HALESWORTH.
Halesworth is a market town, distant 31 miles N.E. from Ipswich, 8 miles from Bungay, 9 miles from Beccles, 8½ from Southwold, and 100 from London, in the Blything hundred and union, Norwich bishopric, East Suffolk; is situate on the river Blyth, which is navigable to Southwold, where it falls into the North Sea. The living is a rectory, with the vicarage of Chediston annexed, value £600, and 10 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Andrew Johnston, Esq. The Rev. Robert Edward Hankinson, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. David Stevenson, B.A., is the curate. The church of St. Mary is a Gothic building, with square tower and fine peal of 8 bells; also nave, aisles, and organ. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Independents, have chapels here. Here is also a National School, and a British and Foreign School.
There is a small theatre here; also a neat police station for the Beccles division of police. It is a polling place for the Eastern division of the county. The town is lighted with gas. The trade consists in corn and malt, which is exported to London by means of small crafts to Southwold. Here are also iron foundries, coach building, and several manufacturing establishments. The market is held on Tuesday. Fairs are held on Tuesday in Easter and Whitsun weeks, and 29th and 30th of October. The petty sessions are also held here.
The population is 2,665, acreage 1,420, gross rental £10,000, rateable value, £7,990. John Crabtree, Esq., is lord of the manor of Halesworth and Dame Margerie, in Halesworth; and the rector is lord of the manor of the rectory.
Crown bank; Harveys and Hudsons, bankers. Agent, Thomas T. B. Bedwell, Thoroughfar
Gurneys and Company; Barclay and Co., Market-place
East of England bank; manager, Josiah Humphries, London and Westminster bank agents, Thoroughfare
Savings’ bank; manager, Mr. James Tippell. Quay street
Gas works; John Foreman, manager, Wissett road
CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.
Atthill, Rev., Bridge street
Bayley, Mrs. Susan, Pound street
Bunyan, Mr. John, Quay street
Chapman, Mr. John, Bungay road
Clarke, Mr. John, Bridge street
Crabtree, Misses, Bungay road
Cracknell, Thomas, Esq., Market-place
Eastaugh, Mrs. Hannah, Chediston str.
Fox, Mrs. Lucy, Quay street
Hankinson, Rev. Robert Edwards, rectory
Moore, Mrs., Bungay road
Prime, Mr. Edward, Bungay road
Ringwood, Mrs., Bridge street
Rudge, Mrs. Mary Anne, Rectory street
Spilling, Miss Charlotte, Quay street
Stevenson, Rev. David, curate, Pound street
Taylor, Mrs. Mary, Thoroughfare
Turner, Rev., rector of Linstead, round street
TRADES. PROFESSIONS, &c.
Aldred, William Henry, grocer, tea-dealer and tallow chandler, Market-place
Allex, Captain Peter, superintendent of police, Bungay road
Appleton, Robert, architect and surveyor, Pound street
Archer, William, the Golden Ball, Chediston street
Atmer, William, Angel inn commercial hotel, Thoroughfare
Baker, William, shopkeeper and postman, Thoroughfare
Baker, William, baker, Chediston street
Balls, John, Hawk inn, Bridge street
Balls, Robert, stone mason, Pound street
Barber, Emma, shopkeeper, Chediston street
Barber, Robert C., the White Lion, Market-place
Barker. T., teacher of music, Pound str.
Bass, Robert Beales, solicitor, agent for the Crown Life Office, clerk to the County Court, and to the Ipswich turnpike, h Market-place
Beales, John, surgeon, Market-place
Bedwell, John, tailor and draper, Market-place
Bedwell, John, grocer and draper, Market-place
Bird, John, boot and shoe maker, Market-place
Boniwell, William, register office for servants, Thoroughfare
Botham, Benjamin, linen draper, Bridge street
Botham, Benjamin, tailor, &c., Quay str.
Boyce, William, plumber, glazier, and painter, Pound street
Boyden, Susannah, ladies’ boarding academy, Quay street
Brown, Mary, butcher, Thoroughfare
Brown, Samuel, grocer and draper, Quay street
Bryant, Charles, solicitors’ clerk, Quay street
Buller, Elizabeth, basket maker, Pound st.
