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DIR.ECTultY.) SUFFOLK. FELIXSTOWE. 139 Hotel, opp(}site the new station, and "Fludyer's" Hotel There is an endowment for the widows of the parish in Undercliff road east. - amounting to £27 yearly, which is distributed quarterly. The> " Croydon '' Cottage Hospital for Felixstowe and The Herman de Stern Convalescent Home, situated Walton was erected in I909 in Constable road, the site here on the isthmus of Landguard, about a mile out and building being the gift of C. H. E. Croydon esq.; of the wwu, and at the south end of the promenade, is a it contains Io beds. structure of red brick with stone facings in the Domestic The Fire Brigade Station, in Hamilton road, was built Gothic style, and has a low tower; it has a southerly in 1902 by the Urban District Council. aspect, and commands a view of the German .Ocean, The Felixstowe Golf Club was established in I88o; Harwich Harbour and the river Orwell; it has been the links are situated near Bawdsey Ferry, to the north endowed with funds left by the Baroness de Stern, to of tne town, close to the beach, and can be reached perpetuate the memory of her husband, Baron Herman either by the road, . along the edge of the cliffs, or by , de Stern the beach; the club house, a commodious old-fashioned 1 Landguard Fort, now occupied by a detachment of mansion, contains dining, drawing, smoking, billiard and the Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Engineers, stands card rooms and a number of excellent bedrooms; the on the extreme western point of this parish; the ground club consists of about 400 members; the air on t-hese outside theo fort is now used as a training camp for the links is remarkably fresh and bracing; any member Territorial Forces and for the Special Reserve musketry may introduce a friend to all the privilege·s of the club, training during the summer months. subject to the printed rules and "regulations; there is Felixstowe Lodge is the residence· of Philip Wyndham also a Ladies' Golf Club. The Felixstowe Croquet. Club Cobbold esq. E. G. Pretyman esq. M.P., D.L., J ..P. of usually holds four tournaments annually, at Whitsun, Orwell Park is lord of the manor and principal -land- August, September and October. The Felix!-!towe Cricket 1 owner. ' Club Ground, near the Town Station, is 6~ acres in ' The soil is of an excellent mixed nature; subsoil, extent, an~ includes a fine pavilion. The Felixstowe crag, wherein a great number of valuable geological Lawn Tenms Club holds an open tournament (East of specimens are frequently found. The chief crops are England Championships) commencing second monday in . wheat barley and peas . .Aug:ust,_ extending over six ~ays, ~nnually. Th~ Orwell I Th: area is I,92I acres of land, II of water, 374 of Cormthian Y~cht Clu~ (revived m. I88I) has .Its head tidal water and I32 of foreshore; rateable value, quarters here, t~e dock affo:ds ad:r;urable moorm~s, and ., ; the population in I oi was , , and in £38 178 9 2 720 I II, , , good anchorage IS also obtama~le m the harbour! races 9 4 440 including 22s in Landguard Fort, and are held eve~y Saturday durmg th~ summer m ~he 637 on boa1·d five of H.M. ships. The population of the harbour, startmg from the end of Fehxstowe Dock Pier. ecclesiastical parishes in 190I was :-SS. Peter and Paul The Grove, a shady dale, reached. by a short ~alk (parish church) I 538 and St. John the Baptist I 987. across the meadows, past the remams of the priOry ' ' . ' ' . founded here by Roger Bigod about nos, and sup- . Th~ a~ea of Fehxstowe and Walton Urban Council pressed in I529, is a favourite resort, which has been distnct. IS . 