DlllECTORY.J SUFFOLK. ILKETSHALL ST.- ANDREW'. 1093 at the uppel" end of the village, is an ancient structure of built in 1854, but now unoccupied. The trustees of the Rev. stone and rubble, in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, Robert Gwilt M.A., J. P. (d. 1889) are lords of the manors of nave, south aisle, south porch and a western tower containing St. James' and All Saints' i the trustees of the late C. E. 3 bells: the chancel floor is partly laid with the original tiles, Gibbs esq. and Major George Onslow Churchill are the chief which display varied geometrical patterns, figures of animals, landowners. The soil is light and sandy; subsoil, gravel and flowers and human faces: the windows retain fragments of chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The ancient stained glass and there is an octagonal stone font; area is 6,529 acres; rateable value, £2,840 ; the population the church is now (1892) in a dilapidated state and has been in 1891 was 375· disused for some years. The register dates from the year Parish Clerk, Alfred Savage. 1568. The two rectories form one benefice, average tithe PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Mrs. rent-charge £426, net yearly value £430, including 62 acres Emma Nayler, receiver. Letters arrive from Mildenhall of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of Robert S.O. at 8. 15 a. m. & are dispatched at 4 SS p. m.·; snndays, Gwilt esq. and held since x88g by the Rev. Anthony An- arrive at _30 a. m.; dispatched at 10 a.m. Lackford is struther Wilkinson, Lie. •rheol. of University College, Dur- the nearest9 telegraph office ham. '!'here is a small Wesleyan chapel. Alice Dix's charity is applied to the HJ.aintenance of a dispensary, the Church of England National School (mixed), erected, with provision of clothing for the poor and the support of the master's house, in 1855 by the late C. E. Gibbs esq. J.P. National school. A Roman encampment once existed on who left a sum of {,1,ooo to be invested for its support; the eastern side of the village, and numerous coins, urns it will hold roo children; average attendance, 57 ; Joseph and other antiquities have been found on this spot, includ- Forby Smith, master; Mrs. Marianne Smith, mistress ing about 200 silver coins of various Roman emperors, C.ARRIEHS TO HURY.-George Filches & Alfred Frost, wed. turned up at different times by the plough. Icklingham & sat. ; other carriers pass through from Mildenhall & Hall ie a mansion of brick and stone in the Italian style, re- Lakenheath, same days Benstead James Cornell William, steward to Alfred Hunt Henry, game dealer Lafonc Alfred, Flint house Lafone esq Nayler Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper & Wilkinson Rev. Anthony Anstruther Fitches George, beer retailer & carrier farmer, Post office L.Th. Rectory Frewer Leonard, harness maker, Prim- Ncwdick Arthur, beer retailer COMMERCIAL. rose cottage Newdick Jane (Mrs.), beer -retailer Ashley Henry, shopkeeper Frost Alfred, shopkeeper & carrier Parrott John, farmer Boggers Wright, farm steward to the Harding Robert, blacksmith 1 Phillips Thomas, grocer & draper e:x;ors. of Charles Edward Gibbs esq. Hawes Waiter, farm bailiff to Mr. 1 Wing Charles, Red Lion P.H. & maltster J.P. Avenue farm A. G. Hawes ' & brewer ICKWORTH is a parish, 2 miles from Saxl.Jam station having a portico on the north front: the extreme length of on the Bury and Newmarket section of the Great Eastern the builcling is 690 feet and the centre, which has a diameter railway and 3 south-west from Bury St. Edmunds, in the of 120 feet from north to south and of 106 feet from eal)t to North Western division of the county, Thingoe and Thed- west, is surmounted by a dome 105 feet in height from the westry petty sessional division, Thingoe hundred and union, [ground : the corridors form quadrants of circlP.s and inter6 Bury St. Edmunds county court district, rural deanery of sect the centre so as to leave two-thirds of its largest diameter Horningsheath, archdcaconry of Sudbury and diocese of Ely. in advance: on the north and principal front the centre is The church of St. Mary, standing in Ickworth Park, is a composed of two orders, the Ionic and Corinthian, and the small builcling of flint in the Gothic styie, consisting of portico is supported by four columns of the Ionic order : the chaneel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower gardens occupy 5~ acres and are surrounded by a park of containing a clock and one bell: there are about 150 sittings. I r,2oo acres, stocked with about 500 head of deer and con­ The registers date from the year 1556. The living is a rec- · taining a stone column, 90 feet in height, erected by the