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Ringsfield Public Houses & 1865 directory
RINGSFIELD parish in 1844, has its church and a few farm houses in a secluded
valley, 2 1/2 miles S.S.W. of Beccles, and 5 miles E. by S. of Bungay, and a
larger assemblage of cottages and houses at the Crossroads, about a mile further
to the south, overlooking the vale of another rivulet, near the small hamlet of
LITTLE REDISHAM, which was anciently a separate parish, but has long been
consolidated with Ringsfield, though there are still some remains of its church,
in a field, fenced round with wooden palisades. Little Redisham Hall, the
pleasant seat of John Garden, Esq., is a neat modern mansion, on a bold
acclivity, 4 miles S.S.W. of Beccles, and a quarter of a mile south of the ruins
of the church. The parish of Ringsfield, including this hamlet, comprises 311
inhabitants, and about 1700 acres of land. John Garden, Esq., is lord of the
manor, and purchased Little Redisham of the late Robert Sparrow, Esq. The Earl
of Gosford, Richard Bohun, Esq., Col. Bence, A. Micklethwaite, Esq., Mrs. Hobbs,
and a few smaller owners have estates in the parish. Ringsfield Church (All
Saints) is an ancient thatched structure, and contains several monuments, upon
one of which, inlaid with brass, are effigies of Nicholas Garneys and his wife.
The benefice is a rectory, with that of Little Redisham annexed to it, valued in
K.B. at £12, and in 1835 at £488. Edward Postle, Esq., is patron, and the Rev.
Frederick Leathes, of Reedham, Norfolk, is the incumbent, and has a good Rectory
House and 36 acres of glebe, occupied by the curate.
Marked + are at the Cross roads.
Garden John, Esq. Little Redisham Hall
+ Battram Robert, vict. and hurdle maker, Horse
Shoes
+ Battram William, hurdle maker
+ Bezant James, blacksmith
+ Calver Manning, bricklayer
Colls Rev Thomas Arthur, curate, Rectory
+ Harvey Elijah, shopkeeper
+ Howlett Benjamin, wheelwright
+ Mobbs Mrs Martha
+ Pratt Philip, shoemaker
FARMERS.
Balls Thomas
Banyard James
Blomneld John
Chandler John
George William & Rt
Holland Robert
Mathews Samuel
Skoulding Fras.
Wilson William