Post Office Directory of 1865.
NEWTON (near Sudbury) is a parish in Babergh hundred, Sudbury union
and county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry, Ely diocese, West
Suffolk, 3 � miles east from Sudbury station, and 6O from London, The church of
All Saints, an ancient building, has a nave, chancel, tower, and 3 bells: on the
north side of the nave there is a Norman arch, with double zigzag, formerly a
door way; it is now a window to the baptistery opposite the south porch
entrance. Earliest date of register, 1558. The living is a rectory, having a
yearly tithe rent-charge of �597, with 55 acres of glebe and residence, in the
gift of the Master and Fellows of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and held by
the Rev. Charles Smith, B.D., of that college; the Rev. John Day Beales is the
curate. There is a chapel for Primitive Methodists. The parish is in the manors
of Newton Hall and Botelers. Earl Howe is lord of the former, and the Rev. T. H.
Causton of the latter. The population in 1861 was 529, and the area is 2,197
acres.
Parish Clerk, George Bruce.
Letters through Sudbury, which is the nearest money order office
INSURANCE AGENT�City, Walter Lord
National School, Mrs. Mary Ann Plampin, mistress
Fitch Thomas, esq. Great Grays
Fitch Thomas, jun. esq. Great Grays
Beales Rev. John Day [curate]
Smith Rev. Charles, B.D. [rector]
Titfen Thomas, esq
COMMERCIAL.
Amos Henry, wheelwright
Fitch Thomas, jun. farmer
Glass James, Saracen's Head
Glass William, blacksmith
Green Hugh, farmer & landowner
Green Hugh, jun. farmer
Hart James Lay, miller
Hart Walter, farmer
Hurst John, general dealer
Lord Walter, farmer
Nickelson James, bricklayer
Rolfe John, farmer
Sturgeon George, farmer
Tiffen Thomas, farmer
Ward Bedford, carpenter
Ward Eliza (Miss), shopkeeper
Warren Joshua, farmer
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