  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 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 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 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, 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 |
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