Post Office Directory of 1865.
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GRUNDISBURGH is a village and parish, in Carlford hundred and rural
deanery, archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Ely, Woodbridge union and
county court district, East Suffolk, 3 ½ miles north-west from Woodbridge, 7
northeast from Ipswich station, and about 2 from Bealings station. The church of
St. Mary is an ancient structure; it has a beautiful groined roof, and was
rebuilt about the period of 1527: a new brlck-built tower was erected In 1731 in
lieu of the old one, which had fallen down, with funds left for the purpose by
Mr. Robert Thinge: the church roof was repaired in 1841: the organ, built hy
Pilcher, of London, was erected in 1843, at the cost of £100. The register dates
from the reign of Edward VI. The living is a rectory, tithes commuted at £542,
with 47 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of Trinity College,
Cambridge, and held by the Rev. George Edis Webster, A.M. The town estate
consists of some cottages and about 27 acres of land, let for £40 per annum, and
was the gift of the Rev. John Yate. In 1730, Robert Thinge left a yearly
rent-charge of £2 12s. for a weekly distribution of bread among the poor. J.
Lucock left funds for the purchase of £284, Three-and-a-Half per Cent.
Annuities, the dividends to be applied as follows:— £5 for a weekly distribution
of three penny loaves, £5 for the support of a Sunday school, and the residue to
be annually distributed in bread and coals among the poor. The late Samuel
Taylor Dawson also left a bequest of £200, similarly invested, to supply coals
to those in needy circumstances. The Baptists have a neat and commodious chapel.
The Hall, the seat of B. Gurdon, Esq., lord of the manor, is a stately mansion,
pleasantly situated in the midst of a well wooded park and shrubs. Here are clay
pits. The soil is mixed, and produces good crops of grain, beet, and turnips.
The population in 1861 was 836, and the area is 1,897 acres. Parish Clerk,
Benjamin Bedwell.
POST OPPICE. — James Clark, receiver. Letters arrive
from Woodbridge at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6.30 p.m. The
nearest money order office is at Woodbridge
INSURANCE AGENTS:—
Eagle, William Colchester
Liverpool & London Globe, John Cobb
CARRIERS TO:—
IPSWICH — James Adams, tues. wed. fri. & sat. morn.;
returning the same days, William Cook, tues. morn
WOODBRIDGE — James Adams, mon.& thurs. morn.;
returning the same day; William Cook, mon. wed. thurs. fri. & sat. morn
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Barriff John, esq
Brown Rev. Walter Elliott
Buttram Mrs
Buttram Misses
Colchester William, esq. Hall
Collins Rev. Samuel [Baptist]
Dobree Rev. James
Gurdon B. esq. Hall
Howlett Mrs
Kerrich Capt. Walter Fitzgerald
Marsden Mrs
Meadows George Frederick Walford, esq
Robinson Mrs
Steel Mrs
Steggal John, esq
Syret Lieut. Janies
Webster Rev. Geo. Edis, M.A. Rectory
COMMERCIAL.
Ablitt George, farmer
Adams James, carrier
Baker John, farmer
Banyard George, Dog inn
Banyard James, butcher
Barthrop Edwin Manning, farmer
Bayes William, baker
Bedwell Benjamin, farmer
Beningfield William, teacher of singing
Burch James, farmer
Buttram John, miller
Clark James, tailor, & post office
Cobb John, grocer & draper
Colson John, shopkeeper
Cook Henry, carpenter, wheelwright & asphalter
Cook John, carpenter, bricklayer & asphalter
Cook William, carrier
Crapnell John, blacksmith
Groom Henry, carpenter
Groom Joseph, farmer & cattle dealer
Groom Sarah.(Mrs.), sunday & day scbl
Harris John, farmer
Harris Philip, farmer
Joyce Everard, plumber
Knights William, corn dealer
Lambert — (Mrs.), beer retailer
Loom William, butcher
Manby Henry, farmer
Meadows George Frederick Walford, surgeon
Motum Jeremiah, blacksmith
Newson John, farmer
Nunn Thomas, farmer
Palmer Chas. Halfmoon, k pig dealer
Parker James Upson, bricklayer
Pipe Keeble Wielgress, cooper & basket maker
Read Thomas, farmer
Repington Thos. saddler k harness maker
Smith John, boot & shoe maker
Steggal John, surgeon
Steggal Rebecca (Miss), ladies' boarding & day school
Wilding William, plumber & painter
Woods Henry, dealer
Woolnough James, boot k shoe maker
Woolnough William, bricklayer
Wright Henry, relieving officer