Melville and Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Norwich, Yarmouth, Dereham, Swaffham, Wymondham, Fakenham, Thetford, Attleborough, Aylsham, Diss, Reepham, Foulsham, Hingham, &c.; Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Woodbridge, Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Eye, Stowmarket, Needham Market, &c. [1856]

by F. R. Melville & Co.

BUNGAY.

Bungay. A market-town on the borders of Norfolk, 108 miles from London, through Romford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, and Harleston, and 14 miles S.E. from Norwich, 40 miles N.E. from Ipswich, 20 miles S.W. of Yarmouth, 15 miles W. of Lowestoft, and 6 miles W. from Beccles; is in Wangford hundred and union, East Suffolk, Norwich bishopric; contained, in 1851, 3,841 inhabitants, fairs are held for horses, cattle, &c., on the 14th May and on the 25th September (the latter is also a sessions or hiring for servants). Near the town is a large silk manufactory, belonging to Messrs. Grout and Co., Norwich; also some extensive flour mills, malt-houses, paper mill, iron foundries, printing offices, and lime kilns.

Bungay contains two churches: the one dedicated to St. Mary, is a handsome edifice, with square tower, and 4 spires, an excellent peal of 8 bells, and a clock. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £115 per annum, a donative of the Duke of Norfolk. The Rev. Wm. H. Archdeacon Glover, B.A., is the perpetual incumbent. The other church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient structure, with round tower. The living is a vicarage, value £317. per annum, in the gift of the Bishop of Ely. The Rev. W. Glover, B.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. H. T. Deacle, M.A., is the curate.

The Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics, have chapels here. The town is lighted with gas, and the inhabitants are amply supplied with excellent water from the numerous springs with which the town and its neighbourhood abound. The houses are mostly of modern date, having been erected since 1688, when nearly the whole town was burned in a fire, which originated in an uninhabited dwelling.

Messrs. Harvey and Hudson’s Bank, Market-place. Manager, Mr. Graystone Baker.

Gurneys, Birkbeck, Turner and Co.’s Bank, Broad street. Manager, William Hartcup, Esq. Clerk, Mr. Robert Smith.

East of England Bank, Broad street. Manager, Samuel Smith, Esq. Cashier, Richard Cracknell. Draw on London and Westminster Bank.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.

Aldis, Charles, Esq., the Grove, Uplands

Allsopp, Mrs. Ann, Earsham street

Angel, Mrs. Harriet, Earsham street

Atkinson, Rev. Samuel, Wesleyan minister, Prospect place

Barnes, Mrs. Lucy, Earsham street

Burtsall, Mrs., Grove road

Bewicke, Miss Jane, Trinity street

Chambers, Mr. Jonathan, Lower Olland st.

Childs, Mrs. Hannah, Earsham street

Cuddon, Mrs. Susanna, Earsham street

Currie, Mrs. John, Trinity street

Deacle, Rev. Thomas Hicks, curate of Holy Trinity; h Upper Olland street

Denny, Mrs. M., Prospect place

Edwards, Rev. William, Wesleyan minister, Upper Olland street

Fisher, Mrs. Eliza, Upper Olland street

Franklin, Mrs. Mary Ann, Trinity street

Garnham, Mrs. Maria, Broad street

Garneys, Charles, M.R.C.S. and L.S.A., Trinity street

Glover, Rev. W., Rector of St. Mary’s, Trinity street

Hogarth, Rev. Arthur, curate of Redisham, h Lower Olland street

Marfew, Miss Phœbe, Grove road

Mayhew, Mrs. Charlotte, Bull lane

Minns, Mr. John, the Ollands

Morell, Mrs. Sophia, Market-place

Plowman, Mrs. Mary, Bridge street

Pratt, Mrs. Ann, Upper Olland street

Pratt, Mr. Henry, Lower Olland street

Rogerson, Mrs. Earsham street

Reynolds, Mrs. Louisa, Lower Olland street

Sayer, Mrs. Elizabeth, Trinity street

Scott, Miss Charlotte, Earsham street

Scott, John, Esq., Earsham street

Smith, Mr. the Ollands

Webb, Mr. John, Upper Olland street

Wills, Rev. Charles, minister of the Independent chapel, Upper Olland street

West, Mrs. Lydia, Plough street