Post Office Directory of 1865.
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RUSHMERE (near Lowestoft) is a parish and village in a quiet valley,
in Mutford and Lothingland incorporation and hundred, Lowestoft county court
district, rural deanery of Lothingland, archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of
Norwich, East Suffolk, 18 miles from Saxmundham, 6 south from Beccles, 5 ½
south-west from Wangford, and 5 from Lowestoft. The church of St. Michael is an
old building, with round tower and thatched roof, and has 2 small bells: it
consists of a nave and chancel, and a porch on the south side, and has undergone
repair. The register dates from 710. The living is a rectory, tithes commuted at
£212 per annum, with residence, and 9 acres of glebe land, in the patronage of
Lord Boston and Frederick William Irby, Esq., jointly, and held by the Rev.
Thomas William Irby, B.A. A Parochial school for boys and girls has been
established and is supported by the rector. Here are sand-pits. The population
in 1861 was 121, and the area is 759 acres.
Letters through Wangford. Lowestoft is the nearest money order office
Irby Rev. Thomas Wm. B.A. [rector]
Elliott George, farmer
Garrod Thomas, farmer, The Hall
Green Samuel, farmer
Oldrin John, agricultural machine owner & farmer
Owles Thomas, farmer
Rodwell Zachariah, market gardener
Turner Samuel, Three Tuns
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