional division and union, Halesworth from designs by James Wyatt, architect; the principal county court district, rural deanery of south , front, nearly 300 feet in length, is adorned in the centre by archdeaconry of Suffolk and Norwich diocese. The church columns of the Corintbian order, and otherwise richly em­ of St. Margaret is an ancient building of flint in the Per- bellisbed; the mansion is surrounded by a finely-timbered pendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle and park of over 300 acres. Lord Huntingfield is lord of the an embattled western tower containing 5 bells : the church manor and principal landowner. The soil is heavy and very has a fine oak roof, with figures of the twelve apostles carved fertile. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips, beans on the ends of the beams: there are several stained windows, and some land in pasture. The area is 1,646 acres; rate­ including one to the Rev. Henry Owen, rector from 1838 : able value, £2,500; the population in 1891 was 312. in the tower is a recumbent effigy of Sir Richard Hevening- Parish Clerk, Joseph Prime. ham kt. date uncertain: the church was restored in 1866-7, PosT OFFICR.-Charles John Ha ward, receiver. Letters and affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1550. from arrive at 8.15 a.m. ; dispatched at The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £365, gross 5· 30 p.m. week days only. Postal orders are issued here, yearly value,£415, including 40 acres of glebe, with residence, but not paid. Peasenball is the nearest money order & in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1875 by the telegraph office :Rev. William Belcher B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The Public Elementary School, erected in 1859, & partly sup- Wesleyan chapel here, erected in x887, w1ll hold 100 persons. parted by an endowment from the Heveningbam Chari- The parochial chanties, which are of considerable value, ties, under a scheme of the Court of Chancery; it will were revised in 1858 hy the Court of Chancery, and are ap- hold 85 children; average attendance, 73; Charles Jesse plied to church purposes, the support of the schools, the re- Ashworth, master lief of the poor and the maintenance of the highways: the CARRIER to Halesworth-Eli Wilby, tues. & fri Huntingfield Lord D.L., J.P. Hevening- [ Grayston Artbur William, shopkeeper Le Grys James, farmer, Grove farm ham ball; & II Charles street w & Grayston Hannah (Mrs.), whitesmith Le Grys James, jun. farmer Turf club w & Carlton clubs w Londn Halifax Hy. White Lion P.H.&blacksmth Le Grys John Wm. farmer, Gothic farm Eelcher Rev. William H.A. Rectory Hart Daniel, shopkeeper Lines William, farmer Haward Charles John, grocer & draper, Lipscomb Robert, head gamekeeper to COMMERCIAL. l'ost office Lord Hnntingfield Balderston Edward, farmer Jillings George, farmer & butcher Rod well Thomas, bricklayet Brown George, farmer Johnson Arthur, head gardener to Lord Sawyer George, brick maker & farmer Crane William, boot maker Huntingfield Warren John, farm bailiff to Lord Dale Daniel, farmer Keeble Thomas, butcher Huntingfield Goodwin William, farmer, White house LeGrys Geo.Rt.farmer&machine owner HIGHAM (near Bury) is a hamlet and ecclesiastical as the" Icknield Way," passes through this district. Lodge parish, formed in x86x from the of Gazeley; farm, the property of Joseph Gumey Barclay esq. of with a station on the Bury and Newmarket branch of the Leyton, Essex, is under the management of Mr. George Great Eastern railway, 7 miles west from Bury St. Edmunds, King, farmer, of Abington Park, Cbesterford. Capt. in the North Western division of the county, Lackford bun- William Robert Gamul Farmer, of Nonsuch Park, Cheam, dred, petty sessional division and union of Newmarket, Surrey, lord of the manor; Joseph Gurney Barclay esq. Mildenball county court. district, rural deanery of Thnrlow, and llarry Spencer \'Vaddington esq. D.L., l.P. of Cavenham ~ucbdeaconry of Sudhnry and diocese of Ely, and comprises Hall, are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed, UPPER, LOWER and MIDDLE GREEN. The church of St. chiefly light; subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, Stepben, erected in 1861 on a site given by J. G. Barclay barley, beans, oats and turnips. The area is 2,6<]4 acres; esq. is a structure of flint, with stone dressings in the Early rateable value, £2,821; the population in 1891 was 385. English style, from designs by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott PosT OFFICE.