DIRECTORY.] . . 39 tlhrubs and flowers; the whole is inclosed with iron The area of the parish ill 2,015 acres of land, 2 of fencing. water, and 20 of tidal water, including marsh and The Corporation of Beccles· are lords of the manor and common lands; assessable value, £22,677; the population the principal landowners. F. W. Hotham esq. Frederio in 1881 was 5,721, and in 1891 was 6,669. William D. Robinson esq. John Edwin Crisp esq. with . Parish Clerk, James Simpson Branford. others, a1'6 also landowners here.

OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOOAL INSTITUTIONS &;c. Post, M. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel Dowson Ed.ward Theodore esq. , Beccles Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, The Walk.­ Freeland Lieut.-Ool. Russell Geo. The Elms, Toft Monks, Stephen Thompson, postmaster &; stamp distributor. Letters delivered from all parts, 7.10 a.m., 10 a.m., Palgrave Robert Harry Inglis esq. Belton, near Great 3.55 p.m. &; 6.50 p.m.; sunday, 7.30 a.m. Dispatched Yarmomh . local country mails, 5.50 a.m.; to London &; London Robinson Frederic William Darby esq. Roos hllll, Beccles forward, 8.20 a.m.; Aldeby, Burgh Common, Geldes­ Smith Clifford esq. Waveney house, Becoles iion, Gillingham, Toft .&:; Wheatacre, 9.10 s.m.; all The mayor of Beccleso .&:; the chairman of the parts, 11.10 a.m.; , 11.45 a.m.; London &; rural district council, for the time being, are ex-officio London forward, 2.50 p.m.; y.armouth &; , magistrates 3 p.m.; &; Weston, 4.15 p.m.; B-arsham, Clerk to the Magistrates, Fredc. Shelly Rix, Ballygate st " .&:; , 4.40 p.m.; Yarmouth, Petty Sessions are held in the Oourt house every alternate Lowestoft &; , 5,40 p.m.; London, for connec­ friday, atI2 o'clock noon. The places in the Petty Ses­ tion with midnight mails, 5.40 p.m.; Norwich;&:; Nor­ sional division are :-Beccles, Barsham, EUough, North wich forward, 7.45 p.m.; all parts, 9 p.m Oove, , Ringsfield, Shadingiield, Shipmeadow, Wall Letter Boxes:- , Weston, Willinghlml, WorIlngham &; the hamlet of Hulver Street IJridge street, cleared at 10.50 a.m. &; 2.15, 5.25 &:; 7.40 p.m PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. London road, cleared at 10.20 a.m. &; 1.45, 4·55 &; . Cemetery, Frederic Shelly Rix, clerk to the burial board; 7.10 p.m Riobert Aldous, cemetery keeper Station road, cleared at 10.40 a.m. &; 2.5, 5.15, 7.30 County Oourt, His Honor Hugh Eardley-Wilmot, judge; &; 8.20 p.m J ames Preston Larkman, registrar; Henry William :Elyburgate street, cleared at 10.30 a.m. &; 1·55, 5·5 &; Cutting, high bailiff; William Smith, baiLiff. The 7.20 p.m court sits every alternate month at the Police court, Ingate street, cleared at 10.30 a.m. '& 1.55, 5·5 &:; Beccles, &; the Odd Fellows' hall, Bungay. The following 7.20 p.m parishes are comprised in the district :-Aldeby, ]l.avensmere, cleared at 10.45 a.m. &; 2.10, 5.20 &; Barsham, Beccles, Bedingham, Broome, Bun~ St. 7.35 p.m Mary, Bungay Trinity, Burgh St. Peter, Ohed!o!l'ave, Grammar school, 10.1$ a.m. &; 1.4°, 4.50 ,&; 7.5 p.m Ditching-ham, Ellingham, Ellough, Geldeston, GiUing­ During the summer months the first collection is 25 ham All Saints. Gillingham St. Mary, Haddiscoe, Hales, minutes later, and the third collection 20 minutes later Hecking-ham, Hedingham, -with-Hulver Street, OORPORATION. Ilketshall Saint Andrew, Ilketshall St. John, Ilketshall St. Lawrence, IlketshaJI St. Margaret, Kirby Cane, 1899-1900• Kirstead, Loddon, Wettingham, Mundham, , Mayor. Alderman Edward Masters. Norton Subcourse, Raveningham, Redisham, Rings­ field, Seething, , Shipmeadow, Sotterley, Aldermen. Stockton, Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Thurlton, Thwaite, *Walton