Burgess, Nathaniel, general ironmonger, Thoroughfare
Burleigh, Robert W., maltster and corn merchant, Quay street
Butler, William, tailor, Thoroughfare
Carliell, William, coal merchant, Thoroughfare
Carnova, Peter, silversmith and jeweller, Thoroughfare
Chambers, William, White Hart inn, Thoroughfare
Chaplain, Jonathan, the Grapes, Thoroughfare
Chapman, John, boot and shoe maker, Market-place
Chappell, William, painter and glazier, Rectory street
Chilvers, Ambrose, grocer and draper, Chediston street
Chilvers, William, musical instrument Chediston street
Clarke, George, plumber and glazier, Thoroughfare
Clark, William E., the Perseverance tavern, Quay street
Cole, Ellen, fancy repository, Market-place
Cole, John, boot and shoe maker, Chediston street
Collett, George Thomas, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Thoroughfare
Collett, William H., coach builder, Pound street
Crabtree and Cross, solicitors, Thoroughfare
Crisp, William, saddle and harness maker, Quay street
Croft, Daniel, broker, Market-place
Croft, Daniel, lodging house and broker, Chediston street
Croft, George, haircutter, Quay street
Croft, James, general shopkeeper, Chediston street
Cross, Frederic, solicitor, Market-place, h Quay street
Cullingford, Emma, straw bonnet maker, Chediston street
Cullingford, James, shopkeeper, Chediston street
Cullingford, Titus, boot and shoe maker, Bungay road
Davey, Thomas P., linen draper, Thoroughfare
Day, John, printer, China, glass, and Staffordshire warehouse, Bridge street
Dennison, David, confectioner, Pound st.
Dyer, Joseph, clothier and outfitter, Thoroughfare
Easterson and Son, iron and brass founders, and implement makers, Market-place
Edmonds, Jonathan, supervisor, Bungay road
Ellis, William, watch maker, jeweller, and silversmith, Market-place
Elworthy, Sarah, boarding school for young ladies, Quay street
Farrington, Robert, grocer, Thoroughfare
Farrow, Joseph, timber merchant, Quay street
Farrow, Thomas, builder and architect, Bungay road
Fisher, Edward, tailor, Thoroughfare
Foreman, John, grocer, draper, and post master, Thoroughfare
Forman, Daniel, clerk to Blything Union, Quay street
Forman, James, butcher, Bridge street
Freeman, G. P., auctioneer, land agent, &c., Thoroughfare
Garrard, Seaman, surgeon
Gibson, William, the Half Moon, Rectory street
Gilham, John, Brewers’ Arms, Bungay road
Girdlestone, Owen, whitesmith, Pound street
Gobbett, Henry G., tailor, draper, and bootmaker, Thoroughfare
Gooch, James, fruiterer, and dealer in marine stores, Chediston street
Gooch, John, marine store dealer, Chediston street
Gooderham, John, earthenware dealer, Bridge street
Green, Lucy, boot and shoe maker, Market-place
Hardingham, William, the Queen’s Head, Chediston street
Hellen, Robert, Rose and Crown, Chediston street
Holder, Henry, brewer, Quay street
Hopson, William, saddle and harness maker, Thoroughfare
Howard, Charles, Trowel and Hammer, Pound street
Howard, Frederic, surgeon, Quay street
Hugman, Robert, linen draper, Bridge street
James, Henry, accountant, Quay street
Jarmy, John, smith and ironmonger, Chediston street
Jarvis, Walter Scott, station-master, Halesworth station
Johnson, Sarah, milliner and dressmaker, Market-place
Keeble, Francis, carpenter and joiner, Rectory street
Kemp, Samuel, butcher, Bridge street
Kent, Thomas, cooper, Coopers’ Arms, Quay street
Lanes, Frederic, shopkeeper, Market-place
Lockwood, James, greengrocer, Bridge street
London, John F., hatter, outfitter, &c., agent for the Alliance Life and Fire Assurance Office, Thoroughfare
Mannall, Mrs. Elizabeth E., milliner and dressmaker, Bridge street
Mannall, John, day academy for young gentlemen, Rectory street
Miller, James, baker, Chediston street
Miller, James, tailor and town crier, Chediston street
Millett, William, shopkeeper, Pound str.
