DIRECTO!t Y.] . THE' CBEE riNGS. 1033 with clerestory, aisles, S(}Uth porch and an embattled tower day school here, similar- sums being allotted for this purpose with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells : the font is to the parishes of Brampton and Hedisham. Lord Hunting'­ carved with repre.!!entatiuns of the Se.-en Sacraments of the field is lord of the manor. The land is- {)Wned by several Catholie Chureh: there- are .two old oak lecterns and. a proprietors, of whom N. R. T. Leman esq. of Bra.ltl.pton Hall, curious old oak chest: the church was restored in 1879 at a is the principal. The soil is clay ; subsoil, the same. The chief cost of £x,150 and affords 300 sittingS.. The register dates crops are whea~ barley, beans and turnips. The area is from the year I539· The living is a vicarage, average tithe 2,085 acres; rateable value, £2,892 ; the population in x89i :~:ent-cbarge £89, net yearly value £too, including 12 acres was 467. ~ of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Simeon trustees, Clerk and Sexton, William Collins. and held since 1888 by the Rev.- Solomon Wall Sly Allen. There is a Congregational chapel, built in 1812, with burial PosT OFFICE.-J. T. Owles, sub-postmaster. Letters 1\rl'iv~ ground and a Sunday school for about So children. The from Halesworth at xo a.m. & dispatched at 4.30 p.m.; no town estate charities are of £rs6 yearly.value, less taxes delivery on sunday. The nearest money order office is at and rates. Leman's charity, founded in r8o5 and originally Laxfield & telegraph office Fressingfield consisting of £6oo, ill now represented by Consols valued at National School (mixed & infants), to hold 'II9 children; £933 6s. 8d. producing about £27 ss. ye~rly, of which sum average attendance, abont 90; Arthur Benjamin Smith. £9 rs. 8d. is for the support of a. Church of Sun- master; Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, mistress (infants) A11en Rev. Solomon Wall Sly, Vicarage Coe William, farmer Hill Isaac, farmer Biden Charles Waiter Cole David, farmer Ingate Alfred Boozer, farmer Birch Mrs. Jeremiah, Cratfield lodge Crane George, farm bailiff to Charles Keeble James, farmer, The Glebe Donaldson William Tacon esq Lincoln Charles, farmer, Town farm "Morris Mrs Creasey Noah, farmer & cattle dealer Martin John, shopkeeper OOHMKRCIAL. Croft Charles Winter, farmer & land- Minter George, tailor Alger William, farmer owner, Baltic farm ; & at Quay street, Owles John Thos. grocer, draper,farmer Atkins Charles, farmer Halesworth & collector of taxes, Post office Balls I•'rederick, shopkeeper Dickenson James, shoe maker Pea.rce John, farmer, North green BallsJas.Swan P.H.6r.blcksmth.Swan grn Dunnett Ann (Mrs.), farmer Rush James, farmer Betts George, farmer l Dunnett Horace, shopkeeper Sillett Robert, wheelwright & carpenter Betts 'William, farmer Dunnett Waiter, farmer Smith Samuel, carpenter Biden Charles Walter, surgeon Girling Robert, wheelwright Squires Harriet (Miss), shopkeeper .Bullock Charles, farmer & miller (wind), Girling William, farmer Stone James, farmer North green ' Gowing George, farmer Sutton San!, farmer Catling Sl. Turner, farmer&; landowner Grim wood Frederick, farmer Wharton Thomas, farmer Chandler George, bricklayer Grern Rachel (Mrs.), farmer, Moat Witts James, Bell P.H • • Clark Golding, farmer house, Swan green Wright William, thatcher Clarke Manning, farmer THE CREETINGS. CREETING ST. MARY, CREETING ALL SAINTS and CREETING Creeting St. Peter (or WEsT CREETlNG) is a parish S-r. OLAvB were three separate parishes, but are pow civilly and straggling village 2 mil68 north from 1Needham Market consolidated under the name of Creeting St. Mary, by station, in Stow hundred and union, and rural deanery of order, Ma.rch 25, 1884. CREETING ST. PETER is still a Stow. The church of St. Peter is a. building of stone and separate parish. The houses are sc<~.ttered over a large area. flint in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south They are about. a mile and a. half north-east from N eedham porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: Market, from which they are separated by the Gipping, ex­ in 1861 it was thoroughly restoreq, and several t~tained win­ cepting part of Creeting St. Mary, which lies on the other dows inserted: there is a carved stone font, with carved side of thfl river between and Hadley, 4 figures : the