-Henry James Leech, receiver. Letters Jl.A.. consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and through Bury St. Edmunds, arrive at 7.40 a. m. ; dis- a round tower containing one bell: there are 220 sittings, patched at 4.40 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but 1:63 being free. The register dates from the year 1861. not paid. The nearest money order offices are Harrow The living is a vicarage, commuted tithes [164. average & Gazeley, & the nearest telegraph offices are those of £1251 net yearly value £1oo, with two acres of glebe Kennett & Barrow and residence, in the gift of J .. G. Barclay esq. and held since 1886 by the Rev. William Robinson M. A. of Railway Station, Henry William Fletcher, station master Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. Here is a Baptist School (mixed), for 120 children; average attendance, 90; chapel, rebuilt in 1879· The rent of the Fuel Lands is dis- built by J. G. Barclay esq. in 1861 ; J. H. Plumbley, tributed in coals to the poor. The old Roman road, known master Robinson Rev. William M.A. Vicarage Leech Henry James, grocer & draper, & Peddar William Steggall, farmer & Caton John, Station inn rate collector for Higham & Gaz.eley traction engine owner, Higbam Hall (;rawford Sarah (Mrs.), Lamb P.H & assistant overseer, Post office & Desnage Lodge farms :Fyson Edward, farmer Mason George, shopkeeper Wbitmore Jas. Caney, builder & smith Hawes Abram Geo. butcher & farmer Pettit Charles William, photographer HIGHAM (near Hadleigb) is a village and parish pleas- glebe and residence, in the gift of certain trustees, and held antly seated near the confluence of the small river Brett since 1889 by the Rev. John Barrington Pclbam M.A. of ·with the navigable Stour, which separates Suffolk from Trinity College, Cambridge. There are several good resi Essex, 5 miles west from Manningtree station on the Colcbes- deuces in this parish. Higham Hall, the seat of Edward ter and Ipswich section, and 5 south from Hadleigh terminal Cooper esq. is a handsome modern residence. Mrs. Squirl, station, on a branch of the Great Eastern railway, in the lady of the manor, and Edward Cooper esq. are the princi­ South Eastern division of the county, hundred, petty ses- pal landowners. The soil is mixed: subsml, gravel. The sional division and union of Samford, county court dis- chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. '!'he area is 867 trict of Hadleigh, rural deanery of Samford, archdeaconry of acres; rateable value, £1,360; the population in 1891 was Suffolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary is 194. an ancient building of flint with stone facings in the Per- Parish Clerk, John Race. pendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Jane Ranson, sub-postmistress. Let- south porch and an embattled western tower containing 6 ters from Stratford St. Mary S.O. arrive at 6.30 a. m. & bells: the church was completely restored in 1888 at a cost are dispatched at .6.30 p.m. on week days & n.3o a.m. of about £x,soo, and in 1891 a stained east window was sundays. The nearest mon~y order & telegraph office is ~rected in memory of his two sons by F. Bowcher esq. : at Dedham. Postal orders are issued here, but not there are about 200 sittings. The register dates from the paid year 1538. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- The parish is in the Stratford St.. Mary's United School Board charge £x56, net yearly value £198, including 52 acres of district & the children attend school there Bowcher Frederick, Hill side Tomkin Mrs. The Laurels Sealey Joseph, Gamekeepers' Arms P.H. Cooper Edward, Higbam ball Worters Mrs. Yew Tree cottage & farmer & fruit grower; good .:Finch Miss, Yew Tree cottage Barfield Benjamin, farmer stabling- &c ·Furniss Tbos.&nderson l.P.Higham bo Lnnergan William, farm bailiff for Dr. Smith Henry, blacksmith; repairs Manning Michael Prendergast R. A. Pritchard executed to all kiuds of agricultural PelhamRev.Jn.BarringtonM.A.Vicarage Morley Corhen, farmer implements l 1ritchardRobt.Albion n.c.L.TheCottage IR.anson Jane (Mrs.), snb-postmistress Wyncoll Spring, King's llead P.H. & Squirl-Dawson Major, The Lodge Smith Joseph, carpenter shopkeeper