STOWMARKET.
Stowmarket. A market town and railway station, in Stow hundred, West Suffolk, 80¼ miles from London, 12½ N.N.W. from Ipswich, and 14¼ E.S.E. from Bury; contained, in 1851, 3,299 inhabitants, besides about 1,000 in the Upland, being nearly 4,300. It is nearly the centre of the county, on the Eastern Union Railway, at the junction of the three rivulets which form the river Gipping, which was rendered navigable in 1793, and has proved a great source of prosperity to the town. A considerable trade in corn, malt, coals, slate, and timber, is done here. The Corn Exchange and Assembly Boom were built at a cost of £3000 about 20 years since. The corn market, held on Thursday, is well attended by farmers. A grand agricultural show of cattle, sheep, and pigs, is held early in September; and a horticultural show is held in July for flowers, fruit, and vegetables. There are two annual fairs—viz. on the 10th of July and two following days for toys and pleasure, and on the 12th of August a large lamb fair. The town is well lighted with gas; and it is now a polling-place for the Western division of the county.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s books at £16 15s., is now valued at £380 per annum. The Rev. A. G. H. Hollingsworth is patron and incumbent. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Mary, is a large cathedral-like building, in the decorated and early English style of architecture, with tower, nave, aisles, long chancel, and a side chapel, belonging to C. Tyrrell, Esq., called Gripping chapel. In the church is a monument to Dr. Young, once vicar of this place, and tutor to the immortal Milton. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists; also a National school, and several benevolent institutions for the relief of the poor.
Harveys and Hudson’ Bank. William Isley, Esq., manager, Butter market.
Oakes, Bevan, and Co.’s Bank. Manager, John G. Hart, Market-place
Reading Rooms for Young Men, supported by Subscribers—about 100 members, Market-place. Open daily.
Corn Exchange, Market-place. Market on Thursdays; large trade carried amongst farmers, maltsters, millers, and merchants.
CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.
Bond, Miss Susan, Childer road
Bradley, Mr. Robert, Childer road
Bridges, Mrs. Sarah, Ipswich road
Cooper, Mrs. Amelia, Bury street
Cross, Mr. Henry, Ipswich street
Dydeman, Mr. George, Bury street
Freeman, Mrs. Susan, Ipswich street
Gaymour, Miss Mary Ann, Childer road
Grimsby, Miss M. N., Ipswich road
Hollingsworth, Rev. A. G. H., vicar of Stowmarket and Stowupland, Vicarage, Ipswich street
Kent, Mrs., Childer road
King, Mrs., Hill house
Maberly, Rev. Frederic H., vicar of Great Finborough, h Tavern street
Pennington, Mrs. Emma, Ipswich street
Purr, Misses Mary Anna and Sophia, Bury street
Revett, Mrs. Elizabeth, Bury street
Reynolds, Rev. William, Violet hill
Rust, Mrs., Bury street
Smith, Rev. W., curate of Stowupland, Ipswich road
Smith, William, Bury road
Symonds, Mrs. Elizabeth, Tavern street
Thornley, Rev. John, Baptist minister, Violet hill road
Turner, Mrs. Susan, Childer road
Webb, Joseph, Esq., Ipswich street
TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.
Adams, Robert, pipe maker, Market-place
Andrews, Henry, shopkeeper, Pleasant row, Regent street
Andrews, Joseph, builder, Tavern street
Archer, Edward P., assistant clerk to the Court, clerk to the Union, and County Court office, Tavern street
Arenson, Louis, jeweller, Childer road
Bailey, William, cabinet maker, Ipswich street
Balls, George, tailor and draper, Churchyard
Banyard, Theodore, bricklayer and plasterer, Violet hill lane
Barker, Robert, baker, Stowupland street
Barnard, Edward, baker, Stowupland street
Barnard, Philip, beer retailer, Gipping street
Bellchambers, John, tailor and draper, Market-place
Bethel, F. W., bushel and harness maker, Ipswich street
Betts, Francis, carpenter and builder, Bury street
Bewley, Hunter, King’s Arms inn, Stowupland street
Bloomfield, Rebecca, shopkeeper, Bury st.