church affords 120 sittings~ The register dates miles south-P-ast from , in the South Eastern from the year rssB. The living is a rectory, average tithe division of the county, Bosmere· hundred, Bosmere and rent-charge £305, aet yearly value £255, with 7 acres of Claydon petty sessional dii'"ision and union, Stowmarket glebe and residence, in the gift of Col. H. G. Paske, county court district, rural deanery of Bosmere, archdea­ and held since x8gx by the Rev. John Stuart Ver­ conry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of schoyle M. A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Here St. Mary, standing on the top of a hill and surrounded is a small Congregational chapel. J. Smith esq. of by trees, is an ancient building of stone and flint in the Colchester, is lord of the manor. Messrs. Willoughb), Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, north transept, the Rev. - Alston's trustees, Joseph Green esq. Lord De south porch and an embattled western tower : the stained Saumarez, of Shrubland Park, Thomas :Fowler Wood e~q. east window was presented by R. H. Tidswell esq. J.P, in and Henry Beck esq. are the principal landowners. The soil memory of Major Tidswell, and there are others ; the church iB good; subsoil, principally stiff clay. The chief crops are was restored and the tower rebuilt in 1884-7 at a cost Qf wheat, barley and beans. The area is 1,313 acres ; rateable £2,IOO and now affords I35 sittings. The register dates value, £1,885; the population in 1881 was 239. from the year xsso. The living is a rectory, average tithe Parish Clerk (St. Mary), Charles Mills. rent-charge £583, net yearly value £4r6, with 56 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Eton College, and Parish Clerk (St. Peter), Robert Cock. held since x88I by the Rev. Francis Furse Vidal M.A. of PosT OFFICE, St. Mary.-Elijah Harvey, receiver. Letters Trinity Hall, Cambridge, late conduct fellow of Eton. In through Needham Market arrive at 7 a.m. & I2. noon; the churchyard is a small building used as a vestry.· There dispatched at 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Needham Market are charities for the relief of the poor of about £6o yearly is the nearest money order & telegraph office value. Bosmere Hall, the property of Lord De Saumarez, of Shrubland Park, and situated in All Saints' parish, is a LETTER Box (St. Peter) cleared at 6 p.m. wrek days only beautiful mansion, with pleasure grounds, bounded by the A School Board of 5 members was formed 8 Feb. 1875, fm­ navigable river Gipping: it is now the residence of Richard tbe united district of Stow Upland and Creeting St. Peter: Henry Tidswell esq. J.P. The Provost and fellows of Eton school is at Stow Upland; H. F. Harwood, Belstead Hall, College and Sir Hugh Edward Adair hart. of Flixton Hall, , clerk to the board; W. S. Prentice, Stowmarket, are lords of the manors and principal landowners. The soil attendance officer is generally good ; subsoil, stiff clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans ; and the three parishes comprise National School (mixed), for St. Mary, St. Olave's & All an area of 3,II6 acres of land of various quality, from heavy Saints, built in x871, for xoo children; average sttenda.nce, clay to light sand; rateable value, £3,989; the population 72; Miss Susan Rnmsey, mistress in 1891 was--Greeting St. Mary, 308; Creeting All Saints, CARRIERS TO lPSWICH.-Bridges, tnes. thnrs. &; sat. ; 321 ; Creeting St. Olave, 47. Samuel Rush, sat Thacker Mrs. Fairvicw villa Fiske Gco. farmer, registrar of bir~hs & Creeting St. Mary. Tidswell Richard Dy. J.P. Bosmere hall deaths, inspector of nuisances to rural Beck Mrs Vidal Rev. Francis Furse M.A. Rectory sanitary authorities & vaccination Beard Mrs. Beech terrace officer, Bosmere & Claydon union Bell Robert, Lynedale lodge COMMERCIAL. Foster Isaac, boot maker Elsden Mrs Carter James Henry, King's Bead P.H Freeman Charles, cattle dealer :Flowerdew Miss, Beech terrace Clement Frank, tb rashing machine prpr Fnlcher George Isaac, farm bailiff to Haywood Misses, Verandah cottage Cooper George, miller (steam & water), R. H. Tidswelr esq. J.P Ranson Albert, Gipping Vale house, Hawks & Crown mills Hart Isaac, wheelwright Stowmarket rop.d Death John, farm bailiff to Henry IIarvey Edwa.rd, pig dealer Smith Mrs Lingwood esq. Hungergut hall Harvey Elijah, shopkeeper, Post office