MELTON.
Melton is a large and populous village on the river Deben, ½ a mile north-east from Woodbridge, of which it is a suburb, in Wilford Hundred, East Suffolk. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Ely; the Rev. Christopher George Walton, M.A., is the incumbent. The church, which is situated at a distance from the village, is dedicated to St. Andrew. About a mile on the left, on the road to Wickham Market, is the County Lunatic Asylum, which was formerly a house of industry for the Loes and Wilford Hundreds, and was purchased by the county magistrates in 1827, and opened in 1829 for the reception of pauper lunatics: John Kirkman, M.D., is the superintendent, and Mr. George Durrant, house steward. The parish contains 1,420 acres of land, and the population, in 1851, was 1,039, including 269 in the asylum.
Adderson, Mr. Joseph, Retreat
Anderson, Wm. Hennesey, saddler
Aplin, Capt. Richard, Melton lodge
Ashford, Alfred, clerk
Asten, James, beerhouse
Baker, Mr. James
Bilby, Mrs. Sarah
Barrall, George, parish clerk
Bennington, Nathaniel, corn merchant, &c.
Booth, George, tailor
Brooke, Cooper Charles, solicitor, Grove
Buckingham, Mrs. Matilda Sophia
Calver, Thomas, wheelwright
Carthew, Wm. Morden, Esq.
Churchyard, James, gent.
Collins, Thomas, millwright, and Mrs. Eliza
Cook, Wm., brick and tile maker, Wilford Bridge
Culpil, John, wheelwright
Cullum, Samuel, gardener and florist
Durrant, George, steward, Asylum
Durrant, Mrs., milliner
Fisher, Henry, hay and straw dealer
Frost, Francis, farmer
Gillingham, Isaac, victualler, Red Lion
Girling, Horace, iron founder, &c.
Goldsmith, John, farm bailiff
Gwyn, Mrs.
Hayward, Alfred, miller, and corn and coal merchant
Hughes, Rev. Thomas Williams, B.A., chaplain at Asylum
Hunt, John, gent.
Kirkman, Mr. Henry
Kirkman, John, M.D., supt., Asylum
Last, Robert, builder
Leech, Mary, midwife
Miller, Thomas, farmer
Moss, John, joiner, builder, plumber, &c.
Moss, J., blacksmith
Newson, John, farmer
Osborn, Jeremiah, shoemaker
Pratt, Ishmael, horse dealer and vict., Horse and Groom
Page and Girling, ironfounders, engineers, and agricultural implement manufacturers
Page, James, ironfounder, &c.
Provart, Mr. Pp.
Patrick, Noah
Pytches, Major Thomas (deputy lieut.)
Read, Elizabeth, schoolmistress
Reeve, Robert Ashby, solicitor, Fern Villa
Riches, John, baker, &c.
Rout, W., farmer
Sawyer, Edward, baker and brewer
Schreiber, Wm. Fred. jun., Esq., Hill house
Shemmin, David, farm bailiff
Skoulding, William, grocer and draper
Smith, B., farmer
Smith, Edward, vict., Coach and Horses
Thompson and Bennington, corn and coal merchants, seedsmen and maltsters
Thompson, George Edw., h Woodbridge
Walford, Charles, Esq., Foxburgh hall
Walker, John, corn miller
Waller, Mrs. Maria
Wood, John, sen., Esq., Melton hall