[. J COTTON. 764 [POST OFFICE Barber John Lee, esq. Carton Cliff ho Ki11g Susannah (Miss), shopkeeper Seale!l Thomas, White Horse Soames Frederick, esq. Carton Cliff Pilch William Gooch, miller & baker Smith John, shoe maker Stacey Mr. Benjamin. The Cottage . Read Robert, beer retailer Soans George, carpenter Baker George, blacksmith Read Robert, blacksmith Squires William, farmer Goodrich "\Yilliam Stannard, farmer Roe William Bradley, farmer, Bleak ho \Yoo

COTTON is a village and parish, 1 mile south-west from Cotton Hall, now a farm house, belong·s to C. Tyrcll, Esq., Pinning ham station, 87 miles from London, G~ north-by­ lord of the manor, and is an ancient mansion, encompaBsed east from Stowmarket, and 3 west-north-west from :Men­ by a broad deep moat, which has been walled in on both dlesham, in the ·western division of the county, Ilartismere sides. Williarn De la Pole died seised of Cotton manor, in hundred and union, Stowmarket county court district, the 28th of Henry VIII.; it afterwards passed to the Duke of rural deanery of Hartismere, archdeaconry of Suffolk, and Norfolk, who, in 1558, assigned it to Sir John Tyrell. The diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Andrew is an old manors of Bacton and Mendlesham extend into this parish. stone building, in the Perpendicular and Decorated styles : The chief landowners are Charles Tyrell, Esq., and Captain it has nave, aisles, chancel, and a tower containing.') bells: Ileigham. The soil is clay and loamy; subsoil, partly in its windows are some fragments of ancient staiued glass, gTavel. The crops are principally wheat and beans. The and its porch has highly enriched mouldings. The register area is 1,921A. 2R. 27P., and the population in 1851 was dates from the year 1538. The living is a rectory, tithes li42. commuted in 1839 for £485 yearly, and a good residence of FORD's GREEN, EARL's GREEN, and SMITH's GREEN white brick, which was erected in 1811, and has extenBive lie to the south-west. gardens and pleasure grounds : the glebe lands are Parish Clerk, Charles Pleasance. 19A. OR. 30P.; Major Turner is patron, allll the Rev. Michael Turner, M.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Letters received from Stowmarket, via Bacton. Stow- 1 is the incumbent. There is a small Parochial school, 8Up- market is the nearest money order office parted by the Rector. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. Parockial School, Miss Eliza Leggett, mistress Turner Rev. Michael, M.A. [rector], Ford John, miller & coal dealer Le Grice Charles, farmer Rectory Garrard William, grocer & beer retailer May hew Harold, farmer Berry George, weaver Goodrich Charles, farmer 1\f ullinger Daniel, bricklayer & slater Blake Daniel, shopkeeper Goodrich Joseph, farmer Murton Jas. farmer, Hcmpnalls hall Bullock Robert, cooper Goodrich Samuel, farmer Pleasance Samuel, tea dealer Carter David, Railway tavern Grimwood J arncs, farmer Scotchmcr 'rhomas, tailor Cater William, farmer Hayward Geo. Cock, & whiting maker Seaman \Villiam, blacksmith Doe J ohn,farm bailiff to John Ward, esq J annings .John Chas.farmer,Cotton hall Smith Robert, farmer Finbow Sarah (Mrs.), farmer [ Leggett George, carpenter Vincent Richard, fan:ier