tory, formerly united to that of Chedburgh, but now con- clergy of the diocese in memory of the bishop, who died at sulidated with the rectory of Horningsheath, or Horriuger, Albano, near Rome, 8 July, 1803, and was buried at Ick­ averagc tithe rent-charge £6o3, net yearly value £364, in- worth. The Marquess of Bristol is lord of the manor an<! eluding I 8 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Marquess of sole landowner. The soil is loam; subsoil, chalk. The area Bristol, and held since 1883 by the Rev. James Giddens B • .A. is 1,259 acres, being nearly all park and wood land; rateable of London University, who resides at Horningsheath. Ick- value, £1,315; the population in 189I was 78. worth House, the seat of the Marquess of Bristol, lord lieu- Parish Clerk, William Evered. tenant of the county, is a noble mansion in the Classic style, Letters through Bury St.Edmund!! arrive at. 6.30 a.m. ; the • planned by the Right Rev. Frederick Augustus, 4th Earl of nearest money order office is at Horringer, & nearest Bristol, of the Hervey family, Bishop of Cloyne 1767-8 and telegraph office, Bury St. Edmunds Bishop of Derry 1768-1803; the mansion consists of an oval The children of this place attend the school at Hornings. centre with wings united to it by extensive corridors and heath , · Bristol Marquess of (Lord Lieut.), Hervey George Henry Wm. J.P. (estate Coster Herbert,head gardener to Arthnr Ickworth park; & 6 St. J ames' sq. & • agent to the Marquess), lckworth ldg H. Wood esq Carlton & White's clubs, London s w Copeland William, house steward to Robins George, head gamekeeper to Wood Arthur H. "lckworth house the Marquess of Bristol Arthur H. Wood esq IKEN is a parish on the south side of the river Alde, 12 trustees of the late Mrs. Wainewright, and held since x863 miles north-east from Wood bridge and 8 east from Wickham by the Rev. Arnold William Wainewright M. A. of Magdalene Market station on the Ipswich and Lowestoft section of the College, Cambridge. Arthur Heywood esq. is lord of the Great Eastern railway, in the South Eastern division of the manor and principal landowner. ·The soil is mixed; sub­ county, Plomesgate hundred and union, Wood bridge petty soil, clay and gravel. The c-hief crops are wheat, barley and sessional division ana county court district, rural deanery of beans. The area is 2,631 acres and 30 acres of waste~ rate• Orford, archdeaconry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich. The able value, £2,679 ; the population in 1891 was 315. church of St. Bololph, standing on a hill, is an ancient build- Sexton, \Villiam Brown. i.ng of flint and Kentish ragstone, in the Norman style, with PosT 0FFICE.-John Chambers, receiver. Letters through a thatched roof, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch Wickham Market, received at 8.10 a.m.; dispatched at 5· and an embattled lf"e.~t.ern tower containing 4 bells : the p.m. ; sun days, 10 a. m. Postal orders are issued here, chancel was restored about 1862: there are 250 sittings. but not paid. Tunstall is the nearest money order & 'I'he register dates Jrom the year 1670. The living is a rec- telegraph office tory, average tithe rent-charge £342, net yearly value £349, National School (mixed), erected in 1868, for 6o children i including 21 acres 1>f glebe, with residence, in the gift of the average attendance, 40 ; Miss Kate Tyas, mistress Wainewright Rev.Arnold William M.A. ChambersJohn, shopkeeper, Post office Mannall John, farmer Rectory ' Pendle Charles, farm bailiff to Messrs. Tracey John, gamekeeper to Artbu~ • Barber James, thrashing machine Pratt & Son Heywood esq owner, lken cliff Todd James, farm bailiff to Arthur Whayman ·william, farmer Button John, farme"I" & machine owner. IIeywood esq Whyman Henry S. farmer ILKETSHALL ST. ANDREW is a parish and eel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower, scattered village, 4 miles south-east from llungay station on round at the base and octagonal in the upper part. contain­ the Waveney Valley section of the Great Eastern railway, ing 3 bells: the doorway is Norman : the church affords in the Northern division of the county, Bungay petty ses- 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1542. ..The sional division, Wangford hundred and union, Heccles and living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £gg, net Bungay county court district, Wangford rural deanery, yearly value £u8, with 28 acres of glebe and residence, in Suffolk archdeaconry and Norwich diocese. The church of the gift of the trustees of the late Mark Bell Metcalfe, and .St. Andrew is a small but ancient structure of rubble and held since x886 by the Rev.
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