3·983 acres; rateable. value £66,847 ~ the opened to the public by E. G. Pretyman esq. M.P. The I pop_ulatiOn m I90I was s,8IS, and m I9II, 8,666, VI7.. : Ranelagh Gardens contain reading and refreshment Fehxstowe, 4·440 and Walton, 4,226. rooms and a bandstand; promenade concerts and other Parish Clerk, William Henry Versey, 3 St. George's amusements are held during the season. teorrace, Old Felixstowe. OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, Medical Officer of Health, George James Conford B. A., Hamilton road (letters should have Suffolk added). M.D., B.Ch.Oxon. Sancl'oft, Bath road Henry Frederick Crick, postmaster. Delivery com Accountant & Clerk, J. W. Newlove, Town hall mences at 7 & 9.30 a.m. & 3.30 & 6,40 p.m.; dis~ Engineer, Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Harry Clegg, patched at 8.20 & 10.30 a.m. I2 noon & 2, 4.40 & 8.30 Town hall p.m. (4.30 p.m. July to September); sundays at 8.30 Collector. Waiter Mason Cuckow, Orwell road p.m. winter & summer. Telegraph office open until 8 HARWICH PORT SANITARY AUTHORITY JOINT p.m. on week days & from 8.30 to 10 a.m. (& 5 to 6 BOARD. p.m. July to September) on sundays · Representatives. · Town Sub-Post & M. 0. Offices:- Col. G. S. Elliston C.B Gains borough road.-Miss Florence Westbrook, sub-post E. G. Everett mistress. Nearest telegraph office in Hamilton road, FELIXSTOWE SUB-COMMITTEE OF SUFFOLK about i mile ; letters received in a box near by (EAST) LOCAL PENSION COMMITTEE. Manning road.-Mrs. Rosina Nash, sub-postmistress. The following parishes are included in the> Sub-District: Also telegraph office for dispatch only -Alderton, Alnesbourn, Bawdsey, Boyton, Buckle Station road.-P. Goodall, sub-postmaster. Nearest sham, Cape! St. Andrew, Falkenham, Felixstowe, telegraph office, Beach Railway station, close by Hemley, Hollesley, Kirton, Levington, Nacton, New Post Office, ·Old Felixstoweo.-Miss A. E. Brown, sub bourn, Ramsholt, Shottisham, Stratton Hall, Sutton, postmistress. Letters arrive 7 a.m. & 4 & 8 p.m.; Trimley St. Martin, Trimley St. Mary, Walton . ·dispatched 9.25 a.m. & 6. IS p.m. Also telegraph office Meetings are held at the Town hall on the first Monday in everv month. Post Office, Felixstowe Ferry.-Charles Henry Newsom, • postmaster. Letters from Fe>lixstowe, Suffolk, arrive Chairman, Harold Percival Varley J.P. Gulpher, Walton CleTk, James Langoton, Carisbrooke, Cobbold road at 7.30 a.m. & 4·35 p.m. & dispatched at g:10 a.m. & .s.so p.m. Old Felixstowe, about ~~ miles distant, is PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. the nearest telegraph office The " Croydon" Cottage Hospital for Felixstowe & FELIXSTOWE & WALTON URB..l~ DISTRICT Walton, Constable road; C. G. Havell M.D.Durh., COUNCIL. M.R.C.S.Eng., J. H. Hart M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P. Offices. Town hall, Undercliff road; Meetings ut Lond., P. L. Giuseppi M.D., B.S.Lond., F.R.C.S.Eng. & Wednesday in e"<~eory month at 2.30 p.m. G. J. Conford B.A., M.D., B.Ch.Oxon., M.R.C.S. Members. Eng. medical officers; Mrs. Havell, hon. sec. ; Mrs. Chairman, Thomas Ward. Croydon, hon. treas.; Miss Bill, matron Vice-Chairman, Charles Frederick Fisk. Fire Brigade, Hamilton road Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners' Royal Benevolent Retire April, I 913. John Catchpole Butler Haylett Thomas Horner Society; hon. representative, F. B. Jennings, Wal George Sampson Elliston Thomas Ward brook house Charles Fred£>rick Fisk Town Hall, Undercliff road Retire April. 1914. PUBLIC OFF'ICERS. Ernest Girling Everptt William Wawman Admiralty Surgeon & Agent, Chas. Graham Havell M.D J ames Flanders Edward Hannath Wood- Assessor & Collector of King's Taxes, Assistant Over John Grayston mancv seer for Felixstowe & Walton, Waiter Mason Cuckow, Retire April, I9I5: Orwell l'oad William Gardiner Clarke Arnold John Howard Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, 5th District, Wood Denis Jacob Cowles George Henry Jackson bridge Union, Paul Leon Giuseppi M.D.Lond., F.R.C.S. Waiter Frederick Cross Eng. Leopold houseo Officel's. Clerk, Reginald Montague Humphrey, Town hall H.M.S. "Blenheim," depot ship for Third Destroyer Treasurer, William Alexander, Ipswich Flotilla .