History of Suffolk - Buxhall 1865

Post Office Directory of 1865.

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BUXHALL is a parish and small village, 3 ½ miles west-by-south-west from Stowmarket station, and 84 from London, in Stow hundred, union, county court district and rural deanery, Suffolk archdeaconry, Norwich diocese, West Suffolk. The church of St. Mary is a very ancient edifice, built principally of flintstone: it consists of nave, chancel, and massive square tower, supported by buttresses: there are 5 bells, a very ancient stone font, and several monumental slabs to the Copinger and Hill families. The register dates from 1558. The living is a rectory, the tithes commuted at £680, with residence, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev. Copinger Hill, M. A., rural dean. Here is a Parochial school, supported by the rector. The Rev. Copinger Hill, M.A. (who is lord of the manor), R. 0. Fuller, Esq., Capt. Garnham, Mrs. Bennet, and Mr. Thos. Steam are the principal landowners. The soil is of a mixed nature, but in most parts a stiff clay. There are a few small charities. The parish contains 2,120 acres, and had a population in 1861 of 536.
Parish Clerk, Robert Durrant.
POST OFFICE.—Thomas Richer, receiver. Letters from Stowmarket by foot post arrive at 8 a.m. & dispatched at 6 p.m. except on Sundays, when the dispatch is at 11 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Stowmarket
Parochial School, Mrs. Sarah Jane Fuller, mistress
Fuller Morgan, esq. Whalebone cottage
Fuller Robt. Osborne,esq.Whalebone cot
Garnham Capt. John, J.P. The Vale
Hill Rev. Copinger, M.A., J.P. Rectory
Hill Rev. Henry [curate]. The Cottage
Oakes Hervey Aston, esq. Buxhall lodge

COMMERCIAL.
Barnes Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Boulter William, farmer, Maypole farm
Bradbrook Esther (Mrs.), landowner & farmer
Brand Joseph, farmer, Cockerell hall
Carter Robert, farmer, Ivetree
Clover Isaac, miller, Buxhall mill
Dykes James, farmer
Gage George, butcher
Harvey Walter, shopkeeper
Harvey William, shoe maker
Howe Thomas, farmer
Kemball William, farmer & maltster
Madewell Reeve, farmer
Melton Frederick Rands, farmer
Pettet Robert, farmer
Purr James, blacksmith
Pyke Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Richer Thomas, wheelwright & shopkeeper
Stearn Thomas, landowner & farmer