Post Office Directory of 1865.
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LAVENHAM was formerly a market town: it is a polling place for West
Suffolk, and is in Babergh hundred, Cosford union, Sudbury county court
district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Ely, West
Suffolk, situate on the Bury and Sudbury Railway, 10 miles northwest-by-west
from Hadleigh, and 7 north-east-by-north from Sudbury station. The church of St.
Peter and St. Paul is a very handsome structure: it is constructed of Kasterton
stone, intermixed with flint: Its extreme length is 180 feet; its breadth 68
feet: the tower (141 feet high) is very fine, being beautifully proportioned,
and contains 8 bells. The register commences 1558. The living is a rectory,
value �860, with residence and 140 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Master and
Fellows of Caius College, Cambridge, and held by the Rev. Joseph Morrison
Croker, M.A., of that college; the Rev. Andrew Beck, M.A., of the same college,
is curate. George Richard Pye, Eso,., is lord of the manor. The annual value of
the charities is �450, together with thirty almshouses, which are given rent
free to poor aged persons. In the town are two chapels, Independent and
Wesleyan. There are National and British schools, also a Grammar school, free
for five scholars, which is supported by certain charities. Here is a
manufactory for horsehair seatings, cocoanut fibre, etc. The soil is heavy. The
population in 1861 was 1,823, and the area is 2,887 acres.
Parish Clerk, John Smith.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.�Miss Mary Ann East,
postmistress. Letters arrive from Sudbury by mail cart at 7 a.m.; dispatched at
6 p.m.
INSURANCE AGENTS :�
Accidental Death, William Barber
Suffolk Alliance Life & Fire, William Barber
SCHOOLS:�
Grammar, Augustus Ambler, master
National, John Edward Harwood, master; Mrs. Jane Harwood, mistress
British, Miss Eliza Reeve Ashcroft, mistress
CARRIERS TO:�
BURY�Turner, Wednesday & Saturday
IPSWICH�Mann, tuesday & saturday
SUDBURY�Parker, daily
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Barkway Frederick Thos. esq. M.R.C.S
Beck Rev. Andrew, M.A. [curate]
Branwhite Mrs. Elizabeth
Branwhite -Mrs. Sarah
Croker Rev. Joseph Morrison, M.A., J.P. [rector & rural dean]
Daking Mrs
Davis Rev. Henry [Independent]
Howard Mrs
Meeking Samuel, esq
Mumford Misses
Muriel Miss
Saffell Mrs
Scott Walter R. esq. Lavenham hall
Walby Mrs
Watkinson Mrs
White William Middelton, M.D
COMMERCIAL.
| Abbot Susannah (Miss), milliner &
dress maker Abbott Charles, watch maker Ablitt Alfred, registrar of births, deaths & marriages & relieving officer Alen John, Tanner, Frog's hall Alliston Thomas, wood dealer Ayres William, farmer, Nether hall Baker Thomas, farmer, maltster & miller Bantock Benj. Angel, & horse dealer Bantock Thomas, Crown & Anchor Barber William, dispensing & family chemist, & newspaper & general commission agent, & agent to the Suffolk Alliance Life & Fire & Accidental Death Assurance Companies Barkway Frederick Thomas, surgeon, M.R.C.S Bentote Saml. commission agent (silk) Bigg Samuel, farmer Bishop John, tailor Branwhite Charles, maltster Bullivant Henry William, saddler Bulmer William, hair dresser Cadge Robert, blacksmith Catling Samuel, grocer & draper Clarke Matthew, veterinary surgeon Clemence Charles, painter & glazier Clements Thomas Henry, farmer, Lodge farm Cooper Joseph, miller & corn merchant & farmer Day George, baker Deacon Mary (Mrs.), White Horse Deal Elisha & Son, coopers Donger Robert, contractor Dupont George, agent for agricultural implements East Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer East Mary Ann (Miss), stationer, & post office Evered William, butcher Garrard William, carpenter & joiner Garrard William, grocer & draper Gas Works (P. J. Wale, manager) Good Timothy, Greyhound Goold Sarah (Miss), dress maker Green John, butcher Griss Ann (Mrs.), baker Griss Tbomas, Blackbirds Gurling William, pork butcher Halls Charles, farmer Hanslope Ann (Mrs.), brewer & beer retailer Haywood George, tailor & organist Hitchcock Thomas P. com, seed & wool merchant Hogger Alfred & James, wheelwrights |
Jewers Frederick, boot maker King Charles, carpenter Lingley Edgar, blacksmith Making William Westrop, farmer & rate collector, Priory farm Mann James, carrier Miller Charles, Cock, & farmer Mills Charles, boot & shoe maker Mills Charles William, boot maker Mills Isaac, fruiterer Mills John, bricklayer Mills Thomas, baker Moss Frederick, plumber & glazier Mumford George S. farmer & brick & tile maker Newman k Harper, solicitors Parker John, carrier Partridge Robert, plumber & painter Pearman Samuel, baker Peck William & Son, grocers & drapers Poulton Mary (Miss), toy dealer Pritchord Edward Henry, tailor Pye George Richard, solicitor Hanson Susannah (Miss), straw bonnet maker Reeve Thomas, excise officer Roper William Whittingham, horsehair seating, cocoa fibre & hemp manufacturer Simpson Tom Coleman, ironmonger & gas fitter Smith John, boot & shoe maker Smith William Thomas, wool stapler & yarn manufacturer Snell Frederick, cabinet maker Snell Joseph, corn dealer Sparke James, coach builder Stribling Charles, tailor Tiffen John, thrashing machine owner TurnerAbigail (Mrs.), Lion inn, & farmer Turner Charles, bricklayer Turner Lambert, baker Turner Mattham, Swan inn Turner Thomas, carrier Turner Thos. grocer & provision dealer Turner William, wooden shovel maker Welton William, blacksmith White William Middelton, M.D. surgeon Whiting Henry, saddler Willis John, tailor |