DIRECTORY.] SUFFOLK. BILDES'fON.· 981
Benneworth Walter, miller (water), Folkard Thomas, shoe maker Neville Harry Alfred, brass founder Flatford mills Gibbs Albert, farmer Potter Thomas, pork butcher Caley & Chaplin, grocers, provision Gibbs John, shoe maker Pyett James, farmer dealera & drapers, Supply stores ;.& at Goddard Joseph, farmer Ramp ling Gifford, butcher ' Brantham Hearsum Samuel, farmer Ramsey Jaroes, beer retailer Bloom John, saddler Heckford Thomas, shoe maker Randall Jessie (Miss), ladies' school Calvert .Williafll Sidney, solicitor, per· Hynard William, market gardJ';jer Reynolds Joshua, photographel' petual commissioner, commissioner Juby Frederick, fal'mer ,f'- Rogers John, thrashing ma.cbine owner for affidavits, steward of the manor' of Juby Henry, farmer Rose William, poultry dealer Holton hall, solicitor to the commis- Kerridge Shadrach, grocer & draper, Sage Step hen, plumber & ghl.Zier sioners of the River Stour Navigation, tea dealer & provision merchant, St. Mary's Abbey Convent supt. registrar for Samford district, corn, flour, meal & offal dealer Scarf John, carpenter clerk to the Stratford & Higha.m & King George, saddler & harness maker Scoging Samuel William, overseer &. also Raydon school boards,& agent to Knights Anna (Mrs.), coal dealer surveyor of highways the. Sun Insurance Co.; & at Nayland Littlebury Thomas Halls, fancy reposi- Smith Thomas, farm bailiff ~or the Lady Cemetery (Steph~n Sage, clerk to the tory, ~postmaster Abbe!>S · burial board) Lott John, farmer & assessor Speneer Henry Abner, baker Chisnall Walter, farmer, Puttocks Mann Alfred, farmer Turner Fredericlt. Harry, surgeon, &. Church John, carpenter & builder. Mann Benjamin, pork butchar medic11l officer & public vaccinator Cole John, machine owne-r · Martin Charles, farmer & la~downer, for Capel &. Stratford districts, Sam- Conway John, market gardener High trees r ford uniun, The Got hies Coote Jonas, shopkeeper Mead & Scambler, grocers & drapers,& Underwood Mary pirs, ), shopkeeper Double James, farm bailiff to Davi4 agents for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & West Robert, hair dreE!ser Rist esq spirit merchants Wheeler William, builder & contractor Double Josepli, farmer Mecklcnburgh Alfred, King's Head P.H White Sl. Beaumont & Harry, tailors Downes Frederick1 Red Lion P.H Moss Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Whiting Charles, farmer Fellgett William John, cycle agent Moss William, carrier Woollard Isaac (Mrs.), farmer Folkard Henry, carpenter & beer retlr Neville Geo. blacksmith & wheelwright Youngs Horace, tobacconist
BEYTON (or BEIGHTON) is a parish/ 1! miles south from present unoccupied. Poplar House IS the residence of Waiter Thurston station and 5~ east-by....south from Bury, in the Thomas Walpole esq. who is lotd of thelnanor. The chief North Western diviswn of the county, Thingoe and 'fhed- landowners are the trustees of the late Major Philip Bennet, westry petty sessional division, Thedwestry hundred, Stow "\'Valter Thomas Walpole esq. and Goorge K. Cooper esq. union, Bury St. Edmunds county court district,Thedwastre The soil is mixed sand, loam and clay; subsoil; mixed_ rural deanery, Sudbury archdeaconry and diocese of Ely. The crops a.re wheat, oats and barley, The area is 6o1 -acres ;. The church of All Saints is 11o structure of flin~ in the Early rateable value, £r,2r5; in 1891 the populat10n Wa$ 338. Norman and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, Parish Clerk, Alfred Elsden. · nave, north aiale, south porch and a round western tower of PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- very Early Norman or Saxon date, containing one bell: the William Thomas Nice, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive nave was rebuilt in 1854, the Perpendicular windows being from Bury: St. Edmunds at 5.30 a. m. & 2.20 p.m.; dis- replaced, and the ·chancel was re..~tored and lengthened patched at 7.15 p.m.; sunBeyton CARRIERs.