242 KIRTON. (COLNEIS HUNDRED-)

:Bristo Wm. hurdle maker BOOT & SHOElHffiS. Moore Henry J3urge John, inland revenue officer Fenton J ames Sewell Fras,, Cro;tr Durrant Charles, wheelwright Fenton Philip SHOPKEEPERS, Fairhead Charles, joiner and builder Ward Henry BrightenWm.,P.o. Hudson Daniel, collar & harness mkr FARMERS, Fenton Daniel Kirk Francis, bailiff to Robt. Partridge Alderton George Gooding Arthur Lanham Mrs Sarah Ashwell John Gooding Catherine N eale Rev Erskine, :1\I.A., Rectory CookJ., Churchfm CARRIERS to I,. :RandaU Wm. steam engine owner Fairhead Tyrell, & wich, Tu. +Sat., Simpson James, bricklayer parish clerk ~ Woodhridge,T/i Smith George, blacksmith · Hills James Rattle Susan Jilyred George Henry, vict. (}reyhound Laws Hy., Sluice Wright Henry LEVINGTON, 6 miles S.E. of , is a village and parish :pleasantly situated on the north-east bank of the Orwell. It con­ tains 241 souls, 64 acres of water, and 1033 acres of land; and neat it is , an extra-parochial farm and estate, comprising l95A. of water and 1239A. of land, generally returned with Trimley St. Martin's parish, and now belonging to G. Tomline, Esq., the lord of the manor of Levington. .A great part of the parish belongs. to Sir P. V. Broke, and a few smaller owners. Stratton was an­ eiently a separate parish, and had a lazar-house and a church, and the foundations of the latter may still be seen, overgrown with trees. and bushes. Levington Church (St. Peter,) is a rectory, valued in K.B. at .£6. ls. 8d., and united with . The steeple is said to :have been erected by Sir Rob"t Hitcham, who in 1654 founded lW almshouses here, for three poor women of Levington and three or Nacton, with an endowment, now affording to each inmate about tis. per week, and a yearly allowance of clothing and fuel, as will be ll.oticed with the founder's other charities at . Lev· :ington tithes are commuted for .£243 per annum. The Ohurclr, Estate, comprising a house, and 2 ~A. of land, at Trimley St. Martin, let for .£15 a year, has for a long period been appropriated to the use of Levington church. In 1718, Edmund Edwards, a farmer of thi!l parish, discovered the fertiHzing effects of the Orag or Shell, now so­ extensively used in for manuring the land. Being short of dung, he carried several loads of crag, and spread it over part of a :ft.eld, which, to his surprise, yielded a much better crop than tho!*f which he had covered with dung. This crag is a sandy stratum,. full of small shells, and other marine deposits, and is in many places­ of considerable thickness. It is said to have been used in the wes; ef England a& a fertilizer of the soil, long before it was used fat that purpose in Suffolk. The PosT 0FFIOE is at N acton. Letters wia Ipswich. Cook Isaac H., carpenter Simpson Mary, shopkeeper Franks Wm., shoemaker FARMERS. Pierce Chas., farrier an vict., Ship Dawson John, Stratton Hall :Robinson J., land agent to Geo. Tom- Page Rd. Miles 11 Wells Joseph line, Esq., Levington House CARRIER,Wm.Punt, to Ipswich, Tu&St NACTON, on the north-east bank of the river Orwell, four miles !.E. of Ipswich, is a pleasant scattered village and parish, com• prising 500 acres of water, 1883 acres of fertile land, and 810 ~ habitants, including Woodbridge Union Workhouse, (noticed at page