Post Office Directory of 1865.
WILBY is a small village and parish, in Hoxne hundred, union and
rural deanery, Framlingham county court district, Suffolk archdeaconry, and
Norwich diocese, East Suffolk, 10 miles from the Harleston railway station, 2
south from Stradbroke, 7 north-west from Framlingham, and 8 south-east from Eye.
The church of St. Mary is a handsome Norman structure, with lofty square tower
and 6 musical bells, and very handsome ancient Gothic porch: it has nave, south
aisle, and chancel, and the interior contains some handsome carved oak, and a
handsome monument of the Green family, with several brasses: the windows are
partly of stained glass. The living is a rectory, tithes commuted at �646 per
annum, with 50 acres of glebe, and handsome Gothic residence, in the gift of the
Rev. George Mingaye, M.A., and held by the Rev. Thomas Charles Prickard, M.A.,
Cambridge. The soil is a mixture of rich loam and clay, with a subsoil of clay,
and is very fertile. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. T. G.
Corbett, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the property belongs in part to Sir E.
C. Kerrison, Bart., M.P-, of Brome Hall, Sir R. S. Adair, Bart., of Flixton, and
others. The charities amount to about �77 per annum, which is held in trust for
the poor, and the feoffee is Mr. G. C. Seaman, of Wilby. The population in 1861
was 560, and the area is 1,844 acres. The gross estimated rental is �3,204, and
the rateable value �2,731.
Parish Clerk, Sutton Godbolt.
Letters received from Wickham Market through Stradbroke. The latter is the
nearest money order office
CARRIER TO IPSWICH�Meene, passes through on Monday & friday, returning on the
following days Assistant Overseer, William Lanceter
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Chenery Charles Dailinger, esq
Prickard Rev. Thomas Charles, M.A. [rector], The Parsonage
COMMERCIAL.
Adams George, wheelwright & machinist
Aldous James, farmer
Aldridge James, farmer
Borrett John, farmer
Buckstone Emily (Miss), farmer
Chase Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer
Clarke Joseph, farmer
Copping George, carpenter
Cracknell William, farmer
Darby Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Feavearyear Edmund, Swan inn, & blacksmith
Feavearyear Edward, shopkeeper
Gray William, farmer
Haney Charles, farmer
Harvey William, farmer
Jeffries Robert (exors. of), farmer
Lancester William, boot & shoe maker,& assistant overseer
Lenny John, farmer
Lenny Robert, farmer & wheelwright
Lockwood Hezekiali, bricklayer
Mutimer George, farmer
Newson John, shopkeeper & travelling tea dealer
Pipe John, farmer
Rowe William, farmer, Foal's green
Rumsey John, farmer
Rush George, farmer
Scace Jeremiah, farmer
Scoggens William, farmer
Seaman Benjamin, farmer
Seaman George Culham, farmer & landowner, Rookery
Smith William, farmer, Foals Green
Thurston Thomas, farmer
Weavers James, farmer
Wilson Thomas, farmer
Wolno Isaac, farmer