Webb, Frederic, beer retailer, High street
Wells, Mrs. Maria, straw bonnet maker, High street
Woodward, John, grocer and draper, High street
Woollard, George, whitesmith and bell-hanger, High street
Woollard, Jane, straw bonnet maker, High street
Wright, Freeman, crown glue manufacturer
Wright, Henry, beer retailer, High street
Woodbridge, in East Suffolk, is a parish and market town, and port, on the banks of the river Deben, 76 miles from London, and 8 N.E. from Ipswich. The population in 1851 was 5,000. The town is well lighted with gas; it consists principally of four streets. Large quantities of corn and malt are shipped from Woodbridge; and the imports are very considerable, consisting of coal, timber, seed, oilcake, wine, spirits, &c. Upwards of 50 vessels are connected with the port. A very extensive market is held on Wednesday, for corn and cattle. Fairs are held on the first Tuesday in April, and Michaelmas day and the day following. A county court is held here. The petty sessions are every Wednesday, and quarter sessions are held here.
The Parish Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a very handsome structure, and in 1840, was repaired and decorated at the expence of George Thomas, Esq. The living is a perpetual curacy; the Rev. T. W. Meller, M.A., is the present incumbent—annual value, £329. A new church, dedicated to St. John, has been completed within the last 8 years. The Rev. Joseph Rowley, B.A., is minister. The Wesleyans, Independents, and Society of Friends, have each a chapel here.
SEKFORDE HOSPITAL. Governors—Right Honourable Sir John Romilly, Master of the Rolls. Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas. Chaplain—Rev. William Thomas Meller, M.A.
Aldous, Mr. William, Sekford street
Alexanders and Co., bankers; F. Alexander, Esq., resident partner, Church st.
Allen, Miss Lydia, Thoroughfare
Baily, Mrs. Mary, St. John’s street
Baldry, Mrs. Mary, Church street
Brooke, George, Esq., Cumberland street
Carthew, Mrs. Charlotte, Cumberland str.
Clarke, Mrs., Bredfield street
Cook, Mr. William, Brook street
Daniels, Misses, St. John’s street
Doughty, Frederic, Esq., Cumberland st.
Duffy, Rev. Aaron, Independent minister, Quay side
Garrard, Mr. William, Thoroughfare
Gissing, Mrs. Ann, Cumberland street
Griffiths, Rev. David, Independent minister, New street
Grimwood, Mrs., St. John’s street
Hart, Mr. Daniel, Quay House
Heard, Mrs. E., Castle street
Hillen, Mr. Robert, the Quay
Hughes, Thomas William, M.R.C.S., Cumberland street
Hughes, Rev. Thomas William, B.A., chaplain of the Suffolk asylum, Cumberland street
Hunt, Mrs. Harriet, St. John’s street
Jackson, Rev. Postle, head master of the Free Grammar school, Sekford street
Knight, Mrs. Ann, Thoroughfare
Linstead, Mr. John, St. John’s Church street
Loder, Mr. Charles, Thoroughfare
Martin, Mr. William, Thoroughfare
Martin, Mr. William, Doric place
Miller, Rev. T. W., rector of St. Mary’s; rectory house
Morley, Mr. William, Thoroughfare
Norton, William, Esq.
Pulham, James, Esq., Sekford street
Rowley, Rev. Joseph Moss, incumbent, St. John’s: h St. Johns parsonage
Sheming, Mr. Thomas, Cumberland street
Taylor, Rev. Henry: h Chapel lane
Toll, Miss Hannah, Seckford street
Turner, Mrs., St. John’s street
Wainwright, Miss Rachel and Miss Elizabeth, Church street
Watson, Rev. Christopher George, rector of Melton: h Church street
Whitnall, Mrs. Elizabeth, Castle street
Wilson, Miss Mary, Doric place
Adcock, George, national school master, Castle street
Aldring, W. H., milliner and dressmaker, Thoroughfare
Alexander and Co., bankers, Church str.
Alexander, William, boot and shoe maker, Sekford street
Allcock, Thomas, baker, Market-hill
Allen, John, the Royal William, Theatre street
Allen, Alethea, corset maker, Cumberland street
Allen, Loder, plumber and glazier, Church street
Amos, Sarah, private lodging house, Cumberland street
Andrews, Jonathan, builder, St. John’s street
Andrews, W. F., grocer and tea dealer, registrar of marriages, agent to Royal Liverpool Insurance and Accidental office, Thoroughfare and Market hill
Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., bankers, Thoroughfare
Baker, James, watch maker, Thoroughfare
Baldwin, C. A., Free Trade tavern, Sekford street
Balls, Mary Ann, pork butcher, Sekford st.
