Post Office Directory of 1865.
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RUMBURGH is a parish and village, in Blything hundred and union,
Halesworth county court district, Dunwich rural deanery, Suffolk archdeaconry,
and Norwich diocese, East Suffolk, 4 miles north-west from Halesworth, and 6
south from Bungay. The church of St. Michael is an old and curiously built white
edifice, with short tower, containing 5 bells. The parish register dates from
the year 1552. The living is a perpetual curacy, consolidated with that of South
Elmham St. Michael, joint annual value �145, in the patronage of George Durrant,
Esq., and held by the Rev. Reginald Norman Durrant, M.A., OF Emmanuel College,
Cambridge, who resides at South Elmham All Saints. The town lands consist of 47
acres, which, together with other parish property, yield about �68 per annum:
these funds are applicable to the repairs of the church, the support of a day
school, and coals for the poor. The school is supported by a Government grant,
voluntary subscriptions, and the parish funds, and is under a certificated
master on the National principle: it is commodious, and for children of both
sexes. The Wesleyans have a chapel. Here was formerly a Benedictine priory,
founded by the monks of Hulme in 1065, and dedicated to St. Michael and St.
Felix: some of its remains may be seen at the abbey, now converted into a
farmhouse, the residence of Mr. John Sadd. The chief owners are Sir Robert
Shafto Adair, Bart., Mr. J. Grimsey, Mr. J. Manby, Mr. G. Calver, Mr. J. G.
Thompson, Mr. F. Ling, and other smaller proprietors. The soil is clay, with
subsoil of clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, and turnips. The
population in 1861 was 405, the area is 1,502a. 2r. 21 p.; the gross value is
�2,797 5s., and the rateable value, �2,397 10s.
Parish Clerk, John Blowers.
POST OFFICE.�John Blowers, receiver. Letters arrive from Halesworth at 8.20 a.m.
& dispatched at 5.15 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Halesworth
Parochial School, John Vincent Thomas, master; Mrs. Emily Thomas, mistress
COMMERCIAL.
Baker Elizabeth (Mrs.), dairy
Banks John, farmer
Bedingfield Charles, shopkeeper
Brown George, farmer
Buck John & James, farmers
Cable Ingate William, farmer
Cable William, pork butcher
Calver John, farmer
Calver Samuel, farmer
Chipperfield Charles, tailor & shopkeepr
Chipperfield Richard, farmer
Cornish Charles, farmer
Cutts James, farmer
Cutts John, carpenter
Fairhead James, farmer
Garrod William, carpenter
Green Onkly John, coach builder & implement maker, & at Hurlestone
Howlett Rushmer, farmer
Ingate Robert, miller
Ling Edmund, farmer
Mingay Mary Ann (Mrs.),
Buck
Mower Benjamin, farmer
Poppy Samuel, cattle dealer
Racfchnm William, farmer
Sadd John, farmer & landowner, Abbey
Sadler Benjamin, shoe maker
Salter William, farmer
Smith John, shopkeeper
Spall David, farmer
Spall James Smith, farmer
Strathern Fairley Brisbane, maltster, & at Halesworth
Thompson John Gibbon, farmer
Winter William, blacksmith
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