1 I238 THOR~BAM MAGNA.,. . [KELLY S . Duchess of Cha.ndos, sister of L:idy Hennikcr, and with her among which iiJ a very good one by this al'tistl nfvSil' John co-heir of her father,. Sir John Major hart. of Worlingworth Major1 also a charming porltrait .of Sir John Henniker,. byr Hall, also in the county of Suffolk, lived there, and a.s she Romney; two pictures by Landseer, paint~d at Thornham. died without issue, her brother-in-law, Lord llenniker, when hs was twenty-two; some modern portraits of 'Lady succeeded to the house and estate. The old house w:lB of Henniker and her children. Amongst other objects of red brick, but has been covered with stucoo : the late Lord interest to bl\ seen at Thornham is the sedan chair of the Henniker (leaving the shaM of the house intact) built a new Duchess of Chandos ; also specimen• of and Yar. outer wall round the court, making pleasant additions -to month and Swansea, Wedgwood and Oriental china, as well the rooms in nooks and corners. This addition is built in as old Chippendale furniture, and an organ bnih by the white bricks made on the estate; and in style resembles an third Lord Henniker ; the park is between 300 and 400 old French chateau: a wing containing a •• salon" of lovely acres, and the gardens are about 25 acres in extent. The old whit.e and gold panelling from a chateau in France, is soil is clay and heavy land, some mixed; subsoil, clay and one of the features of the house most worthy of notice: it brick earth. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. is of the Louis XIV. period, and represents some of "La The area is- :r,324 acres~ rateable value, £1,790; the popn"' Fontaine's"Fables." Successive owners have added to the col­ lation in 1891 w-.ts 275. lection of pictures. There is an interesting portrait of Sir Parish Clerk, Martin Stocking. Charles Brydges, one of t.he Chandos family, the keeper of the Tower, who saved Queen Elizabeth's life (then princess) PosT 0FFICE.-Miss Emily Steede, receiver. Letters arrive by delaying her execution; also the portrait of Richard Crom- from Eye at 7· 30 a. m. & 2·30 P· m. ; dispatched at 6.3a well. The Killigrews had collected Lely's and Kneller's; p.m. ; on sundays at 10. ~o a. m. Postal orders are issued there are two particularly fine full-length portraits, one of here, but not paid. The nearest money order & telogmph the Ear[ of Nottingham, by Myttens, the other of the Duke office is at Finningham of Norfolk, by Holbein, and some p~rtraits of the Bucking- Na.tionaJ School (mixed), was enlarged & improved by Lord ham and Chandos families; and several of Sir Joshua Henuiker in 1874, for 90 children: average attendancer Reynolds' portraits of the Hermiker and Major families; 6o; Miss M. A. Bus well, mistress Henniker Lord M.A., F.B.A., D.L., J.P. Henniker-Major Hon. Albert Edward Knight James, farmer Thornham hall: & Worlingworth John B.A., J.P. Thornham hall Perkins John, head gardener to Lord hall i & 6 Grafton street, Bond street Baker Rev. Charles M.A. Rectory · Henniker, Park villa w & Carlton. White's & Travellers' Deeks William, grocer & draper Rose William, miller (wind) clubs, London s w Denny William, blacksmith RushJohn,farm bailiff to LordHenniker Henniker-Major Capt. the Hon. Arthur Gillings Edwin, farmer, The Grove Warren Edward Kimberley, HorseShoes Henry J.P. Thornham hall GouldWm.gamekeepertoLordHenniker P.H • THORNHAM P ARVA JS a village and parish about is a rectory, consolidated with Thorn ham Magna. Lord 2! miles south-west from Eye, in the North Eastern division !Ienniker, who is lord of the manor, and Lady J3ateman of the county, , petty sessional division are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and heavy and union, Eye county court district, Hartismere rural land, some mixed 1 subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat deanery, Suffolk arcbdeaconry and diocese. The and barley. The area. is 676 acres; rateable value, £789; church of St. Mary is a small but ancient edifice of flint and the population in '1891 was 136. stone, with a thatched roof, in the Norman sty le, and consists Parish Clerk, John N unn. of chancel, nave and a western tower containing one bell; the LETTER Box cleared at 6 p. m. Letters through Eye, via cb\lrch was restored in r883, when a small Norman window Thornham Magna, arrive at 7-35 a.m. The nearest was discovered : there is also a Norman doorway : there are money order & telegraph office is at Eye 19 sittings. The register commences in 1711. The living The children attend school at Tb.ornham Magna. Doggett Robert, farmer, Chapel farm )'loss Lazarus, school attendance officer Symonds Ed ward,farm bailiff to Messrs. Lamb Henry, shopkee.l;ler & inspector of nuisances, rural sani- Betts & Co. Chandos fann Nunn Charles, farmer tary authority, Hartismere union THORPE MORIEUX il'l a -parish and small agricul­ chapel. The annual value of Bowles' charity (the only tural village, 9 miles south-east-by-south from Bury St. one in the parish) is rO!I. Henry Sparrow esq.js lord of th11 Edmunds, IL north-east from Sudbury ami 4 north-by-east mannr. The principal landowners are Thomas Haynes from Lavenham station on the Colchester and Burv• section Harrison, of Copford H!tll, Colchester, Essex, Henry Sparrow of the Great Eastern railway, in the Southern division of the and Thomas Batman Marriott esqrs. the Rev, 11. J. Basted county, Cosford union aml hundred, Hadleigh petty ses­ and Capt. ·waiter William Poynder B.N. The soil is chiefly sional division, Sudbury county cour1i district, and in the clay; subsoil, clay, The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley rural deanery of Lavenham, an:hdeaconry of Sndbury and and turnips. The area is 2,457 acres; rateable value,£21612; diocese of Ely, · The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone the population iq 1891 was 385. in the Perpendicular style and consists of phancel, nave, Parish Clerk, John Hogger. south porch and western embattled tower containing 3 bells, and was thoroughly restored aud reseated in 1s69, at a cost :PosT OFFICE.-John Hoggcr, receiver. Letters through of £2,ooo : there are 28o sittings. The register dates from Bilderston S. 0. arrive at 8. 30 a. m. i dispatched at 4·45 the year 1538. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- p.m. Felsham is the nearest money order office & Cock- charge £472, net yearly value £337• with 23 acres of glebe tiel