Balls, Edward, tailor, Thoroughfare
Bannister, William G., British schoolmaster, St. John’s terrace
Bardwell, Elmer, broker and grocer, Cumberland street
Barnes, Robert, shop keeper, Thoroughfare
Barritt, James, confectioner, Church str.
Batchelor, Richard, grocer and tea dealer, Thoroughfare
Baxter, Isaac, green grocer, Sekford street
Baxter, Harriet, dress maker, Doric place
Baxter, Sarah, blacksmith, Brook street
Bays, Thomas, hat manufacturer, Market-place
Beckett, John, farming bailiff, Kingston road
Beecroft, Sarah, milliner and dress maker, Church street
Beecroft, William, grocer and tea dealer, Church street
Bendall, James, iron and brass founder, Thoroughfare
Berry, Sharman West, gun manufacturer, Market hill
Betts, John, farmer, Thoroughfare
Betts, John, chemist, druggist, and colorman, Thoroughfare
Beverley, Sarah, and Stubbs, Eliza, fancy repository, Thoroughfare
Bird, Emma, dress and cloak maker, St. John’s street
Bird, Robert, librarian to the Mechanics’ institution, St. John’s street
Bloxsome, Joseph, linen draper, Church street
Bond, Samuel, tailor, &c., Wellington inn, Cumberland street
Braham, Robert, boot maker, New street
Brickles, John, bricklayer, Castle street
Brickles, Margaret, shopkeeper, Castle street
Brighten, George, haircutter, Quay
Brinkley, William, butcher, Church street
Broadbank, Rosa, straw bonnet maker, New street
Broadbank, William, boot maker, New street
Broadbank, T., plumber, glazier, and painter, Brook street
Brook, Henry William, wine and spirit merchant, stock and share broker, Church street
Brooks, German, Queen’s Head inn, Sekford street
Brown, Joseph F., tailor, woollen draper, and hatter, Thoroughfare
Buckmaster, Mark, brewer, St. John’s str.
Bull, Elizabeth, dress maker, Brook str.
Bunn, Walter, Saddlers’ Arms, Castle street
Burditt, John, watch maker, jeweller, and silversmith, Thoroughfare
Burrows, Charles, pawnbroker, silversmith, and jeweller, Church street
Burrows, John, whitesmith, Angel lane
Butters, John, boot and shoe maker, New street
Butters, Joseph, boot and shoe maker, Thoroughfare
Cage, John, tin-plate worker, New street
Cana, Robert, agent for the Norwich Fire and Life Assurance society, commissioner for taking special bails for the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire
Carr, John, baker, Castle street
Carr, James, boot and shoe maker, and leather cutter, Thoroughfare
Catchpole, John, bookseller, stationer and fancy repository, Thoroughfare
Chappell, William George, tailor and woollen draper, Church street
Charters, Sophia Augusta, King’s Arms, Thoroughfare
Clarke, Henry, green grocer, New street
Cole, Jacob, butcher, Church street
Cole, James, beer retailer, Cumberland street
Cook, Thomas, coach builder, New street
Cook, Alfred, auctioneer, appraiser, and estate agent, Thoroughfare
Cook, Thomas, the Coopers’ Arms, Market hill
Cook, Alfred B., the Swan inn, Market hill
Cook, Alfred Thomas, estate agent and auctioneer, Thoroughfare
Cork, Henry, rope and twine manufacturer, Church street
Cousins, William, bricklayer, Sekford street
Cowing, Samuel, Stannon inn, Brewer’s lane
Cranmer, Alexander, King’s Head inn, Market hill
Cross, James, rod merchant, &c., Thoroughfare
Crowe, Davy, grocer and tea dealer, Church street
Culham, John, pork butcher, New street
Culham, William, ironmonger, brazier, and tin-plate worker, Thoroughfare
Cullingford, Samuel, linen draper, Thoroughfare
Cullingford, Anne, milliner and dress maker, Thoroughfare
Cullingford, Joseph, builder, St. John’s street
Curtis, John, felmonger, Brewer’s lane
Cutting, James, boot and shoe maker, Church street
Dallenger, John, accountant, Thoroughfare
Daniels, William, baker and beer retailer, Cumberland street
Dawson, James, captain of merchant vessel, Thoroughfare
De Medewe and Brooke, solicitors, agents to the Globe Insurance office, the Rock Insurance, and the Female Provident Society, New street
Dickerson, William, shopkeeper, Cumberland street
Dove, Benjamin, bricklayer and builder, Castle street
Dougar, Robert, railway contractor, Cumberland street
Downing, Edward, coach builder, Thoroughfare
Dowsing, William, corn chandler, New street
