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]

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The POST-OFFICE is at the top of Queen-street. Mr. William Stevenson Fitch is the postmaster. Three deliveries of letters take place in the town each day, and eight village postmen go daily to the surrounding country. There are four receiving boxes in different parts of the town. The Mails are despatched by rails, &c., to London and all parts at 7.55 morning and 10 night, and to Bury St. Edmund’s, Cambridge, North of England, &c., at one afternoon. Mail Carts to Felixstow, Woodbridge, Saxmundham, Yarmouth, &c., every morning. The Letter Box closes at 10 night. Money Orders are granted and paid from 9½ morning to 6 evening. The Post-office Clerks are Messrs. John Madocks, James Saxty, William Whitehead, and Richard Charles Duningham. The Town Letter Carriers are Messrs. George Brame, Edgar Boar, Jos. Wilson, William Goddard, and Thomas Wilde. A new Post-Office is in course of erection.

BRAMFORD.

A railway station, parish, and considerable village on the Eastern Union railway and navigable river Gipping, 2½ miles north-west from Ipswich, in Bosmere and Claydon Hundred and Union, East Suffolk; contained a population of 833 in 1841, and in 1851, 997. Its area is 3,168 acres. Here is a common of 10 acres, and 10 acres in cottage gardens. Sir P. Broke, Bart., is lord of the manor, and owner of a large portion of the soil. The church of St. Stephen is a neat building, with square tower and leaden spire; the living is a vicarage in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and the Rev. S. W. Maul is the present incumbent. There is also a small Independent chapel.

Allen, Alfred, and Emma, National school for boys and girls Bagley, John, blacksmith Baxter, Benjamin, grocer, &c. Bowman, James, baker Bramford, James, farmer Burch, John, saddler and harness maker Chamberlain, James, boot and shoe maker Clarke, Mr. William Chapman, Bramford hill Doe, William, bricklayer Dyer, Mrs. Giles, Isaac, shoemaker Green, W. P., farmer Hardy, George, Cock, and butcher Harrison, Francis, carpenter Haward, Henry, farmer Hitchcock, Ebenezer, miller, maltster, and baker Hughes, Thomas, carpenter and wheelwright Kerridge, Samuel, beer retailer King, James, wheelwright and post-office receiving house Larter, Thomas, nursery, seedsman, and florist Leadbetter, Mrs. Ann Leggatt, John, Esq. Lewis, Joseph, farmer Lewis, Mary Ann, seminary Lovely, Wm., Crown, and nurseryman, Whitton road Mays, Thomas, shoemaker Morgan, John, farmer, Pigeon farm Mudd, John, farmer, Tye farm Mumford, R. W., farmer, Grove house Mumford, William Henry, farmer, Sycamore House Pallant, Thomas, butcher and farmer Parish, Ann, shopkeeper and beer retailer Steward, Rev. Ambrose, M.A., Whitton White house Stokes, Mr. Robert, Bramford hill Palmer, Henry, Angel Simpson, George, cooper Talmash, William, tailor Wake, Henry, farmer and assessor of taxes Wood, R. R. Esq.

WHITTON.

A parish and village, 1½ miles N.E. from Bramford station, 72 miles from London, and 2 N. from Ipswich; contained a population of 484 inhabitants in 1851. The church of Whitton, dedicated to St. Mary, has lately been rebuilt, and very much enlarged. The living is a rectory, valued at £250. The Bishop of Ely is patron, and the Rev. W. Howorth, M.A. is the incumbent.

Badham, George D. Esq., Sparrow’s Nest Bloomfield, John, farmer Bowman, Alfred, farmer Catt, Samuel, farmer Catt, Samuel, jun., farmer Clarke, Richard, farmer Clarke, Richard, junr., wheelwright Clark, Richard, carpenter and timber merchant Day, Edward, shoemaker Field, Edward, corn miller Flindell, John, Orford tavern Gall, Mr. James Hallam, Miss Maria Hewitt, Benjamin, shoemaker Hitchcock, E., miller Howard, Stephen, farmer Howorth, Rev. W. m.a., rector Hubbard, Jonathan, bailiff, Lodge Kersey, Thomas E., farmer Kersey, Clement, farmer King, Henry, blacksmith Lovely, William, nurseryman and seedsman, Crown inn Nunn, James, butcher, &c. Nunn, James, farmer Nichols, Mr. George Office, Edward, bailiff, Dale Hall Palmer, Elizabeth, schoolmistress Pike, Jeremiah, baker and gardener Pratt, Isaac, victualler, Maypole Rogers, Miss Rowland, Samuel, farmer Scutcheon, William, shopkeeper Smith, Richard, shoemaker and sexton Sparrowe, Miss Sarah Stevenson, Henry, cattle dealer Steward, Charles, Esq., Thurlston lodge Steward, Rev. Ambrose, White house Travis, Mr. William Hardy Wood, Francis, whitesmith Wollard, Edward, shoemaker Wollard, Thomas, wheelwright

