Post Office Directory of 1865.
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
COMMERCIAL.
| Alston Samuel, solicitor Andrews Walter, Queen's Head Bacon James, farmer & butcher Bacon Robert, sausage maker Barber William, baker Barker William Stillemon, plumber, painter &c Blyth James Frederick, grocer & draper Branch William, tailor Brown John, farmer Brown Stephen, silk throwster Brown Win. maltster & corn & coal merchant Burrows Isaac, shopkeeper Calvert William Sidney, solicitor & at East Bergholt Clarke Josiah, grocer & draper Collins Reuben, solicitor Cuddon James, brewer Cuddon Samuel Thomas, maltster Daniell William, surgeon Eagle Charles, bricklayer Everett John Taber,butcher Faiers George, corn dealer Faiers Henry, ironmonger Faiers Henry, sen. cooper Fenn Thomas Harold, surgeon Gas Company (James Frederick Blyth, manager) Godden Robert, pork butcher Goodrich Elizabeth (Mrs.) saddler Grimsey George B. harness maker Halls John, watch maker Hammond Samuel, beer retailer Hawes Samuel Chaplin, farmer & landowner |
Ive Joseph, beer retailer Literary institute (William Sawer, hon. secretary & librarian) Littlebury William, shoe maker, stationer & postmaster Lock James, baker Marsh Joseph, baker Mills Cobourg, Vine Mills John Wilby, veterinary surgeon Nichols James, Anchor, & plumber, painter &c Norfolk Thomas, cab proprietor Priest Win. Henry, excise officer Roberts George, baker & farmer Roberts George, beer retailer Ryan Peter, draper Sargent John, wheelwright Sargent Joseph, wheelwright & farmer Sawer William, pharmaceutical chemist Scott James, blacksmith Shuttleworth John, White Hart Siggers John, glover Southernwood Thomas, beer retailer Stannard Jeremiah, miller & corn & coal merchant Stow Abraham, hair dresser Stow Mary (Mrs.) seminary Strutt Thomas, farmer Thorp Henry, shoe maker Thorp Thomas, shoe maker Tomkins Edward, maltster & carrier Vollmer Barbara (Mrs.), dress maker Wagstuff William, tea dealer Wilson William, jun. tailor Wilson William,sen. beer retailer. & tailor Winny John Triggs, registrar of births & deaths, rate & tax collector, & parish clerk |