[.] . 772 [POST OFFICE within the last. year (1868), been placPd under Govern- Thomas Mingay Golding, Esq., is lord of the manor. The ment inspection. Drinkstone Park, the seat of Captain principal landowners are Capt. T. H. Powell, Nunn Boldero, Thomas Harcourt Powell, J.P., comp1·ises about 2.50 acres Esq., and J. 0. Parker, Esq. The soil is mixed; subsoil, of land, part of which is in Drinkstone and part in · clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, Hessett parishes: the noble mansion was built in 1760 by peas, beans and roots. The population in 1801 was 4Uo, ami the late Joshua Grigby, Esq., and is surrounded by ex- the ar~a is 2,172 acres. tensive plantations. Drinkstone House, the handsome resi- :MARSH GREEN is half a mile south-east. deuce of Henry Cocksedge, Esq., is situated near the Green, Parish Clerk, John Frost. surrounded by lawns and evergreens. Park Corner, the Letters from Bury St. Edmund's arrive at 8 a.m. & dis­ residence of J. 0. Parker, Esq., was erected in 181G, and is patched at 6.30 p.m. Woolpit is the nearest money ordel' pleasantly situated at the north-east end of the parish. I office Cocksedge Henry, esq. Drinkstone ho Bird "'\Villiam, farmer Jillings Harry, farmer Horne Capt. W. H. Drinkstone lodge Burt Thomas P. farmer .M anfield J OS@ ph, farmer Horne Rev. Frederick E. M.A. Rectory Clover John, miller Manning John, shoe maker Parker John Oxley, esq. Park corner Colson John, farmer Nunn William, blacksmith Powell Capt. Tlwmas Harcourt, .r.P. Cooper - (i\Irs.), farmer, Whitefield! Pre!llaml William, shopkeeper The Park house Rowe Mary, shopkeeper COllfMERCIAL. Craske Edmund, farmer & landowner Ruddock J onathan, wheelwright Ardley Edward, farmer & maltster, Frost John, carpenter Sorrell Thomas, farmer Ticehurst J ewers J olm, farmer & landowner Whiting William, farmer

DUNWICH is a small municipal borough and parish, supported principally by Frederick Barne, Esq.; there is bounded on the east by the German Ocean, and is between also a Sunday school. The annual charities amount to £100 4 and 5 miles south-by-west from , and !.l from per annum, and there is some land belonging to the : in the Eastern division of the county, : parishioners let for £18 per annum, which is appropriated Blything hundred and union, county court district of to the use of the church. 'I'he venerable ruins of All Saints , rural deanery of Dunwich, archdeaconry of and of St. James's Hospital, and the ~\Iaison Dieu are among Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich: this has been thought to the vestiges of former times. Dunwich formerly sent two have been a Roman station, as many of their coins have been members to Parliament, but was disfranchised by the Reform discovered at different times; it was formerly the capital Bill. The seat of Frederick llarne, Esq., extends to the of East Ang-lia, the see of a bishop, a place of considerable cliff, with a full view of the German Ocean. Frederick commercial importance, and contained within its boundary llarne, Esq., and the Corporation are lords of the manor 52 churches and chapels. The borough is governed by a and chief landowners. The soil is sandy; subsoil, sand. recorder, two bailiffs, chosen annually, twelve aldermen, The chief crops are wheat. barley and roots. 'I'he popula­ twenty-four common councilmen, and two magistrates. In tion in 1861 was 227, and the area is 1,465 acres. the reign of Edward I., when the town had already declined Parish Clerk, John Rudd. to some extent, it possessed 11 ships of war, 16 fair ships, 20 -- barks or vessels trading to the North Seas, and 24 fishing Letters through Saxmundham. is the nearest boats. In the reign of Edward Ill. 400 houses and the church money order office of St. Leonard were destroyed by the sea. Tile present de- nay School, Mrs. Isaac Dix, mistress cayed state of this place is owing to the encroachments of CORPORATION:- the ocean, which is still gradually washing away its sandy Recorder, Frederick Barne, esq cliffs. The church of St. J ames is a neat plain edifice, con- Bailiffs, J. "\V. Brooke, esq. Park; J ames Girling, sisting of nave, porch, and tower with 1 bell, erected by eRq. \festleton subscription in the year 1830. The ruins of the hospital Assistant Trustees, William Easey, esq.; George Dix: esq chapel stand inside the churchyard, and contain the vault Chamberlains, George Dix; Richard Girling of the Barne family. The living is a vicarage, yearly value 'Town Clerk, Jonathan Robert Goading, esq. Southwold £.52, in the gift of Frederick Barne, Esq., and held by the Coroner, Benjamin Lillistone Gross, esq Rev. John .Frederick Noott, M.A., of Queens' College, Cam- Fen Reeve, l\Ir. Robinson Briggs bridge, whr> resides at .. There ·,9 a day school, Sergeant at Jl.face 9" lVater .lJailijf, Mr. Joseph Dix Barne Frederick, esq Butcher James, carpenter Rogers Thomas, Barne A nns Barne Capt. St. John Dix Georg·e, farmer & coal merchant Stannard William, blacksmith Baggot James, shopkeeper Easey William, land agent Wade John, farmer