KESGRAVE.

KESGRAVE is a small village 3½ miles E. from Ipswich, and 3½ S.W. from Woodbridge, in Carlford Hundred and Norwich Bishopric. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of Sir John Shawe, value £58. The church is a brick building with square tower. The Rev. W. Collett, M.A., is the incumbent. Population 86. Robert Newton Shawe, Esq., is lord of the manor.

Cornwell, Robert, victualler, Bell inn Turner, William, farmer Wolton, Samuel, jun., farmer

RUSHMERE.

RUSHMERE is a neat village, 3 miles N.E. from Ipswich station, and 5 S.W. of Woodbridge, in Carlford Hundred and Norwich Bishopric, East Suffolk. The living is a vicarage, value £170, in the gift of the Marquis of Bristol. The church of St. Andrew is an ancient building with flint tower. The Rev. W. Wigson, B.A., is the incumbent. Population in 1851 was 678.

Abbott, Mr. Nathaniel Baker, Thomas, victualler, Greyhound Barham, Mr. William Betts, Henry, miller, Tower mill Birch, Mr. John Boggis, Rev. W. R. T., b.a., Cottage Clarke, Joseph, farmer, Poplar farm Crisp, John, carpenter Dawson, William, miller and farmer Durrant, Christopher Mercer, m.d., and Ipswich Everett, Joseph D., farmer Farthing, G., butcher and victualler, Britannia Gale, John, farmer, Hall Halls, Jas., shopkeeper and colt breaker Hillin, James, Bixley decoy ponds Howes, Lucy, National schoolmistress Jackson, Isaac, joiner, &c. Janson, Richard, Esq., White House Kennell, William, brickyard manager Mann, William, shoemaker Newson, William, farmer Parish, Joshua, beer house, Hop Garden Perry, Mr. Stephen Potter, James, wheelwright Potter, Frederick, boot and shoe maker Schreiber, W. Frederick, Esq., Round Wood Segger, Philip, parish clerk and smith Segger, John, blacksmith Sherman, Mr. Thomas Shewell, Mr. John Skeet, Robert James Walford, Thomas, shopkeeper Wigson, Rev. William, M.A., vicarage Wilson, Pettit, farmer and beer house Wolton, Samuel, junr., Bixley farm

MARTLESHAM.

MARTLESHAM, near the Deben estuary, is a parish and small village, 1½ mile S.W. of Woodbridge, and 6 E. by N. of Ipswich, in Carlford Hundred and Norwich Bishopric, East Suffolk. The living is a rectory, value £370, in the gift of Frederick Gooden Doughty, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The Rev. Thomas D. Betts, B.A., is the incumbent. The church of St. Mary is a stone building, with a tower. Population 477.

Balls, Zedekiah, blacksmith Betts, Rev. Thos. D’Eye, B.A., rectory Brighton, Thomas, farmer Cadd, William, corn miller Fletcher, Charles, carpenter Garrod, Lydia, farmer Gobbett, William, farmer Groom, Roger, brewer and victualler, Red Lion, and farmer Groom, Frederick, farmer Hayward, Robert, farmer Hill, James, farmer Howes, James, farmer Hudson, John, shopkeeper and shoemaker Kent, Catherine, shopkeeper Kerridge, Daniel, blacksmith Pollard, John, farmer Rampling, Charles, farmer Ramsey, George, parish clerk Read, George, wheelwright Runnacles, Robert, farmer Spink, Major-General Sir John, K.H., Beacon Hill house

WESTERFIELD.

