Suffolk.] Lakenheath

[SUFFOLK.] LAKENHEATH. 850 [ POS'r OFFIC£ of glebe land, .in the gift of, and held by, the Rev. James chalk. The crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. Hie hard Holden, M.A ., of Christ's College, Cambridge. There The population in 1861 was 197, and the area is 2,334 acres. are Day and Sunday schools, partly endoweu. The Rev. Parish Clerk, Henry Norman. Jam a~ Richard Holden is lord of the manor, and the sole Letters through Bury St. Edmund's, which is also the landowner. The soil is light and sandy; .subsoil, clay and nearest money order office. Holden Rev. James Richard, M.A., J.P.[rector] 1 Hammond John, shopkeeper I Kerry Thomas R. farmer. LAKENHEATH is a parish and large village, formerly kilns. A market was held for the sale of corn, the farmers a market town, 2 miles south from Lakenheath station, 86~ meeting weekly at the Bell inn, but it is now discontinued. from London, 5 west from Bandon, 6 north-east from There is a fair for cattle and toys, held on the first Thursday Mildenhall, and within 2 miles of the Little Ouse river after Midsummer-day. The National Provident Institution navigation, in the Western division of the county, ~Iilden are lords ofthe manor, and owners of the principal part of hall union and county court district, Lackford hundred, the soil. The soil is light and sandy, with a larg·e portion Fordham rural deanery, Sudbury archdeacoiL'")', and diocese of fen on the west, and has nearly 3,000 acres of open rabbit of Ely, situated on a slight acclivity, surrounded by war warren, 2,400 in the occupation of 1\fr. Phipps, and 250 rens of great extent, and commanding a most extensive acres occupied by Mr. Flack. The chief crops are wheat, view of the country around. The church of St. Mary is an barley, oats and rye. The population in 18tH was 1,797; ancient edifice : it has a tower and 5 bells, nave, chancel, the area is 10,550 acres. UNDLEY is a small hamlet, a ~ile and aisles : the chancel was restored in 1864. The present west. register dates from 1706, the books containing the earlier Pamh Clerk, Joseph Morley. ones having been burnt. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £190, in the g·ift of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, and PosT & 1\IoNEY ORDER OFFICE & Post Office Saviugs held by the Rev. William Smart Prout, B.A., of Worcester Bank.-William Household, postmaster. Letters re College, Oxford. There were formerly two Free schools, ceived from Brandon at 7.40 a.m.; dispatched at 6.20 p.m one endowed by George Go ward, Esq., for 30 boys, and the INSURANCE AGENT.-Noncich Union, Wm. Household other for 11 boys, endowed by Mr. Evans and Mr. Kitchiner; Goward ~- Evans' Charity School, John Rolpb, master they have recently been amalgamated by the trustees. CARltiERS TO BURY.-Samuel "\Yilliams, every wednesday There is a \Yesleyan chapel, also one for Baptists and one & saturday; & William Bowers, wednesday. ',l.'o Thet for Independents. Here are clay and sandpits and lime- ford, William Bowers, saturday Chamberlain 1\'fr. John Flack Simon, farmer Pawsey George Dunthorn, veterinary Edwards Frederick, esq Flack Walter, farmer surgeon Howard 1\Ir. James Flack William, farmer, Sedge farm Payne William, blacksmith &t farmer Prout Rev. \Villi am Smart, B.A. [vicar] PoRter Maria & Son, shoe makers Peachey Edmund, farmer COMMERCIAL. Foster Joseph, shopkeeper Peachey Roper, farmer Adcock Christopher, brewer & beer Foster Thomas, shoe maker Pells Fanny (Mrs.), stationer retailer Fuller Robert, wheelwright Pells John, falconer All sop George, Anchor Gathercole John, baker Penson Thomas, cattle dealer Allsop Henry, farmer Gathercole Richard, farmer, Sandpits Porter Jacob, Sedge Sheaf AllsopJohn, Plough Gathercole William, farmer Presland John, wheelwright All sop William, farmer Gayton Richard, farmer Ratcliff Lemuel, plumber Barber Jehu, farmer Greenacre Richard, farmer RolpP. Charles, bricklayer Barker George, harness maker Halls Josiah, miller Rolph Francis, beer retailer Bowers Charles, butcher Hammond William. hair dre!'lser Rolph Hammond, bricklayer