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.

FRESTON.

A pleasant village, on the banks of the river Orwell, 3½ miles south of Ipswich, and 3½ E. from Brently station; is in Samford Hundred, and contained, in 1851, 224 inhabitants. The church of St. Peter is a neat fabric, with square tower. The living is a rectory, value £376. The Rev. Alfred Bond is the patron and incumbent.

Bond, Rev. Alfred, rector, Rectory

Birch, John, blacksmith

Coulson, Charles, parish clerk

Hare, George, farmer

Hunt, John, builder

Manning, John and William, farmers

Mead, Aaron, Boat inn

Sage, Benjamin, farmer, Wood’s farm

Sage, Joseph, joiner, (Post-office)

Sage, Thomas, shopkeeper, &c.

Venn, Edward Beaumont, Esq., Lodge

Waterman, Henry, farmer

Williams, Hannah, schoolmistress