RICKINGHALL [.] DIRECTORY.] 887 { INFFmiOR.

:Marriott Rev. Charles Harwick[ vicar J, Capon .J ohnson, farmer, Grove farm Pallant .J ame~. tailor Vicarage Cooper George, bricklayer Pendle John, market gardener COMMERCIAL. Cooper Georg·e, jun. blacksmith Row Charles, farmer Andrews John, shopkeeper Daniel Henry, shoe maker Row William, farmer, maltster, seed & Barham Henry, bricklayer Fairs George, farmer corn merchant; & at Saxmundham Bendall Edward, farmer Girling Thomas & Son, farmers, valuers Self George, shoe maker Bicker Samuel, butcher & estate agents, agents to the Nor­ Skinner Charles, farmer Boast .Tames, shoe maker wich Fire & Lite & Nor folk Farmers' Stanton Robert, fin·mer, Hall farm Boast 'Villiam, wheelwright Cattle Insurance Cos. The Rookery Studrl 'Villiam Keahle, carpenter Bruce Thomas, farmer Harsant J olm, tailor & shopkeeper Whitmore Mary Ann (Mrs.), White Button William, shopkeeper 1\Ioore Fenn, farmer Horse

REND LE SHAM is a parish and village, 3 miles south- children of this parish are educated. Rendlesham Hall, the west from Wickham Market, and 4~ north-east from seat of Lord Rendlesham, was destroyed some years since Wood bridge, in the Eastern division of the county, Loes by fire; but there is now, in course of erection, a handsome hundred, union, W oodbridge connty court mansion, in tile Elizabethan style. Lord Rendlesham is district, Loes rural deanery, archdeaconry of Suffolk, ancl lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Gregory is a small mixed; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, old building, with a tower, and contains some fine monu- turnips ami peas. The population in 1861 was 359; the ments to the late Lords Rendlesham and their families. The area is 2,020 acres. register dates from the year 1681. The living is a rectory, Parish Clerk, Robert Jackaman. yearly value £,180, with residence, in the gift of the Crown, · and held hy the Rev. Lord Thomas Hay, M.A., of 'l'rinity Letters through "roodbridge, which is the nearest money College, Cambric1ge. 'l'here is a Free school for about 80 order office children, supported by Lord Rendlesham, in which thr. Free School, l\iiss Costin, mistress Rendlesham Lord, Rendlesham hall COl\IMERCIAL. Parson Freeman, farm steward to Lord Hay Rev. Lord Thomas, M.A. [rector] .Jennings Georg-e, head gamekeeper to Rendlesham Marshall Rev. Alfred Ethelwolf Lord Rendlesham, Rendlesham Read Thomas, farmer, Nauntoa hall [curate] park Wrig·ht David, shoe maker & grocer

REYDON is a parish and village, closely adjoining South- 1 acres was awarded to the poor, and is let at a rental of £18 wold on the north-west, in the Eastern division of the per annum, which is distrihu teLl in coals. Gravel pits are dug county, and union, Halesworth county hel'e. The Earl of Stradbroke is lord of the manor, and court district, rural deanery of Dunwich, and archcleaconry : impropriator of the gTeat tithes, commuted at £410 per and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Margaret is a [annum. The principal landowners are J. L. Ewen, Esq., Gothic building, and consists of nave, chancel, and a porch and the Earl of Stradbroke. The soil is mixed; subsoil, on the south side, with tower about 65 feet high; it is con- clay and gravel. 'l'he chief crops arc wheat, barley, oats sidered to be of great antiquity. The register dates from the and turnip9. The population in 1861 was 294, and the area year 1G86. The living is a vic-arage, consolidated with Hen- is 2, 727 acres. ham and Wangford, joint yearly value .£254, in the gift of the · Parish Clerk, Henry Rackham. Earl of Stradbroke, and held by the Rev. J olm R. Crowfoot, -- B.n., of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. At the Letters through 'Vangford, which is the nearest money enclosure of the parish, in the year 1800, an allotment of 22 order office Bradford Wilmer, esq. Reydon hall Clarke William Rivers, farmer Parry William, cattle salesman &; Wilson Rev.Nathaniel [curate of South- Doy Charles, blacksmith farmer woldJ Gray Edward, farmer Runnacles Rayner, farmer COMMERCIAL. Keen John, farmer ScarlettDavid, farm bailifl'to Mr.Denny Cadey James, farme1· Keen John, jun. farmer Smith Sophia (Mrs.), farmer J Chil vers olm, farmer 1 M oore John, farmer, Wood farm Wailing John, farmer

