Post Office Directory of 1865.
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RICKINGHALL SUPERIOR is a villageand parish, in Hartismere hundred,
union, and rural deanery, countv court district of Eye, archdeaconry of Suffolk,
and diocese of Norwich, West Suffolk, adjoining Botesdale, 7 miles southwest
from Diss, 8 � west-by-north from Eye, 8 north-east from Ixworth, and 14 from
Bury St. Edmund's. The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice, in good repair,
with round tower, nave and chancel. The living is annexed to Rickinghall
Inferior, joint annual value �850, with parsonage house and 14 acres of glebe,
in the gift of George Holt Wilson, Esq.. and held by the Rev. R. C. Maul, M.A.;
the Rev, Thomas Edward Wilkinson, B.A, is curate. G.H. Wilson, Esq., is lord of
the manor and chief landowner. The population in 1861 was 742; area, 1,857
acres.
Parish Clerk, William Freeman.
Letters delivered from Botesdale, which is the nearest money order office
INSURANCE AGENT.�Suffolk Alliance, William Street
CARRIERS TO :�
BURY�James Nunn, Wednesday & Saturday
FINNIXOHAM�James Bailey, three times a week
IPSWICH�Robert Talbot, every inonday
Ellis Henry, esq
Wilkinson'Rev. Thomas Edward, B.A. [curate]
COMMERCIAL.
Boreham James, currier
Botwright George,
White Horse
Brett George, farmer
Brooks William, baker
Bullock Henry, wheelwright
Cook Robert, auctioneer
Cooke George, farmer
Cullingford Joseph, wheelwright
Daines Charles, cooper
Denny Caudle, shoe maker
Ellis Henry, surgeon
Gooderham William, farmer
Hubbard Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Jacobs George,
Garden House
King James, butcher
King Joseph, shoe maker
Mason Walter, wheelwright
Newstead Robert, farmer
Pettit Robert, basket maker
Porter George, road surveyor
Rednall Henry, carpenter
Saunders William, gardener
Street William, shopkeeper, & agent for the Suffolk Alliance Insurance Company
Vine Joseph, stonemason
Walker Robert, farmer
Warren William, butcher
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