Joseph Platt §Rix Frederic ShelIy Toft Monks, Topcroft, Weston, Wheatacre All Saints, -Masters Edward I§Wilson Thomson Willingham, Woodton &; Councillors For bankrnptcy purposes this court is included! in that of -tRenry Copeman ·George King Yarmouth, Harry Pearce Gould, 8 King street, Norwich, -t"Yathaniel WaIter Pells *James Preston Larkman official receiver 1" Benjamin Revell tFrancis Easto Banham Corn Hall (C. T. Field, manager), Exchange square tThomas AugustusWoodroffe William Burred County Police Oourt, near Station :road, Oharles Fisher, *Mark Frederick Buck Alexander McQueen deputy chief constable; Edward Charles Shipp. super­ intendent of Lowestoft &; Beccles division; William ·Philip John Jolly Edward G. Rigby Watson Reeve, inspector &; 4 constables Marked thus t retire in November, 1900. Fire Engine Station, Newgate street, William J. Fuller, Marked thus * retire in November, 1901. captain; S. F. Field, superintendent Marked thus ::: retire in November, 1902. Hospital, Fair close, The Mayor (for the time being), Marked thus § retire in November, 1904. president; Robert Ives Metcalfe M.D. hon. consulting .Auditors, Oaleb Chase &:; W. J. Money physician; W. M. Crowfoot l't'LB., F.R.C.S.Eng. Wm. Officers of the Corporation. Taylor McComb L.R.C.P. &; S.Edin., Hugh Paul Hel­ "l"own Clerk, Tom Plowman Angell, Blyburgate street sham M.R.C.S.Eng. &; L.R.C.P.Lond. &; George Ray­ :Borough Treasurer, John Clarke F.I.B. Barclay's Bank mond Fox F.R.C.S.Eng. hon. medical officers; J. E. J\'Iedical Officer .of Health, William Taylor McComb Crisp esq. hon. treas.; J. P. Larkman esq. hon. sec. ; L.B.C.P. Hungate street Robert W. Snell, sec.; Miss M'llcdonald, matron :Borough Surveyor, Thomas William Woodroffe, Blybur­ Inland Revenue Office, London road, John Bartholomew, gate street Norwich, collector; James O'Donoghue, Yarmouth, Sanitary Inspector, Alfred G. Love, Station road Bupervisor, &; Daniel K. Burns, officer, 1st clau 'The Mayor is a. County Magistrate during his year of office Stamp Office, Post office, The Walk, Stephen Thompson, &; the following year, et has in the borough concurrent dtistributor jurisdiction with the county magistrates TO'wIII Hall, Station road, Robert Norman, eurator W.A.NGFORD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. VOLU~"'TEERS. Meets at the Workhouse, at Shipmeadow, monthly 1St Norfolk Volunteer Artillery, Eastern Division Royal (mondays). Garrison .Artillery, No. 4 &; 8 Companies; drill han. Chairman, Lawrence Townley Olarkson, The Grange, Peddar's lane; Capt. T. Ser.geant; Buxton Smith, Becdes lieutenant; Rev. Allen Ooates M.A.. acting chaplain Clerk, Frederio Shelly Rix, Ballygate street 2nd Volunteer Battalion Norfolk Regiment (G &; H Cos.); 'Treasurer, Henry Edmund Bnxton, orderly room, Old market; Capt. T. P. Angell; H. H. Medical Officer of Health, Frederic Harrison Tetley J ohnson et P. L. Peto, lieutenants; Rev. John RowlielI L.R-C.P_ &; S.Edin. Earsham street, Bungay M.A. acting chaplain :Surveyor, William E. Warburton, Henham villa, Bardolph road, Bungay WANGFORD UNION. :Sanitary Inspector, John Owen Rees, Flixton rd. Bungay Board day, monday (fortnightly), at the Board room. Shipmeadow, at 10.30 a.m. . COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR REGCLES PETTY The Union comprises the following places: All Saints SESSIONAL DIVISION. &; St. Nicholas (South Elmham), Barsham, Beccles, "Ease Samuel esq. Ringsfield 1Iall. Beccl'Js Bungay HIoly Trinity, Bungay St. Mary, Ellough, Flis­ Crisp John Edwin esq. H<>mefield, Beccles ton, , , North Cove, Redisharo, Crowfoot William Miller esq. M.B. The Walk, Beccles Ringsfield, St. Andrew (Ilketshall)~ St. Cross (South