Mills, Isaac, the Tuns, Market-place
Moore, Caroline, milliner and dressmaker, Bridge street
Musk, Edward H., stationer and toyman, Bridge street
Neeve, Thomas, Swan inn, veterinary surgeon, Pound street
Newson, Frederick, grocer and teadealer, Bridge street
Newson, Nelson, W., watch and clock maker, silversmith, jeweller, &c., Thoroughfare
Newson, Richard, whitesmith, Chediston street
Newson, Samuel, bricklayer and plasterer, Pound street
Newson, Stephen, bricklayer, Chediston street
Newson, William, bricklayer and farmer, Chediston street
Nunn, Ephraim, pork shop, Pound street
Owles, John, plumber and glazier, Thoroughfare
Parsley, Frederick, Esq., manager to Gurney’s bank, Market-place
Page, Thomas, corn and seed merchant, baker, &c., Bridge street
Peachy, Robert, ropemaker, Pound street
Pedgrave, Augustus, surgeon, Bungay road
Pedgrift, Fred. W., surgeon, Thoroughfare
Prime, Samuel, fishmonger, Bridge street
Rackham, George, chemist and druggist, printer and publisher of the Halesworth Times, Quay street
Read, John, solicitor, Pound street
Reynolds, William, chemist and druggist, Thoroughfare
Rignall, William, gunsmith, Market-place
Robinson, William, boot and shoe maker, Quay street
Rudland, George H., surgeon and druggist, Chediston street
Sawyer, James, carrier to Norwich, Ipswich, and Aldborough, Quay street
Scarle, Mrs. Catherine, beer retailer and shopkeeper, Quay street
Scraggs, Elizabeth, dyer, Chediston street
Seaman, John, bailiff to the County court, Rectory street
Seaman, George, butcher, Thoroughfare
Self, Samuel, maltster, brewer, and retailer of beer, Chediston street
Self, Samuel, shopkeeper, Quay street
Shade, Nathaniel, boot and shoe maker, Thoroughfare
Simmonds, Robert, the Ship, Thoroughfare
Smith, Caroline, dressmaker, Chediston street
Smith, James, builder, Chediston street
Smith, John and Robert, farmers, Steeple lane
Smith, Robert, police constable, police station, Quay street
Smith, Sidney, veterinary surgeon, Chediston street
Sowen, Robert, brick maker, Steeple lane
Sparrow, Samuel, umbrella maker, Chediston street
Spore, James, broker, Chediston street
Squire, George, dealer in game, Chediston street
Squire, William, baker and grocer, Pound street
Stagoll, John, land surveyor, Black Eagle, Chediston street
Stevens, William, accountant, Market-place
Strathern, F. B., maltster, Bungay road
Strathern, F. B. and Co., wine and spirit merchants, Quay streets
Sutton, Robert T., tailor and draper, Thoroughfare
Symonds, Robert, coachmaker and smith, Quay street
Taylor, Caroline, straw bonnet maker, Pound street
Taylor, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Bungay road
Taylor, George G., King’s Arms commercial hotel, Market-place
Thompson, William, gun and lock smith, Bridge street
Thompson, George, brewer, farmer, and maltster, Market-place
Tillett, Samuel, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Bridge street
Tilney, Henry, blacksmith, Pound street
Tippell, James, printer, bookseller, stationer, dealer in china, glass, and earthenware, agent to Norwich Union Life and Fire Insurance society, Thoroughfare
Took, Adam, basket and sieve maker, Quay street
Took, Peter, beer retailer and butcher, Chediston street
Took, Robert, confectioner and baker, Bridge street
Tyrrell, Sarah, milliner and dressmaker, Bungay road
Tyrrell, William, brewer, Bungay road
Wade, Denny, cooper and brewer, Bridge street
Wade, Sarah, ladies’ boarding school, Pound street
Wade, Thomas, cooper, Pound street
Waters, Ann, the King’s Head, Quay str.
Watson, William, the Wherry, Quay str.
Webb, T., farmer, Walpole road
Wigg, Caroline, straw bonnet manufacturer, Thoroughfare
Wigg, Lionel, stock dealer, Rectory str.
Wigg, William, watch and clock maker, Thoroughfare
Wild, Thomas, accountant, Bungay road
Woods, William, shopkeeper, Chediston street
Woodward, Francis, banker’s clerk, Pound street
Wright, James, plumber, glazier, and painter, Market-place