Brown Francis, farmer Harding George, farmer Rolph James, farmer Brown John, baker & confectioner Ilarding Robert, beer retailer Rolph J ames, farmer Burroughs James, grocer & draper Harwin Francis, butcher Rolph James, wheelwright Capp Elizabeth (Mrs.), school Hazel George, farmer, Decoy farm Ho! ph John, farmer Cash George, hoot & shoe maker Horrox Anthony, beer retailer Rolph John, assistant overseer & tax Cash Jacob, High Bridge House IIorrox Francis, shoe maker collector Cash Robert, boot & shoe maker Houchen J ames, tailor Rolph William, farmer Cash Hobt. (l\Irs.), straw bonnet maker Household William, grocer & draper RutterfordAdam,coal merchant & farmr Cash Roper, farmer Kemmence Harry, Bull Scott J oseph, miller Coleby John, farmer, Sedge farm Kerl'ey Ambrose Charles, tailor Sizer James, wheelwright Coleman Charles, farmer King Charles, farmer, Decoy farm Sizer J oseph, blacksmith Coleman J ames, farmer King Cyril, Green Dragon, & farmer Smith John, grocer & draper Coleman Jame!>, beer retailer & farmer Miller Matthew, farmer Sturton Elizabeth (Miss), day school Cossey William, farmer Miller William Elven, farmer 'l'rudgett J ames, miller Cracknell William, farmer Morley Philip & Son, grocers & drapers Tuffs Peter, farmer Crow William, farmer Norton Robert, Half Moon Waddelow Thomas, farmer, Undley Fincham Edward, shopkeeper Palmer Henry, farmer, Rectory farm Wainwright Alfred, farmer, Undley hall Fincham J oseph, wheelwright Pal mer John, farmer, Mill road Williams Samuel, shopkeeper & carrier Fine ham \-Villiam,Bell commercial inn, Palm er Robert, farmer Winn William, farmer, Fen & farmer Parsons George, bricklayer Wretham William, blacksmith LANGHAM is a village and parish, 4 miles north from and held by the Rev. Harry Corlcs, u.A., of Trinity College, the Elm~well station, 3 h·om Ixworth, and 9 from Bury Cambridge. 'l'here is a school, principally supported by St. Edmund's, in the Western division of the county, Black Fuller Maitland Wilson, Esq., who i8 lord of the manor and bourn hundred, Stow union, Bury St. Edmund's county sole landowner. 'l'he soil is principally heavy; 8ubsoil, blue court district, rural deanery of Blackbourn, archdeaconry clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oat!! and turnips. of Sudbury, and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary is The area is 937 acres, and tlJC population in l 861 was 293. an ancient stone structure, in the Early English and Per Parish Clerk, William Wright. pendicular styles, and consists of na·ye and Decorated chancel: it has a magnificent rood screen, and 2 bells. Letters through Bury St. Edmund's. Ixworth is the nearest The register dates from the year 1562. The living is a money order office rectory, yearly value £295, in the gift of H. Wilson, Esq., School, Mrs. Charlotte Tuck, mistress Corles Rev. Harry, 11r.A. [rector] Day Henry M. farmer Miller Edward, farmer Wilson Mrs. The Hall Gooachild Henry, shopkeeper Rosier Henry Hubbard, blacl;smith Barfield Henry, farmer Mathew Edward, farmer LAVENHAM, formerly a market town, is a parish built of Casterton stone, intermixed with flint: its and polling place for the Western division of the county, extreme length is 180 feet; its breadth 68 feet: the tower situate on the Bury and Sudbury Railway, which has a (141 feet high) is very fine, being beautifully proportioned, station here, 10 miles north-west-by-west from Iladleigh, and contains a melodious peal of 8 bells, which have 7 north-east-by-north from Sudhury station, and 10 south been visited by ringers from all parts of the country on from Bury St. Edrnund's, in Babergb hundred, Cosford account of their exquisite tone. The church was thoroughly union, Sudbury county court district, rural deanery and restored and reseatcd with open benches in 1867, at a archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Ely. The church of cost of about £2,750, when a new organ was presented by SS. Peter and Paul is a very handsome structure: it is the Rector, who, with other members of his family, llas .

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