EASTON is a parish and pleasant village, on the rirer the Duke of Hamilton, who is lord of the manor and prin­ Deben, 94 miles from London, 6 north from Woodbridge, cipallandowner. The soil is clay and loarn; subsoil, clay. and 3 south from , in the Eastern division of '!'he chief crops are wheat, roots, barley and hay. The the county, hundred of Loes, union of Plornesgate, Fram- population in 1861 was 400; the parish contains 1,462 lingham and Saxmundham county court district, rural acres, and the net property assessment in 1852 was deanery of Loose, archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of £1,986 7s. 2d. Norwich. The church of All Saints, which stands on an Pm·i..~h Clerk, Candler Beard. eminence, is a neat structure, in the Perpendicular style, -- and consists of chancel, nave, south porch, and octagonal PosT 0FFICE.-Samuel 'l'uthill, postmaste1·. Letters are tower, containing clock and 3 bells: there ar·e some fine received through 'Vickham Market at 7 a.m.; dispatched monuments of the 'Vingfield and Nassau families, and three at 6.15 p.m., sundays at 11.45 a.m. The nearest money ancient brasses. The register dates from the year 15Gl. order office is at Wickham Market The living is a rectory, yearly value about £320, with 25 Chm·ity School (supported by the Ducl1ess of Hamilton), acres of glebe land, and an excellent residence, in the g·ift Miss Harriett M inter, schoolmistress of the Duke of Hamilton, and held by the Rev. 'Villiam CARRIERS TO :- "\Vatson Wood, n.A., of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. EARL SOHAM-Charles Pratt, tuesday & friday The beautiful domain of Easton Park is the residence of 'VooDBRIDGE-Chas. Pmtt,monday, thursday &saturday Hamilton Duke of, Easton park; & 22 llorrett 'Villi am, farmer Read Henry, farmer, ~Iartley hall Arlington street, London s.w Catchpole Mary (Mril.), farmer Smith Ambrose, ornamental vase & Smith Mrs Clarke Edward Willie, grocer & draper brick & tile manufacturer Wood Rev. William 'Vatson, ll.A. Crisp Harriet (Mrs.), farmer Smith David, land agent to the Duke [rector], Rectory Hicks Jane & Son, farmers, Beatries of Hamilton & Brandon; residence, COMl\lERCIAL. Leader "\Villiam Hinge, shoe maker High house, Parham Beard Candler, cooper & parish clerk Newson Pha!be (Mrs.), White Ho1·se Tuthili.Samuel,,;hoemaker,&postoffice Beard Williarn, wheelwright Pratt Charles, carrier 'Yard James, blacksmith

EAST ON BAVENTS is a parisl1, situated on a high ' Halesworth county court district. The chmch of St. Nicholas cliff~ to the north of Southwold: it was formerly a large ltas long since been swallowed up by the sea. A chapel, market town, and very populous, but, by the encroachments· named St. 1\Iargaret'~, through age and the diminution of the of the sea, is now reduced to one farm: it is in the Western inhabitants of tile parish, fell into irretrievable decay : it was uivision of the county, Blything hundl'ed and union, and 1 finally converted into a barn, and scarcely a vestige of it