Post Office Directory of 1865.
ALDERTON is a village and parish, in Wilford hundred, Woodbridge
union and county court district, rural deanery of Wilford, archdeaconry of
Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, one mile west from the sea, and 8
miles south-east from Woodbridge. near the mouth of the navigable river Deben.
The church of St. Andrew is a brick building: about 10 feet north are the ruins
of the tower. The living is a rectory, commuted at �634 11s. 8d. per annum, with
residence, in the gift of T. Archer, Esq., and the Bishop of Norwich, the latter
having every fourth turn; it is held by the Rev. Charles Goodwyn Archer, M.A.,
of Jesus College, Cambridge. Lord Huntingfield and the Bishop of Norwich are
lords of the manor; and Lord Rendlesham and Lord Huntingfield are the principal
land owners. The population in 1861 was 634; area, 2,543acres; value of assessed
property, �3,664.
Parish Clerk, George Buck.
POST OFFICE.�Henry Cullum, postmaster. Letters received from Woodbridge at 7.30
a.m.; dispatched at 6.30 p.m. Box closes at 6 20 p.m. Woodbridge is also the
nearest money order office
INSURANCE AGENT -.�
Liverpool &London & Globe, Thomas F. Beadnell
CARRIERS TO IPSWICH � Girling, Wednesday 6 a.m.;
Ransby, monday 6 a.m.; Scoggins, Saturday 6 a.m
WOODBRIDGE�Girling, monday, thursday & Saturday,
at 9 a.m. & Wednesday at 6 a.m
Archer Rev. Charles Goodwyn, M.A. [rector]
Gross Mrs
Walker William Newman, esq
COMMERCIAL.
Ablitt John, farmer
Balls William, tailor & beer retailer
Bass Charles, grocer
Beadnell Thomas Fawcett, miller
Beeton Samuel, plumber, painter & glazier
Broome Benjamin, butcher
Brown George, builder
Buck George, tailor
Cullum Hen, grocer & draper & post office
Dosser Charles, shoe maker
Dunn Thomas, shopkeeper & shoe maker
Fiske David, beer retailer
Foster David, Swan
Girling Samuel, carrier
Gross Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Hillen Benjamin, farmer
Last Robert, farmer, Alderton hall
Lennard Charles, shopkeeper
Mann Robert, shoe maker
Moore. George, butcher
Pigg Sarah (Miss), draper & grocer
Roberts Thomas, farmer
Steward William, shoe maker
Thompson Emma (Mrs.), blacksmith
Thompson John, saddler
Thompson William, saddler
Turtill James, farrier
Walker William Newman, Burgeon
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