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Raydon Public Houses
Raydon 1841 census transcriptions
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Raydon 1865 Post Office Directory
RAYDON is a parish, village, and railway station, in Samford union and
hundred, Hadleigh county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of
Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, on the Hadleigh railway, 67 ½
miles from London, and 3 ½ south-south-east from Hadleigh. The church of St.
Mary is a plain building. The earliest register is of the date 1682. The
living is a rectory, valued at £665, inclusive of 48 acres of glebe land;
the Rev. James Wright Tomkin, M.A., of Wadham College. Oxford, is patron and
incumbent. Mrs. C. Cripps is lady of the manor, and owner of a great part of
the parish. The population in 1861 was 501, and the area is 2,335 acres.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Whent. Letters through Hadleigh at 9 a.m. 4c 6 p.m.
which is also the nearest money order office
Railway Station, George Treadaway, station master
Tomkin Rev.James Wright, M.A.[rector]
COMMERCIAL.
Archer Joseph, blacksmith
Cook Henry, farmer
Daking Robert, corn miller
Prost John, farmer
Gosling Thomas, blacksmith
Hicks William, farmer & landowner
Hopes John, farmer
Hopes William, carpenter
Keeble Thomas, shopkeeper
Kersey William, fanner
King John, wheelwright
Lewis Joseph, Chequers
Nice Samuel, Fox
Rand William, farmer & butcher
Stiff George, shoe maker
Stubbin Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Stubbin John, farmer
Welham John, farmer
Whitby William, farmer & landowner