Post Office Directory of 1865.
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GOSBECK is a parish and scattered village, in Bosmere and Claydon
hundred and union, Ipswich county court district, rural deanery of Bosmere,
archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, 3 miles east from
Needham Market station, 7 north from Ipswich, and 6 from Debenham. The church of
St. Mary is a building with a tower. The living is a rectory, annual value £395,
with 12 acres of glebe, In the patronage of Pembroke College Cambridge, and held
by the Rev. William Hamilton Attwood, B.A. Rear-Admiral Sir George N. Broke
Middleton, Bart., is lord of the manor. The population in 1861 was 301, and the
area 1.466 acres, of strong loamy land. Parish Clerk, William Scott.
Letters through Need ham Market. Coddenham is the nearest money order office&
post office savings bank
CARRIER TO IPSWICH.—Johnson Grimwood, tuesday, friday & Saturday
Attwood Rev. William Hamilton, B.A. [rector]
COMMERCIAL.
Chapman Samuel, farmer
Grimwood Johnson, carrier
Kinsey William, farmer
Mayliew William, farmer
Mulliner Oliver, farmer
Pizzey John, farmer
Hanson —, farmer
Taylor Samuel, bricklayer
Thurmott Edward, farmer
Wells John, Greyhound, & miller
Wood John & William, farmers