RICKINGHALL INFERIOR is a village and 2A. 3n. 2P., left by Francis Rokewood, and the interest parish, adjoining Botesdale, 5 miles west from .l\Iellis station, of £10 left by J ohu Browne in 1731 ; the proceeds of the 5~ from Finningham station, 8 north-east from , last are expended for the benefit of the poor. Here is a fuel and 7 south-west h·om Diss, in the \Vestern division of the allotment of lOA. 2R. 30P., the rent of which is Pxpended in county, Blackbourn hundred, Stow union, county court dis- coals and supplied to the poor. George Holt Wilson, Esq., trict of Eye, rural deanery of Hartismere, archdeaconry of is lord of the m~nor and principal landowner. The soil is Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary various, some parts mixed, in other parts inclining to is an ancient structure, consisting of nave, chancel, lolty heavy; subsoil, principally clay, with some g1·avel. The south aisle, large porch, and round tower, the upper portion crops are on the fo1,1r-course shift. The population in 1861 being octagonal and ornamented with pirrnacles: the tower was 4:37, and the area is 1,966 acres; rateable "Value, contains 3 bells. The living is a rectory, with that of £3,107 17s. 6d. Rickinghall Superior annexed, joint yearly value £850, with Parish Clerk, Richard Bailey. residence, and 30 acres of glebe, in the gift of George Holt -- 'Vilson, Esq., and held by the Rev. Ricl1ard Compton Letters delivered by hand from Scale, via Botesdale, which Maul, M.A., of Caius College, Cambridge. Here is a good is the nearest money order office. There is a wall letter National school and residence for the master; the building box near the church, cleared week days at 6.40 p.m. & on is of flint with red b:::ick facings. The children of Ricking- sundays at 12.1Q p.m hall Superior also attend here. The Independents and INSURANCE AGENT.-London ~Provincial Fire ~ L~fe 'Vesleyans have each good and commodious chapels here, ~ Royal Farmers' ~ Briton Medical ~ General Life both places being lighted with gas for the evening services. As80ciation, Woolnough Gross Here are 9A. OR. 27r. of land, therent ofwhich is expended Inland Revenue Office, Bell inn partly in the repairing of the church and partly in bread for National School, William Kefford, master the poor parishioners. Here is also a charity, consisting of CARRIERS-The same as for Hotesdale PRIVATE RESIDENT:>. Chaplin Lewis, blacksmith Norton Charles Thomas, farmer & Amys Miss, The Cottage Clarke James, fal'mer landowner Gross 'Voolnough, esq. Brook house Clarke Thomas .l\L cabinet maker Nunn J ames, farmer Maul Rev. Richard Compton, M.A. Colson Alfred, farmer & butcher Philips Augustus & Belinda (Miss), [rector], Rectory Cook Denny, boot & shoe maker Bell commercial inn Norton Charles Thomas, esq Daines Charles Grinling, plumber & Stebbens James, fishmonger COMMERCIAL, glazier Symonds George, farmer, West hall, & Bailey James, carrier Freeman Robert, farmer at Botesdale, Burgate, Debenham & Bailey James Rceder, carter Gross Woolnough, solicitor, & commis- Gislingham Bailey Richard, bricklayer sioner for taking affidavits in all the Warren Alfred, blacksmith Barker William, miller & horse clipper courts Warren Prances (Mrs.), beer retailer Bloom field George Christopher, grocer J ackaman John, farmer White Charles, relieving officer & regis- & draper King George, beer retailer trar of births & deaths Boston John, sen. tailor Newstead Robert, grocer & draper Woods Richard, tailor