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History of Suffolk - Nayland 1865

Post Office Directory of 1865.

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NAYLAND (or NEYLAND) is a parish and small town, in Babergh hundred, Sudbury union rural deanery and archdeaconry, diocese of Ely, West Suffolk, on the borders of Essex, on the navigable Stour, 5 miles cast from Bures station, 56 from London by rail and road, and 12 from Manningtree. The church of St. Stephen is an ancient structure, having nave, chancel, north and south aisles, tower and 6 musical bells. The register commences in the year 1558. The living is a perpetual curacy, annual value �139, with residence, in the gift of Sir Robert
Charles Rowley, Bart., and held by the Rev. James Taylor Brown, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge. There is an Independent chapel, erected in 1864, and National and British schools for boys and girls. There are charities of considerable annual value. Here are makings and a brewery; also a large corn mill belonging to Mr. J. Stannard, and a silk winding mill. On the river is a trade in corn, coals, and timber. Here is a small literary institution, with
library attached, which has been established about 10 years, and is supported by members paying 10s. annually. Sir Charles R. Rowley, Bart., is lord of the manor. The population in 1861 was 1,061, and the acreage is 941.
Parish Clerk, John Triggs Winny.
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.�William Littlebury, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Colchester at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 8 p.m.
INSURANCE AGENTS :�
City, Albert Greenland
City of Glasgow Life, Vim. Sawer
Liverpool & London A; Globe, J.T. Winny
Reliance Mutual Life, John Munnings
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:�
Gas Company, James Frederick Blyth, manager
Excise Office, White Hart inn, Wm. Henry Priest, officer
Literary Institute, William Sawer, hon. secretary & librarian
SCHOOLS:�
British, Albert Greenland, master; Miss Winny, mistress
National (boys & girls), Miss Charlotte Gerrad, mistress
CONVEYANCE.�See Railway, Colchester, Essex
CARRIERS TO:�
COLCHESTER�Tomkins, from his house, mon. wed. & sat; Dansie, from 'Vine,' mon. wed. & fri; Lister, passes through from Stoke
IPSWICH�Tomkins, tues
SUDBURY�Tomkins, thurs
Alston Samuel, esq
Blyth Mrs
Brown Rev. Jas. Taylor, M.A. [incumbent]
Collins Reuben, esq
Crisp Misses
Darnell William, esq
Fenn Thomas Harold, esq
Holton Mr. Edward
Lewis Daniel, esq
Mortimer Mrs
Potter Mrs
Salmon Mrs
Sinnott William, esq. Gravel hill
Stannard Jeremiah, esq
Williams Rev.John James [Independent]
Witherby Mrs

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