NORTHCOVEisa villageandparish,5milessouth-west coals to the poor. Roman remains ami other nntiqui­ from Mutford station, 1 mile south of the navigable Wave- ties have been found in this parish, on Wade Hall farm, ney, and 2~ milelil south-east from Beccles, in the Eastern where there is also tue site of an ancient moated hall. North division of the county, hundred and union of , Cove Hall, the seat ofWilliam Everitt, Esq., is an ancient BeC'cles county court district, rural deanery ofWangford, and building, commanding an extensive view. The Rev. Sir nrchdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Charles Clarke, Bart., M.A., of Worlingham Hall, is lord of Botolph, is an ancient thatched building, consisting of nave, the manor. The principallandowners are William Everitt, chancel, and south porch, with a square tower and 3 bells. Esq., Richard Tacon, Esq., Slipper's Trustees, and A. :A. The living is a rectory, with that of Willingham annexed; Vansittart, Esq. The soil is mixed, with a considerable the tithes have been commuted for £396 per annum, in the proportion of marsh land. The chief crops are wheat, g-ift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. Richard barley and roots. The population in 1861 was 200, and the Gooch, M.A.; the Rev. Evan Joel Evans is the curate. area is 1,242 acres; rateable value, £1,763, The Wesleyans have a place of worship. There is a small Parish Clerk, Philip Tills. school for boys and girls, supported by the parishioners and Letters through Beccles, which is the nearest money order children's pence. The only charity is about £4, derived office from the rent of pari~h land, aud distributed once a year in Parochial School, Mrs. Cutting, mistress Everitt William, esq. North Cove hall Brock Oliver, farmer Huke James, grocer & draper Evans Rev. EnnJoel [curate] Goffin Wm. wheelwright & blacksmith Moore George, shoe maker Huke Mrs. J Hamby Thomas, farmer, Barkers Snell Wi!liam, 'l'hree Horseshoes Breeze Charles, gardener Huke George, woodman Tacon Richard, farmer, Wade Hall farm

SOUTH COVE is a parish and agricultural village, not Christ Church, Oxford. There is a Sunday school. The far from the sea, 3! miles north-by-west from , charities amount to £12 3s. 4d. annually, which is expended in the Eastern division of the county, Blything hundred and in coals for the poor. Here are clay pits. Bricks are made union, county court district of, H nlesworth, rural deanery here. Sir E. S. Gooch, Bart., is lord of the manor, ami of , arch deaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Nor- principal landowner. 'l'he soil is mixed; subsoil, clay. The wich. The church of St. Lawrence is an old building, with chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is thatched roof, and square tower containing 1 bell. The regis- 1,214 acres, and the population in 1861 was 187. ter dates from the year 1722. 'I' he living is a vicarage, yearly Parish Clerk, .John Beamish. value £270, with residence, in the gift of Sir Edward S. Letters received through Wangford. The nearest money Gooch, Bart., and held by the Rev. Charles John Gooch, of order office is at Wrentham Candler Stephen, farmer Harrod William, Five Bells IMartin J ames, farmer Gray William, farmer Keen Robert, farmer Pipe Benjnmin, farmer

COVEHITHE (formerly called NoRTH HALES) is a commuted at £28 per annum,in the gift of Sir Edward Sher­ parish, 2 miles east from 'Yrentham, 5 east from Wangford, lock Gooch, Bart., and held by the Rev. Willinm Gooch, who and 4~ north from Southwold, in the Eastern division of the is also vicar of Stainton, Yorkshire. Here is a Parochial county, Blything hundred and union, county school for boys and girls, supported by voluntary contribu­ courtdistrict, rural deanery ofDunwich, arch deaconry of Suf- tions. The annual charities amount to £2;), a portion of folk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Andrew has wbich is expended in buying coals for the poor. On the a very handsome square tower containing 5 well-toned bells: seashore is a look-out station, with a detachment of four it consists of nave, chancel, and a porch on the south side. men, under the command of the chief officer at Kessingland. The ancient church was destroyed in the year 1643, during ~irE. S. Gooch, Bart., is lord of the manor and chief land­ the Civil 'Yars of Charles I.: the present one was erected in owner. The soil is various ; sulJsoil, gravel. The chief the year 1672, and attests the extent of the former edifice, crops arc wheat, barley, oats and turnips. 'l'he population being erected within the nave of the ancient church, and not in 1861 was 192, and the area is I,[J[)3 acres. occupying more than half the area: three of the ancient arches Pa'l"ish Clerk, Henry Hunter. at the east end and the lofty tower still remain, the latter con- Letters received through \Vangford, which is the nearest stituting a good landmark for vessels. The living is a dis- money order office charged vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Benacre; tithe~" Parochial School, Mrs. 1rfartha Mills, mistress Goodwyn Samuel Chapman, farmer I Hunting John, A ncfwr _: I Pepper William, farmer