Post Office Directory of 1865.
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CAVENDISH is a parish and village, in Babergh hundred, Sudbury union
and county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry, and diocese of Ely,
West Suffolk. It is 3 miles east-by-north from Clare, 6 north-west from Sudbury
station, and 74 from London, on the north bank of the river Stour, which is not
navigable here. The church of St. Mary is an old stone building, in the
Perpendicular style of architecture; it has nave, aisles, chancel, tower and 6
bells, font, clock, and a brass eagle lectern said to have been presented to the
church by Queen Elizabeth, one old brass to the Cavendishes, and an old tomb to
the Colts. The living is a rectory, annual value £750 14s. 3d., with residence
and 70 acres of glebe, in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Jesus
College, Cambridge, and held by the Rev. Robert Godolphin Peter, M.A., of that
college. Here is a Grammar school, free for 15 boys, founded by the Rev. Thomas
Grey, rector of this parish, in 1696, and endowed with a farm now let for £115,
and an eligible house for the master. Here is a fair for cattle on the 11th
June. The noble family of Cavendish, of which the Duke of Devonshire is the
representative, derive their name from this place, which at an early period was
in their possession. Earl Howe is chief landowner. The soil is a mixture of clay
and loam, and the crops are wheat, barley, beans, and potatoes. Here was a
barrow. The population in 1861 was 1,301; area, 3,354 acres.
BLACKLANDS lies to the north.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Woods.
POST OFFICE—Robert Page, postmaster. Letters arrive from Sudbury at 7.30a.m.;
box closes at 6.30p.m. Clare is the nearest money order office
National School, Miss Ellen Forbes, mistress
RAILWAY CARRIER—William Byford; the ' Catherine Wheel,' Bishopsgate street
Ambrose Mrs Chickall
Mr. John Fisher Edward F. esq. Old Rectory
Hinchliff Major C. H. Pentlow hall
Offord Mrs
Peter Rev. Robert Godolphin, M.A. [rector]
Peter Mrs. Blacklands
Waring Miss
Waring Thomas W. esq
COMMERCIAL.
Ambrose Richard, butcher
Ambrose William, farmer
Andrews John, farmer
Avey William, grocer, draper & tailor
Bowers Martha (Miss), milliner
Braybrook Alexander, tailor
Braybrook George, Five Bells, & grocer
Braybrook John, tailor
Braybrook Mary (Miss), milliner
Brockwell Joseph, bricklayer
Brockwell Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Brown Boanerges, wheelwright
Byford William, railway carrier; London office, the 'Catherine Wheel,'
Bishopsgate street
Carter George, watch maker
Chinery Abraham, butcher
Churchyard John, horsehair manufacturer
Churchyard Robert, cocoamat & matting manufacturer
Churchyard William, White Horse inn, & brewer
Clark Henry, cabinet maker
Coldham William, farmer
Deeks Elisha, blacksmith
Deeks John M. Bull inn
Evans Samuel, shoe maker
Evans Thomas, cattle dealer
Fisher Alfred, brick maker
Franklin Charles, farmer
Garrett Joseph Stammers, miller, maltster, farmer & landowner
Golding Frederick, shoe maker
Golding John, shoe maker
Hale Eliza (Mrs.), grocer
Hammond Edward, blacksmith
Hardy Edward, wheelwright
Hardy John, hair dresser
Hurst William, grammar school Langley
Israel, glove maker
Mortimer Henry, George inn
Newman George, shoe maker & leather cutter
Norton Albon, farmer
Offord Daniel, miller & maltster
Orbell Robert, farmer, Pentlow
Page Robert, grocer
Pledger William, gardener & seedsman
Prentice Thomas, baker
Prentice William, cattle dealer
Purdy Joseph, clogger & last maker
Rice Jacob, plumber & glazier
Rolton Hannah (Mrs.), baker
Smith Ambrose, farmer
Smith George, blacksmith
Stammers Arthur, joiner & builder
Thompson George, grocer & shoe maker
Thompson James, cooper
Thompson William, cabinet maker
Thompson William, harness maker
Turpin George, baker
Underwood George, shoe maker
Viall Alfred P. farmer & landowner, Colt's hall
Waring Thomas W. surgeon
Wells Samuel, baker
Woods Thomas, shoe maker