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RUSHMERE (near Ipswich) is a neat village and parish, in Woodbridge
union, Carlford hundred and rural
deanery, Ipswich borough and county court district, archdeaconry of Suffolk, and
diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, 3 miles north-cast from Ipswich station, and 6
south-west from Woodbridge. The church of St. Andrew was rebuilt in 1861, at a
cost of £1,500. The register dates from 1582. The living is a vicarage, value
£180, with residence, in the gift of the Marquis of Bristol, and held by the
Rev. William Wigston, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. The Marquis of
Bristol is lord of the manor, and the principal proprietor of the land. The
population in 1861 was 678, and the area is 2,142 acres.
POST OFFICE.—James Hall, postmaster. Letters through Ipswich, arrive at 7 a.m.;
dispatched at 7.15 p.m. Ipswich is also the nearest money order office
National School, Mrs. Mary Burrows, mistress
Chevallier Clement, esq
Fraser Mr. William
Hart Mrs
Janson Richard, esq. Limes
Shewell John S. esq. Pine loft
Wigston Rev. William, M.A. Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Baker Thomas, Greyhound
Betts Henry, miller
Crisp John, wheelwright
Dawson William, miller
Everett Robert, farmer & landowner
Fisk Francis, brick maker
Garnham William, farm bailiff to Richard Janson, esq
Garrod Robert, cattle dealer
Gocher Thomas, farmer & landowner, Heath farm
Goodwin John, beer retailer
Hall James, shopkeeper
Janson Richard, farmer
King Benjamin, jun. farmer, Hall
King Benjamin, sen. manure manufacturer
Mann George, dealer
Mann William, shoe maker
Nesling Robert, maltster
Parish Joshua (Mrs.), farmer
Runnacres Isaac, Falcon
Seggcr John, blacksmith
Segger Philip, Britannia, & blacksmith
Skeet John, farmer
Walford Thomas, shopkeeper