A village 2 miles N.E. of Ipswich. Its population in 1841 was 324. The church of St. Mary is a small, neat building, with square tower. The living is a rectory. The tithes have been commuted for £350 per annum: the Bishop of Norwich is patron, and the Rev. Charles Drage, M.A., is the incumbent.

Ablett, Mr. Adolphus Adams, Hannah, gardener Aldrich, Rev. John Cobbold, M.A., incumbent of St. Lawrence, Weaterfield House Birch, Joseph, carpenter Birch, Thomas, farmer Bird, Thomas, farmer Cage, William, blacksmith Davy, Robert, pig dealer and beer house Drage, Rev. Charles, M.A., rectory Edwards, E., Hall Garrod, John, gardener Haggar, J., bailiff Hammond, Jeremiah, shoemaker Norman, Nathaniel, jun., shopkeeper Payne, Ann, farmer Payne, George, farmer Potter, Robert, parish clerk Salter, Henry, farmer Shelby, Robert, farmer Smith, E., bailiff Threadkell, William B., corn miller Turner, Joseph, shopkeeper

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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

COPDOCK.

COPDOCK is a village and parish 3½ miles S.W. from Ipswich, in Samford Hundred and Union, East Suffolk, Norwich Bishopric. The living is a rectory, with the vicarage of Washbrook annexed. It is in the gift of Lord Walsingham; the incumbent is the Hon. and Rev. Fred. de Grey, M.A. The church of St. Peter has a square tower, containing 5 bells. The population in 1851 was 349. Lord Walsingham is lord of the manor.

Bickmore, Thomas, farmer Bond, Mrs. Elizabeth, Copdock house Bruce, Richard, farmer Cook, Robert, blacksmith Davis, Thomas, organist De Grey, Hon. and Rev. Frederic, M.A. Edwards, Henry, farmer Josselyn, James, Eagle King, George, wheelwright and parish clerk Marshall, Stephen, farmer, Copdock hall Mayhew, Samuel, corn miller Norfolk, James, Mace hall Pallant, John, thatcher Plumb, Mr. and Mrs., National school Salmon, George, butcher Shepherd, George, shoemaker Shorten, Charles T. and A. J. veterinary surgeons, New hall and Ipswich Whight, Robert Frederic, carpenter and victualler, White Elm Wrattisham, John, Esq., Copdock lodge

WHERSTEAD.

A small, pleasant village, 2 miles S. from Ipswich, in Samford Hundred, containing 238 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat fabric, with square tower and 3 bells. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Crown, and the Rev. Foster Barbara Zincke, A.B., is the present incumbent.

Addison, Daniel, parish clerk Baxter, Enos Page, victualler, Ostrich inn Bradbrook, Thomas, woodman Calver, Edward, carpenter Frost, Charles, farmer, Parrington hall Hawes, John, bailiff, Hall Heigham, George T., Esq., the Grove Page, Joseph, gardener Sexton, George, Thorington hall Sexton, Robert, farmer, Brown hall Schreiber, Capt. Charles, Blue Gates Wilsmore, Joseph, blacksmith, Post office Zincke, Rev. F. B., B.A., vicar

TUDDENHAM.

A parish and village, 3 miles north-east from Ipswich, in Carlford Hundred and Woodbridge Union. The church of St. Martin is an ancient edifice, with square tower, containing 5 bells and clock. The living is a vicarage, now enjoyed by the Rev. A. Paton, A.M. The population in 1851 was 425.

Allen, Eli W., farmer Amass, John, victualler, Fountain Betts, Charles and Frederic, farmers Bugg, Samuel, farmer Chapman, Samuel, farmer Damant, Arthur, joiner, &c. Finch, W., shopkeeper Garnham, John, shopkeeper Hammond, W., postman to Ipswich Keer, John, saddler Kill, George, blacksmith and beer house Lacey, Robert, farmer Ling, Samuel, Tuddenham hall Luff, James, farmer Luff, James, brick and tile maker Neve, John, farmer and corn miller Paton, Rev. Alexander, M.A., Vicarage Rice, John, maltster Robinson, Samuel, farmer Rush, David, farmer Strait, Isabella Grace, boarding school Woolnough, W., farmer

WASHBROOK.

