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Post Office Directory of 1865.
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RINGSHALL is a village and parish, in Bosmere and Claydon union and
hundred, Stowmarket county court district, rural deanery of Bosmere,
archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, 4 � miles
south-west from Needham Market station, and 5 from Stowmarket. The church of St.
Katherine is of Gothic and Norman architecture: it has a square-built tower and
chancel. The living is a rectory, annual value �562, with residence, in the gift
of Pembroke College, Oxford, and held by the Rev. Charles Frederick Parker,
M.A., who is non-resident. The population in 1861 was 350, and the area is 2,116
acres, of clayey land. William Adair, Esq., is lord of the manor.
Letters through Stowmarket. Needham Market is the nearest money order office
COMMERCIAL.
Beaumont Isaac, farmer Chapel farm
Cooper Jonathan, farmer
Cracknell Charles, farmer
Gibbons Thomas, farmer
Haggar William, rake & hurdle maker
Hayward Thomas, farmer
Hitchcock Joseph Ennals, farmer,
Hitchcock Susan (Mrs.), farmer
Howe Daniel, farmer
Laflin Philip, carpenter & farmer
Makens John, farmer & cattle dealer
Makens Robert, farmer & cattle dealer
Mann David, grocer & draper
Nock William, farmer
Polding Charles, farmer
Rouse Benjamin, farmer
Watson Ephraim, farmer
Wilden James, grocer, draper & shoe maker