Post Office Directory of 1865.
Boxford is a small parish, in the Babergh hundred, Cosford union,
Hadleigh county court district, Sudbury rural deanery and archdeaconry, and Ely
diocese, West Suffolk, situated on a small stream, 6 miles south-east-by-south
from Sudbury station. The church of St Mary is a large handsome building, having
nave, chancel, north and south aisles, and a tower containing 8 bells. The
registers date from the beginning of the 16th century. The living is a rectory,
rated in the Kings Books at £20 in the patronage of the Crown; it has now a
yearly rent charge of £650, awarded in 1843 in lieu of tithes, and 30 acres of
glebe, with residence held by the Rev John Byng, M.A., of Merton College,
Oxford. Here is a chapel for Independents. A pleasure fair is held on Easter
Monday. Boxford has a grammar school, endowed by Queen Elizabeth, and a National
school, built in 1838. Here are malt houses, flour mills, brick and tile kilns,
and gravel pits. Codenham Hall is an ancient mansion. In 1861 the population was
986; area 1,820 acres.
Hagmore Green is one mile south-west, and Wested Green is one south-east.
The Post Office Directory Suffolk
By E.R. Kelly
Hadleigh is a hamlet, in the pariah of Boxford, in the hundred of Cosford, with
a population of 180.
Parish Clerk, John Sharman.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & POST OPFICE SAVINGS BANK.—Robert Francis Swan,
postmaster.
Letters arrive through Colchester at 5.45 a.m. & are dispatched at 7.5 p.m
INSURANCE AGENTS:—
Accidental, John Moye
Liverpool & London & Globe, William Winter
Queen, W. Simpson
Reliance Mutual Life, J. W. Winter
Suffolk Alliance, Messrs. King, bankers, Sudbury
Yorkshire Fire & Life, Robert Francis Swan
Police Station, Charles Schofield, superintendent, & two constables
SCHOOLS :—
Endowed Grammar, Rev. Henry Jones, M.A. master National, William Morphet,
master; Mrs. Dinah Morphet, mistress
Infant, Mrs. Hannah Maria Hazel), mistress
CARRIER TO COLCHESTER.—Robert Dansie, wed. & sat
Boxford.
Ardley Mr. William
Byng Rev. John, M.A [rector]
Fisher Rev. Samue1 [Independent]
Gurdon Theophilus Goote, esq
Hart Mrs
Jones Rev. Henry, M.A
Kingsbury Mr. Frederick
Lewis Mrs
Mann Charles Parker, esq
Ray Walter, esq
Salter Miss
COMMERCIAL.
| Adams Henry Charles, miller Andrews George, beer retailer Apps William, inland revenue officer Balaam William, carpenter Boreham James, Swan Bouttell Joseph, farmer Bouttell Robert, carpenter & shopkeeper Bull William, shoe maker Cardy Daniel, farmer & maltster Clarke Thomas, hair dresser Cook John King, Fleece, & butcher Daking John, farmer Dansie Robert, carrier Dawson Charles, watch maker Death Daniel, shoe maker Gage Robert, farmer Gladwell Robert, cooper Godden Charles, butcher Green William (Mrs.), farmer Gurdon Theophilus Goote, surgeon Jones Rev.Henry, M. A. master of Grammar school Kemball Charles, carpenter & builder King James, Chequers Kingsbury Frederick, jun. bricklayer Kingsbury Walter, bricklayer Lungley Brooke Mitchell, farmer Mann Charles Parker, surgeon |
Messent George, grocer & draper
Moye John, White Hart commercial inn & posting house, & brewer, & agent for Accidental Insurance Co Newman Charles, miller Newman Thomas, farmer Olley Mary Ann, White Horse inn Parker William, fishmonger Parsons Edward, farmer Salmon Robert, shoe maker Schofield Chas. superintendent of police Sharman John, baker Simpson William, grocer & draper Smith George, maltster Smith William, farmer Sore David, baker Spooner John, pork butcher & cab proprietor Steed Caroline (Mrs.), plumber, painter & glazier Steed Win. plumber, painter & glazier Street William, shoe maker Stribling Charles, tailor Stribling William, shoe maker Swan Robert Francis, stationer, & post office; & agent to the Yorkshire Fire & Life Insurance Co Tiffen Amos, miller & maltster Turner Wm. saddler & harness maker Underwood Thomas, blacksmith Warren John, beer retailer Watson Joseph, shoe maker |
Hadleigh
Cook Miss
COMMERCIAL
Nestling John, market gardener
Stow Joseph, farmer, Glenfield
Stow Joseph, jun. farmer
Tiffen Daniel, farmer
Watson John, builder