-Baker, Bloom, Crowe, Everitt, Hubbard, Mully. House, the property of Waiter Thomas Walpolo esq. is a Nunn, Ruddick & Warren, pass through to & from Bury~ mansion standing in a small and well-wooded park, but at wed. & sat Cocksedge Mrs. The Grange COMMERCIAL. 1 Hart Oliver, wheelwright r Hawkim~ Rev.Herbert Samuel M.A. The Austin Frederick, beer retailer Hearn John & Son, maltster.9 & millers Rectory Boughton John Thomas, shopkeeper (steam) ; & at Bury Home-Gall William Benj. Manor house Brett Thomas, Bear P.H Mallows Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Manor h~ Mallows Mrs. Manor house Bridewell William, baker Melton George, painter Miller Miss Charles Edmund Henry, shopkeeper Munnings George, butcher Robinson Jacob, Scott's hall Clarke George, blacksmith Nice Josiah Alfred, insurance agent Roper Miss Cocksedge Edwd. Montague Le-Heup, Snell James, saddler Teale Walter farmer, The Grange Rutter William, White Horse P.H Thompson William J. The Laurels Erith Edward,scbool attendance officer Walpole Waiter Thomas, farmer & land- Walpole Conrad JOu.as, Beyton lodge J<'akes Caroline (Miss), dress tnaker owner, Poplar house Walpole Waiter Thomas, Poplar house Goodram John, wheelwright Waylett James, pig dealer ; • • • BILDESTON is a small town and parish, 6 miles north chapel was erected by subscription in 1844. A yearly by-west from Hadleigh station, 7 east from Lavenham sum of £4, arising from Smock meadow, is distributect station and 10 north-east from Sudbury, in the Southern to poor widows -{)f this parish. There is also land of the division of the county, hundred and union of Cosford, Had annual value of about £42 for the repairs of the church. leigh petty sessional division and county court district, Had The clock tower, erected in 1864, ·by subscription, in the leigh rural deanery, archdeaconry of Sudbury and diocese centre of the Market place, is a structure of red and white of Ely. The church of St. Mary, about a quarter of a mile brick, on an arched base, and is surmounted by an open from the town, is a large and handsome .structure of flint bell-turret with spire. Here is a fire brigade, consisting with stone dressings, in the Early Decorated and Perpen~ of a captain and e men, with one engine. The Rev. dicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south Thomas Alexander Cooke M.A. of Polstead Hall, is lord of porch with parvise or priest's chamber over and an em the manor_ The principal landowners are Messrs. Cooke, battled western tower containing 6 bells: the stained east Daking, Growse, Scarfe, Spilling and William Squirrel. and window is a memorial to Rear-Admiral Cock burn; two other the trustees of S. B. White. The soil is clay ; subsoil, chalk. stained windows in the chancel were inserted by the late The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, oats and turnips. rector and his brothers in 1867: there is a brass dated 1509, There are 1,420 acres of tolerably good land, which is prin and a mural bra.'lS in the chancel placed in 1885 by his cipally arable ; rateable value, £2,472; the population of brother officers to the memory of Capt. C. L. Walter, of the the parish in 1891 was 782. ~-at Royal Irish Rifles: the chancel was restored in 1883, Sexton, Joseph Taylor. when it was refioored and furnished with handsome stone PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office sedilia and choir stalls of oak; the nave and south aisle were (Sub-Office. Letters should have 8.0. Suffolk added). repaved and reseated with oak benches in x886: ~here are John Crickmore, receiver. Letters arrive from Ipswich 550 sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The at 5-45 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.; dispatched at II a.m. &. living is a l'ectory, average tithe rent-charge £327, gross 8 p.m. Box close, at 7.50 p.m , yearly 'Value £397~ including 53 acres of glebe., with resi dence, in the gift of Sir Henry William Peek hart. and Fire Brigade, Robert Hill, captain held ~Jince 1879 by the Rev. James Beck M.A. of Corpus A School Hoard of 5- members was formed 25 July, 1876; Christi college, Cambridge~ and l.P. Suffolk. A Baptist J. Gibbs, jun. clerk to the board