Dowsing, William, shoeing smith, Chapel lane
Durrant, Isaac, saddle and harness maker, Thoroughfare
Dunnett, Philip, hairdresser, &c., Market hill
Easto, John, and Co., grocers, tea dealers, and tallow chandlers, Church street
Edwards, Henry, wine and spirit merchant, Thoroughfare, h Church street
Edwards, Henry, jun., maltster and merchant, h Church street
Edwards, Henry, sen., wine and spirit merchant, Thoroughfare
Elliott, Henry, miller, Mill hill
Ellis, Benjamin, watch and clock maker, Thoroughfare
Everett, Lucy, boarding school for young ladies, Brook house, Cumberland street
Fenn, E., boarding and day school for young gentlemen, Cumberland street
Fenn, Mary Ann, boarding and day school for young ladies, Cumberland street
Fisher, Henry, locker to the Custom house, Quay lane
Fisher, William, confectioner and baker, Thoroughfare
Fisk, Eunice, corset maker, St. John’s terrace
Fisk, Samuel, cabinet maker and upholsterer, St. John’s street
Fitzgerald, Edward, superintendent of the East Suffolk police division
Footman and Co., linen drapers, Thoroughfare
Foreman, John, gardener and seedsman, New street
Fosdike, John, bricklayer and plasterer, St. John’s terrace
Francis, Sarah, dyer, Cumberland street
Freeman, Charles, draper, Thoroughfare
Frost, John, builder, St. John’s street
Frost, William, cooper, Thoroughfare
Gall, Benjamin D., chemist and druggist, and cashier of the savings’ bank, Thoroughfare
Gall, George, furnishing ironmonger, Church street
Gammage, Benjamin, baker and confectioner, Thoroughfare
Gammage, James, baker, Cumberland street
Garnham, John, Royal Oak, Thoroughfare
Garrard, George, master mariner, Brewer’s lane
Garrard, Eliza, milliner, Brewer’s lane
Garrard, Charles, master mariner, Brewer’s lane
Garrard, William and Charles, boat and ship builders, Brook street
Gennills, John, turner, Castle street
Gibbs, Susan, dressmaker, St. John’s street
Gibbs, William G., master mariner, St. John’s street
Giles, George, rope manufacturer, New street
Giles, George, boot and shoe maker, Thoroughfare
Gillingham, George, the Anchor, Quay lane
Gissing, John S., surgeon, &c., Market hill
Godbould, George, veterinary surgeon, the Sun inn, Thoroughfare
Goodwin, Susanna, ladies’ day and boarding school, Church street
Goldsmith Thomas, machine maker, shopkeeper, and agent for Ransomes and Sims’ agricultural implements, Market hill
Gray, Samuel, butcher, Sekford street
Green, Robert, haircutter, New street
Grimwood, William, brushmaker, Cumberland street
Grimwood, T. W., and G. A., timber, slate, tar, and cement merchants, Woodbridge and Snape bridge
Gross, Frederic, wine and spirit merchant, offices, Thoroughfare, h Church street
Gross, James and Co., grocers, tea dealers, wine and spirit merchants, Thoroughfare
Gross, Alfred, accountant, Sekford street
Gurney, Godfrey, the Cross inn, Church street
Gurney, John, painter, plumber, and glazier, Cumberland street
Hambly, Parmenas, clerk, Castle street
Hammond, James, pork and poultry dealer, Church street
Harding, Amos, smith and wheelwright, Theatre street
Harris, William, shopkeeper and carrier from Woodbridge to Ipswich, Chapel street
Hart, John, and Wrinch, Henry, maltsters, corn, coal, and seed merchants, Woodbridge
Hartridge, James, coach proprietor, St. John’s street
Hartridge, James, coach proprietor, New street
Hartridge, William, coach office and shopkeeper, New street
Hayward, Emma, milliner and dressmaker, Church street
Hayward, James, estate and fire and life insurance agent, Castle street
Hayward, Robert, grocer and draper, St. John’s street
Head, Mary, furniture broker, New street
Heffer, John, painter, plumber, and glazier, St. John’s street
Hildyard, John, watch and clock maker, jeweller, and silversmith, Thoroughfare
Hornor, Mrs. boarding and day school for young ladies, Doric place
Houghton, John, clerk and sexton to St. John’s, Castle street
How, John, Boat inn, the Quay
Hunt, James, boot and shoe maker and leather seller, Thoroughfare
Hunting, William, greengrocer, New street
Issett, John W., hardwareman, agent to the County Fire and Provident Life Insurance offices, Thoroughfare
Jasper, William H., carpenter, &c., Theatre street
