Post Office Directory of 1865.
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SHOTTISHAM is a parish and village, in Wilford hundred and rural
deanery, Woodbridge union and county court district, archdeaconry of Suffolk,
and diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, 6 miles south-east from Woodbridge. The
church of St. Margaret, a stone building, was thoroughly repaired about 1845: it
has a nave, chancel, south porch, and tower with 1 bell. The living is a
rectory, value £240, with residence, and about 20 acres of glebe, in the gift of
the Rev. William Darby and Rev. Martin Baily Darby, and held by the Rev. Edward
Francis, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. There are charities of the
annual value of £2, payable on New Year's Day. There is a bequest, derivable
from certain lands in the parish, for the repairs of the church, to the amount
of £5 annually, made by some person whose name is unknown. Here is a national
school for boys and girls.
The Rev. William Darby and the Rev. Martin B. Darby (who are joint lords of the
manor). Lord Rendlesham, and John Henry Anger, Esq., are the principal
landowners. The population in 1861 was 317, and the area is 1,135 acres.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Gooch.
POST OFFICE.—James Fairhead, postmaster. Letters received from Woodbridge at 7
a.m.; box closes at 6.30p.m. in summer, & 6.30 p.m. in winter. The nearest money
order office is at Woodbridge
INSURANCE AGENT. — Liverpool & London & Globe, Robert Hayward
National School Mary Moss, mistress
CARRIER. — William Kemp, to Woodbridge, monday & thursday, at 10 a.m. returning
same day at 7 p.m. ; to Ipswich on Saturday (through Woodbridge) at 7 a-m.
returning same day at 7.30 p.m
Adams Rev. Benjamin [curate]
Francis Rev. Edward, M.A. [rector]
COMMERCIAL.
Bedwell Thomas, shopkeeper
Bird Louisa (Mrs.), blacksmith
Cullum James, saddler
Fairhead James, builder, & at Sutton
Edwards Robert Vertue, farmer & landowner
Garrod Henry Samuel, farmer
Gooch Thomas, tailor
Hayward Robert, miller
Kemp Thomas, butcher
Kemp William, carrier
Manthorp William,
Sorrel Horse
Martin Benjamin, corn merchant
Mills John, baker
Mills William, beer retailer
Smith Charles, wheelwright
Symonds William, shoe maker
Wolton Edgar, shoe maker