STURMER
White’s History, Gazetteer & Directory of Essex ~ 1848
Submitted and Transcribed by Essex Villages
STURMER, or Sturmere, a small village and
parish, 1½ mile S.E. of Haverhill, is watered by a tributary stream of the
river Stour, and contains 333 souls, and 925 acres of land. It had its name
from a lake or mere of the Stour, which formerly covered about 20 acres.
J. and H. Purkis, Esqrs., have neat houses here, and own a great part of the
parish, purchased in 1832 of R. P. Todd, Esq., and formerly belonging to the
Goldingham, Coggeshall, Claydon and other families. A farm here of 34a. 3r.
34p., called Parker’s, and now let for £35 a year, was given by two maiden
sisters, at an early period, jointly to the parishes of Sturmer and
Kedington, for the reparation of their churches and the relief of their
poor.
Sturmer Church is a curious old building, very imperfectly lighted by small
lancet windows. Its only entrance is under a Norman arch, with a single
zig-zag ornament.
The rectory, valued in K. B. at £8. 10s., and in 1831 at £204, is in the
patronage of the Duke of Rutland, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Hicks, who
has an ancient residence, and about 20a. of glebe. The tithes were commuted
in 1840 for £267 per annum.
Bowtle Daniel, shoemaker
Bowyer Thomas, blacksmith
Cowle Thomas, shopkeeper
Dearsley Ann, schoolmistress
Dillistone Sargent and John, nursery and seedsmen and florist
Frost Thos. fruit &c. dealer
Hicks Rev. Wm. Rector & surrogate
Purkis Miss Harriet
Purkis Harry, Esq. (maltster,) Abbots
Purkis Jno. Esq. (maltster,) Sturmer Hall
Ruse Rutland, saddler and shopkpr
Skelton Joseph, shoemaker
Smith Chas. Farmer, Copse Hall
Todd Radcliffe Pearl, Esq., Woodland Green
Turner Mary, vict. Red Lion
Walliker Stephen, carpenter
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