Bloomfield, Thomas W., the Railway tavern, Stowupland street
Boby, George, linen and woollen draper, tea-dealer and grocer, Market-place
Boby, Robert, ironmonger, Market-place
Bowey, William, shopkeeper, Stowupland street
Bree, Charles, surgeon, Strickland
Brett, Thomas, tailor and draper, Ipswich street
Brett, Martha, grocer and haberdasher, Stowupland street
Brett, John, gardener, Duke’s Head inn, Ipswich street
Bridges, Samuel and Son, coach builders, Tavern street
Brook, A. M. and R., milliners and dress makers, Ipswich street
Broom, John, Carpenters’ Arms
Brownsmith, John, Fox and Hounds, Bury street
Caley, Samuel, fishmonger, Ipswich street
Carter, Sarah, day school for young ladies and gentlemen, Ipswich street
Chapman, John E., wine and spirit merchant, Ipswich road
Charles, Richard, outfitter, Market-place
Clarke, A., milliner, Tavern street
Clarke, Mary Anne, milliner, &c., Regent street
Claxton, George, painter, plumber, glazier, and earthenware dealer, Market-place
Cobbold, James, porter’s lodge, Stowupland street
Codd, William, boot and shoemaker, and parish clerk, Ipswich street
Coe, Thomas, painter and decorator, Bury street
Cole, Thomas, commercial traveller, Tavern street
Cole, Thomas, cabinet maker, Childer road
Coleby, Ephraim, the Crown, Regent street
Coleman, Benjamin, the Pot of Flowers, Bury street
Collen, George, plumber, glazier, and corn merchant, Ipswich street
Colson, John, gun maker, Ipswich street
Colson, William, the Staff of Life, and shopkeeper, Stowupland street
Colson, John, boot and shoe maker, Stowupland street
Cordwell, Charles, boys’ school, Regent street
Corner, William, Pickerell inn, Stowupland street
Cracknell, George, basket maker, Stowupland street
Cracknell, Samuel, whitesmith in general, Bury street
Crawley, George, station master
Creasey, John, tailor, Bury street
Crispin, Thomas, pawnbroker, Butter Market
Cullum, Edward, Cricketers’ Arms, Childer place
Cuthbert, Gibbs E., tailor, White Hart, Crow street
Cuthbert, Thomas, butcher, Bury street
Cuthbert, Robert, bootmaker, Red Lion, Tavern street
Dade, Joseph, Bell inn, Bury road
Day, John, ozier merchant, Bury road
Day, John, beer retailer and boot and shoe maker, Churchyard
Dennis, Hannah, milliner and furrier, Bury street
Diaper, Abraham, shopkeeper, Bury street
Diaper, James, boot and shoe maker, Bury street
Diaper, James, wine, spirit, and porter merchant, agent for the General Fire and Life Assurance, Stowupland street
Downing, Henry S., King’s Head, Ipswich street
Drake, Charles, tailor and draper, Ipswich street
Druce, William H., fancy toy shop
Druce, William, hair dresser, and fancy toy shop, Bury street
Durrant, Jeremiah, fishmonger, Stowupland street
Dye, John, shopkeeper, Gipping street
Earthy, Reuben, coach builder, Bury str.
Eley, Joseph, pork butcher, Ipswich str.
Ellis, Robert, carpenter and joiner, Ipswich road
Esling, Henry, painter, plumber, and glazier, Stowupland street
Felgate, Elizabeth, tailoress, Childer place
Felgate, William, grocer and draper, Bury street
Feltham, William, watch and clock maker, working silversmith and jeweller, registrar of marriages for the district of Stow, and agent for the Protector Life Assurance Society, Stowupland street
Fenton, Eliza, confectioner, Ipswich str.
Fiske, John, baker, Bury street
Footman and Company, linen and woollen drapers, hatters, &c., Tavern street
Francis, Hannah, dyer, Bury street
Francis, James, umbrella maker, Bury street
Freeman, Spencer, surgeon, registrar of births and deaths, Market-place
Frewer, John Edwin, nurseryman, Violet hill nursery
Frewer, Mary, straw bonnet maker, Regent street
Frewer, Mary, knitting and crochet establishment, Market-place
Fuller, R. G., solicitor, Ipswich street
Garnham, George, manager for Footman and Co., linen draper, Tavern street
Gilson, John, butcher, Stowupland street
Gladwell, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Stowupland street
Gooderham, Charles, butcher, Ipswich st.
Gosling, Sophia, shopkeeper, Regent str.
Green, Sarah and Hannah, boarding and day academy for ladies, Bury street
Greengrass, George, baker, Childer road
Groom, Robert, carpenter, Gipping str.
Gudgeon, James, solicitor, Bury street
Harling, B. A., surgeon, Bury street
Harper, John W., surgeon, Stowupland street
Hayward, George, butcher, Bury street
Hayward, George, wheelwright, Regent street
Herring, William, supervisor, Stowupland road
Hewitt, William Robert, corn and timber merchant, Tavern street
Hopson, John, stone and marble mason, Bury street
Ives, James, boot and shoe maker and beer retailer, Ipswich street
Jackson, Abraham, superintendent of British Schools, Childer road
Jackson, Isaac, cooper, Bury street
Jackson, William, chemist and druggist, Market-place
King, Benjamin, maltster and merchant, h Tavern street
King, William, upholsterer, cabinet maker, and broker, Ipswich street
King, William, corn and coal merchant, Tavern street
Lambert, George, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Ipswich street
Lankester, Joseph A., grocer and draper, wine merchant, and tallow melter, Market-place, and at Felsham
Larke, Sarah, dress maker, Bury street
Leathers, Ann, shopkeeper, Ipswich street
Lilystone, Charles, baker, Bakers’ Arms, Violet hill
Lilystone, William, shopkeeper, Bury street
Limmer, James, China and glass establishment, Market-place
Limmer, William F., confectioner, Market-place
Lock, John, farmer, Bury road
Lockwood, John, the Fox commercial hotel, and Inland Revenue office, Ipswich street
Lusher, Elijah, the Hop Pole tavern, Stowupland street
Makens, Robert, butcher, Ipswich street
Malyan, William, Barge inn, Stowupland street
Martin, Phœbe, ladies’ boarding and day school, Bury street
Martin, John, miller, the Rose tavern, Butter market
Matthews, John, farmer, Bury road
Mc’Lachlan, John, brewer, Bury street
Miles, Edward F., whitesmith, Ipswich road
Mills, Elizabeth, straw bonnet maker, Ipswich street
Mills, William, White Horse inn, Stowupland street
Morly, Thomas, painter, plumber, and glazier, Bury street
Mumford and Chapman, wine and spirit merchants, and agents to the Suffolk Alliance Fire and Life Office, Ipswich street
Myal, Leonard, Greyhound inn, Tavern street
Offord, James, cutler, Ipswich street
Ormes, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Crow street
Palmer, William, baker, Stowupland str.