A village and parish 2½ miles north of Capel station, 3½ S.W. of Ipswich, in the Samford Hundred and Union, East Suffolk. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Copdock, of which the Hon. and Rev. Frederick De Grey, M.A., is the incumbent. The population in 1851 was 514. There is a small Wesleyan Chapel, and a Police Station of the East Suffolk Constabulary.

Bishop, Robert, parish clerk Cant, William, baker and flour dealer Cattermull, Jonathan, police officer Catton, Herbert, farmer, Amor hall Dakin, John, farmer Dakin, Mercy, farmer Edwards, George, bricklayer Game, John, farmer, Birch house Gentry, James, farmer Hayward, Edward, provision dealer Kerridge, Daniel, relieving officer Lambert, John, shoemaker Martin, James Darby, Rookery Minter, Wm. brewer, malster, and victualler, Swan Nunn, Samuel, shopkeeper Raw, Mr. John, Washbrook grove Trent, William, farmer Twaites, John, shopkeeper Watcham, John, painter and glazier Whight, Thomas, joiner, &c.

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 Capon, Francis, butcher 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

SUTTON.

SUTTON is a village, distant 4 miles S.E. from Woodbridge in Wilford Hundred and Norwich Bishopric, East Suffolk. The living is a vicarage, value £470. The Rev. W. Nixon is the incumbent and patron. The church of All Saints is an ancient stone and brick structure. There is also a small Baptist Chapel here. The population, in 1851, was 697. Thomas Waller, Esq., is lord of the manor. Chicory is extensively cultivated here.

Barrett, Robert, farmer, Little Hough Edwards, Henry, Esq., Wood hall Fairhead, — carpenter and parish clerk Field, Rev. Robert, M.A., vicar Freston, George, blacksmith Garrod, Robert, bailiff Girling, — Fenhall farm Kett, Wm. Kell, surgeon Large, Rev. W., Baptist minister Nichols, James, corn miller Roper, Charles, farmer, Vale farm Skipper, James, shopkeeper Solomon, Robert, vict., Plough inn Walker, Isaac, farmer, Cliff Walker, Nathaniel, farmer, Ferry Waller, Thomas, Sutton hall Wolton, Robert, shopkeeper

BROMESWELL.

BROMESWELL is a small village and parish, distant 4 miles S. from Wickham Market, and 2 E. from Woodbridge. The living is a rectory, value £250, in the gift of the Marquis of Bristol. The Rev. Robert H. King, M.A., is the incumbent. The church of St. Edmund is a brick structure, with stone tower. The population in 1851 was 206.

Burrows, Charles, shoemaker and shopkeeper Burrows, John, farmer Cook, Thomas, shopkeeper Denington, George, farmer Fairs, Samuel, farmer Fairs, William, farmer Gobbitt, Mrs., farmer Goodchild, Robert, parish clerk King, Rev. Robert H., Rectory Parker, — victualler, Cherry Tree Whaley, Mrs., schoolmistress

BURY ST. EDMOND’S.

Bury St. Edmond’s, is a borough, market town, and the capital of West Suffolk, and has railway communication with Ipswich, Norwich, London, &c. It is 94½ miles from London, 43 miles S.W. from Norwich, 14 miles E. from Newmarket, and 26½ miles N.E. from Ipswich. Its population in 1841 was 12,538, and in 1851, 13,902.

Bury is supposed to have been the Villa Faustina of the Romans, and became a considerable town of the East English. It derived its chief fame and importance, however, from becoming the burial-place of St. Edmund the Martyr, King of the East Angles. The parishes are two, St. Mary’s and St. James’s. Here are held the spring assizes for Suffolk, and the quarter sessions for the franchise of St. Edmund, of which this is the chief place. This is the place of election for West Suffolk, and a polling place. It is a borough, returning two members to Parliament, and has a municipal corporation, with separate jurisdiction, consisting of a mayor and the usual functionaries. The market days are Wednesdays and Saturdays. At the former the dealings in corn and cattle are large; the latter is chiefly for provisions. The fairs are on Easter Tuesday, October 2, and December 1. The October fair is the great fair, and much resorted to. The December fair is a great cattle fair. Bury is a grand market for agricultural produce of all kinds. The town is well built, and is lighted with gas, and there are some good public buildings and private dwellings.

