Post Office Directory of 1865.
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EAST BERGHOLT is a parish and small town, in Samford hundred, union,
and rural deanery, and county court district of Hadleigh, Suffolk archdeaconry,
and diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, pleasantly situated near the north bank of
the navigable river Stour, 2 miles north-west from Manningtree station, 61 from
London, 6 southeast from Hadleigh, and 9 � south-west from Ipswich: it formerly
had a market, and a considerable manufacture of flannel, baize, &c, but they
went to decay more than a century ago. It has a fair for toys, etc., on the last
Wednesday in July. The church of St. Mary is a neat structure, in the Decorated
Gothic style: its tower was never finished, the sums given in the year 1522
having been inadequate for its completion: the 5 bells bang in a sort of cage in
the churchyard. The living is a rectory, annual value �820, in the gift of
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and held by the Rev. Joseph Woolley, M.A. Here are
chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Methodists. St. Mary's Abbey, situated
in a large and finely wooded park, is a convent of Benedictine Nuns, originally
established at Brussels in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, driven by the troubles
of the French revolution to England in the year 1794: they settled at Winchester
till the year 1857, when they purchased this property. These religious ladies,
besides the observance of the duties prescribed by the Benedictine rule, conduct
a first class establishment for young ladies, and support a school for poor
children. A chapel for the friends and visitors of the establishment and
neighbourhood is opened to the public on Sundays. There are many charitable
bequests left for the benefit of the poor. William Sidney Calvert, Esq., is lord
of the four manors called Old Hall, Illaries, Spencer's, and Commandree,
otherwise St. John's, in which the custom of Borough English prevails. These
manors were formerly held by the Hankeys. St. John was given by Henry II. to the
Templars, and afterwards to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, but was
granted to the Earl of Oxford in the 36th of Henry VIII. In 1562 here were three
water-mills, but only one of them now remains. In 1861 the population was 1,307;
area, 3,063 acres. Pariah Clerk, Stephen Sage.
POST OFFICE. � William Heckford, receiver. Letters arrive by mail cart from
Colchester at 6 a.m.; dispatched
at 7 p.m. Day mail letters are delivered at 1 p.m. from Manningtree. The nearest
post office savings bank & money order office is at Dedham
INSURANCE AGENTS:�
Law Union, William Sidney Calvert
Liverpool & London Globe, Henry Folkard
Royal Exchange, Edward Cook, Halton hall, Stratford St. Mary
Suffolk Alliance, Henry Crawter, Batley
Sun Fire, Edward M. Syer, Stratford St. Mary
Police Station, John Gobbett, sub-inspector
SCHOOLS :�
National (girls), Miss Bradbrooke, mistress
Mrs. Letitia Dyke's Endowed National (built 1831), Peter Wright, master
CARRIERS :�
Joseph Folkard, to Colchester, Wednesday & Saturday; to Ipswich, tuesday &
friday, from his own house
John Dale, to Ipswich, tuesday & friday; to Colchester, Wednesday & Saturday,
from his own house
Alfred Mann, to Manningtree railway station, daily
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
| Bowen Capt. John Watts Bowen Miss Brenan Mrs. St. Mary's abbey Calvert Mrs Calvert William Sidney, esq Chapman Mr. George Friatt Mr. Benjamin Frost Rev. Richard, M.A. [curate] Green Mr. John Green Mr. William Gorman Edinonri Anthony, esq Halford Douglass, esq Hughes Misses Leath Mr. Thomas Lemon Mr. William |
Lott Mr. William Manning Frederick, esq Miller Miss Parker Mr. Thomas Peel Frederic, esq. Highlands Roberts Rev. Robert I Independent] Rogers Rev. Patrick [RomanCatholic] Sallows Mrs Seaton Major-Gerieral SirThomas,E.c.B Spurting Mr. Jeremiah Tattersall John, esq Tuffnel Mrs Waring The Bight Rev. William, D.D. St. Mary's abbey Webb Newman, esq Woolley Rev. Joseph, M.A. [rector] |
COMMERCIAL.
| Aldous John, Hare & Hounds &
carpenter Aldous John, carpenter & joiner Aldous Joseph, plumber &c Aldridge Elizabeth ( Mrs.), Lodging house Baldwin George, shoe maker, & licensed to let horses Batley Henry Crawter, linen draper &c, agent to the Suffolk Alliance Fire & Life Office Bickmore George, registrar &c Bloom John, saddler Bolden Thomas, inland revenue officer Bones Gabriel, bricklayer Boore Thomas, bricklayer Burrell �. miller, Flatford mill Calvert William Sidney, solicitor, commissioner in all the law courts, steward to the manor of Holton Hall, & agent to the Law Union Fire & Life Insurance Chaplin Clark, beer retailer Chisnell Charles, brick maker & farmer Chissle Charles, baker Church John, carpenter & builder Conway Smith, gardener Deaves Charles, White Horse, & horse breaker & castrator Dunage Samuel, shoe maker Fulkard Henry, carpenter & beer retailer Garnham Abel, wheelwright Green William, jun. maltster & farmer, Bucks Elm farm Green Pharaoh, wheelwright Harvey Charles, carpenter Harvey Mary Ann (Miss), straw bonnet maker Heckford Mary (Mrs.), brazier Heckford Jeremiah, shoe maker Heckford Theophilus, cattle dealer Heckford Thomas, shoe maker Heckford William, shoe maker Hersum James, butcher & shopkeeper Hersuni Samuel, farmer Hicks Joseph Ransom, family grocer, draper, italian warehouse & manufacturer of british wines Hynard William, gardener King William, farmer Lamb Joseph, farmer Lott John, fanner |
Lott Thomas, farmer Mann Alfred, carrier Manning Frederick, surgeon Mansfield Caroline (Mrs.), shopkeeper Martin Charles, farmer & landowner May Alfred, farmer Mecklenburgh Jacob, miller & farmer Mecklenburgh Matthew, shopkeeper Neville George, blacksmith Nicholds George, beer retailer Ostinelli Francis, tailor Parker James, farmer Parker James, jun. shopkeeper Peck John, cooper & basket maker Pyett Charles, farmer Pyett John, King's Head Ralph Lucy (Mrs.), Red Lion Rampling Gifford, butcher Reed Robert, dealer Reynolds Abraham, road surveyor Reynolds James, farmer Rolph Henry, baker Ru din George, bricklayer Sage Stephen, plumber & glazier Sallows Henry, farmer Taylor James, farmer Viall John, hair dresser Welham Robert, farmer Wells Maria (Mrs.), grocer etc White Elizabeth (Mrs.), stationer White James tailor Wood Samuel, farmer Worth Harry, saddler |