Palmer, Ellen, dress maker, Stowupland street
Parmenter, Isaac, China and glass dealer, hairdresser, and clerk to the market, Market-place
Parker, William, baker and confectioner, Ipswich street
Paxman, Ann Smith, draper, Ipswich str.
Payne, Henry, solicitors’ clerk, Violet hill
Payne, James, house agent, Violet hill road
Payne, Emma, ladies’ boarding school, Violet hill
Pearson, John, painter, plumber, and glazier, Ipswich street
Pettit, Edward, merchants’ clerk, Childer road
Pooley, Thomas, broker, Stowupland street
Pooley, William, clothier, Butter market
Prentice and Hewitt, bar iron, timber, slate and coal merchants, maltsters, &c., Stowupland street
Prentice, William, corn and timber merchant, h Market-place
Prentice, Samuel, grocer and draper, Market-place
Purr, William W., ironmonger, oil and colorman, Stowupland street
Raffe, Matilda, boot and shoe maker, Bury street
Reddish, Edward, boot and shoe maker, Market-place
Rednall, Ephraim, builder and surveyor, Ipswich street
Reynolds, John, miller, Ipswich street
Robinson, Frederic, ironmonger, Regent terrace
Rodwell, Edward, tailor, Crow street
Roper, David, boot and shoe maker, Regent street
Runneckles, Robert, boot and shoe maker, Bury street
Rush, Edward, pork shop and postman, Market-place
Rust, Isaac A., ironmonger, Bury street
Salmon, Edward, ironmonger and brazier, Ipswich street
Salmon, Thomas, and Tillott, Albert, tailors and drapers, Bury street
Salmon, William, corn, coal, and seed merchant, Stowupland street
Sawyer, Randall, carpenter and joiner, Regent street
Scrivener, Philip, watch and clock maker, silversmith, jeweller, dentist, &c., Market-place
Sillett, John, superintendent of police, Tavern street
Simpson, Edward, stone mason, Ipswich road
Simpson, George B., private grammar school, Bury street
Simpson, Thomas, chemist and druggist, and agent for the Sun Fire office, Bury street
Smith, Robert, miller, Ipswich street
Smith, Thomas, Inland Revenue officer, Bury street
Smith, William, blacksmith, Ipswich str.
Smyth, Francis, whitesmith, Bury street
Stegall, John G., miller, Bury street
Stevens, William, basket maker, Stowupland street
Stevens, J. W. and G., common brewers, Stowupland street
Stevens, George, brewer and maltster, Stowupland street
Strait, Elizabeth, preparatory school for boys, Ipswich road
Studd, William, hairdresser, Bury street
Suttle, Louisa, milliner and dress maker, Ipswich street
Suttle, William, dyer, Stowupland street
Sutton, William, Duke of Wellington, Stowupland road
Taylor, Henry T., sack, tilt, and grease manufacturer, Childer road
Tillott, Joseph, tailor, Tavern street
Tillott, T., corset and stay maker, Tavern street
Towcock, James, foreman, to Mr. Woods’ iron foundry, Childer road
Tricker, Robert, baker, Bury street
Tricker, William, shopkeeper, beer retailer, and cooper, Bury street
Turner, William, hurdle maker, Bury str.
Tydeman and Cracknell, furniture brokers’, Ipswich street
Tydeman, George, watch and clock maker, jeweller, and silversmith, Ipswich street
Ward, Elizabeth, milliner and dress maker, Regent street
Ward, Joshua, boot and shoe maker, Regent street
Warne, Mr., farmer, Bury road
Webb, Henry, grocer and tea dealer, Bury street
Webb, L. and Son, curriers, tanners, and leather sellers, Stowupland street
Wenham, William, pipe manufacturer, Stowupland road
Whayman, Owen, veterinary surgeon, Regent street
Williams, Charles, Queen’s Head, Stowupland street
Williams, James, White Lion, Stowupland street
Williams, Robert, grocer and tea dealer, Stowupland street
Woods, James, manufacturer of agricultural machinery and implements, Suffolk iron works
Woolby, Arthur B., bookseller, printer, and stationer, Ipswich street
Woolby, Thomas B., postmaster, Ipswich street
Worledge, Robert, tailor, Stowupland str.
Wright, Samuel, saddle and harness maker, Tavern street
Youngman, Thomas, confectioner, Ipswich street