St. James’s church was not finished till the reign of Edward VI., who gave £200 towards its completion; it was thoroughly repaired in 1820, when a new gallery was added; it has about 2,000 sittings, of which 250 are free; the benefice is a donative, endowed with a stipend, and is in the patronage of Henry Wilson, Esq., of Stowlangtoft Hall, Suffolk; the Hon. Rev. Edward Pellew, M.A., is the present incumbent. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was commenced in 1424. In the chancel is a monument in memory of Mary, daughter of King Henry VII., first married to Louis XII., King of France, and afterwards to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; she died at Westhorp, in 1533, and was buried in the abbey church here. It has been thoroughly repaired, at a cost of between £6,000 and £7,000. The repairs were made under the superintendence of Mr. Cottingham, architect, Mr. Nash of London, Mr. Farrow of Diss, and the chancel by Mr. Darkin, of this town; it has 2,000 sittings, of which 500 are free. The benefice is a donative, endowed with a stipend, in the patronage of John Fitzgerald, Esq.; the Rev. Charles James Phipps Eyre, M.A., is the present incumbent.

St. John’s church is an elegant structure, built by subscription at a cost of about £6,000, and consecrated October 21st, 1841; it has 850 sittings, half of which are free. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, is a perpetual curacy, endowed by the Marquis of Bristol and Earl Jermyn with £100 per annum, out of land at Little Saxham; the Bishop of Ely is patron, and the Rev. Robert Rushdall, M.A., incumbent.

A Roman Catholic chapel, dedicated to St. Edmund, was erected here in 1837, from designs by C. Day. The Grammar School, in Northgate street, was founded by King Edward VI., and is well endowed. The Norman tower of the grand abbey, erected in the reign of William the Conqueror, and now forming the grand entrance of the churchyard of the two churches, St. James and St. Mary, to the former of which it serves as the bell tower, is considered one of the noblest specimens of Norman architecture in the kingdom, and has undergone a complete repair, under the superintendence of Mr. Cottingham, at an estimated cost of £3,000, contributed by the parish and by public subscription. King Edward IV. founded a college of priests in College Street, and the building is now occupied as a workhouse. There were formerly several hospitals in the town, the principal of which are God’s House at Southgate, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist: St. Nicholas’s Hospital, at Eastgate, near the roads leading to Ixworth and Fornham, founded by one of the abbots of Bury; the extensive remains of the hospital and chapel form the principal part of a farm-house: St. Saviour’s Hospital, founded by abbot Sampson, belongs to St. John’s College, Cambridge. Without Risby Gate stood an hospital dedicated to St. Peter, founded by abbot Anselm in the reign of Henry I. In the wall forming the eastern boundary of the abbey precinct, are some arches, commonly known by the name of “The Abbot’s Bridge,” which seem intended to form an occasional foot-bridge, by means of planks laid from buttress to buttress, through which there are passages, the greatest distance being about 24 feet.

There are many other vestiges of ancient structures to which the antiquary, and others, will attach considerable interest. Exclusive of those appropriated to divine worship, are the following: The Shirehall, a modern erection in the churchyard, comprising two convenient courts for the trial of civil and criminal causes. The Guildhall is for the town court of sessions, and the transaction of the general business of the borough; petty sessions are held here every Thursday. It is vested in the trustees of the Guildhall feoffment, by whom it is kept in repair: it has an ancient porch, and some portraits of local worthies. The County Gaol, which serves also for the borough and the liberty of St. Edmund, is an extensive building at Southgate Green, on the London road; it was erected in 1803 at an expense of £30,000, and is calculated to contain 140 prisoners, with a separate bed for each. The Police Station is a fine specimen of a Norman house; the age of its erection is obvious from its general appearance and circular windows. The Theatre, a neat structure in Westgate Street, was opened for dramatic performances in October, 1819. The Subscription Rooms, on the south side of Angel hill, comprise ball, billiard, and reading rooms, and were completed in 1804, at an expense of about £5,000. There is an exceeding good public library at the Guildhall, which contains many valuable books. The Botanic Garden, the entrance to which is under that magnificent remain, the Abbey Gate, is an important acquisition to this branch of scientific study; it was established in 1820, and is under the superintendence of N. S. Hodson, Esq. The Suffolk Hospital is a handsome structure in an open and healthful situation; it has been repaired and enlarged by adding considerably to the wings.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.