Jeffries, Alfred, painter, plumber, and glazier, Thoroughfare
Jeffries, John, seedsman and florist, Thoroughfare
Jeffries, John, florist and seedsman, Castle street
Johnstone, Thomas M., collector of Customs, North Hill Cottage
Jones, Richard, surgeon, Church street
Jones, Thomas, supervisor, St. John’s terrace
Keeble, William, ship agent, Castle street
Keeble, William, hairdresser and perfumer, Thoroughfare
Keel, Robert, painter, &c. New street
Kemp, Susan, milliner and dressmaker, Thoroughfare
Kemp, John, boot and shoe maker, Castle street
Kemp, George, grocer and tea dealer, Cumberland street
Kemp, William, ironmonger, Market hill
Kent, Edwin, general draper and silk mercer, Market hill
Larter, Jonathan, boot and shoe maker, Bredfield street
Last, S., boarding and day school for young ladies, St. John’s street
Last, Elizabeth, dressmaker, St. John’s street
Last, Edward, cooper, Cumberland street
Law, William, Lion inn, Eastern Counties Railway Goods Depôt, Thoroughfare
Laurance, William, the Ship, Quay
Leech, Francis, gardener, Castle street
Lincoln, James, shopkeeper, Bay Horse, Castle street
Ling, George, maltster, offices, Brewer’s lane, h Bedford
Lockwood, William, jun., brewer, sole agent for Truman and Hanbury’s porter and stout, Castle street
Loder, John, bookseller, stationer, printer, and binder, agent for the Advertiser East Suffolk Newspaper, Thoroughfare
Loder, John, jun., auctioneer, office, Thoroughfare: h Doric place
London, William, accountant, Thoroughfare
Lucock, Mrs. Sarah, Cherry Tree inn, Cumberland street
Lucock, Thomas, registrar of births and deaths, Castle street
Mallett, William, plumber and glazier, Market hill
Mallett, John, painter, plumber, and glazier, Sekford street
Mallett, Mary, dress and cloak maker, Market hill
Manby, George, general merchant, Thoroughfare
Markham, Miss Maria, milliner, &c., Thoroughfare
Marsh, William N., hairdresser and perfumer, Market hill
Marshall, Charles, surgeon, Thoroughfare
Matthews, William, the Tankards, New street
Mayes, Miss Sarah, dressmaker, Doric place
Mayhew, Samuel, general hardware dealer, Thoroughfare
Mayhew, James, confectioner and baker, Market hill
Mickleburgh, Mrs. Emma, clothier and corn chandler, Market hill
Middleditch, George, butcher, Market hill
Minter, James, confectioner and baker, Market hill
Moore, William, surgeon, Cumberland st.
Moore, George, solicitor and county treasurer, Cumberland street
Moore, Martin, brazier, engraver, &c., Thoroughfare
Moore, George, solicitor and county treasurer, Cumberland street
Moore, William, surgeon, Cumberland st.
Moore, William C., painter, plumber, and glazier, New street
Morley, Joseph R., china, glass, and earthenware dealer, Thoroughfare
Moss, Rosamond, straw hat maker, Sekford street
Moulton, Benjamin, auctioneer and land surveyor, clerk to the guardians of the Woodbridge Union, and superintendent registrar, Thoroughfare
Munro, John D., bookseller, stationer, and post-master, Church street
Naunton, Charles, watchmaker, Chapel lane
Neale, Horace, grocer and tea dealer, agent to the Phœnix Fire Office, Thoroughfare
Newson, Mrs. Mary Ann, milliner, &c., St. John’s street
Norris, George, watch and clock maker, Market hill
Nunn, H. & C., milliners and dressmakers, St. John’s street
Nunn, James, brazier, New street
Osborn, Mr. S., miller, Theatre street
Owles, Charles, whitesmith, &c., New st.
Oxx, Amos, corn chandler and game dealer, Thoroughfare
Palmer, Miss Caroline E., ladies’ day school, Thoroughfare
Palmer, Henry, shopkeeper and baker, Sekford street
Passifull, Edward, captain of a merchant vessel, St. John’s street
Pattison, William, architect, St. John’s Church street
Peake, Charles, Golden Lion, Market hill
Peake, Thomas, builder, surveyor, and brick merchant, agent for Leeds and Yorkshire Life and Fire Assurance Company, Cumberland street
Peckham, Alfred S., inland revenue officer, Sekford street
Pitcher, John, accountant, New street
Pite, Edward, printer and bookseller, Church street
Pite, George Alfred, linen draper, Thoroughfare
Pite, Mary Ann, milliner and straw hat maker, Church street
Pizey, Henry, auctioneer, &c., Cumberland street
Pizey, Philip, printer, bookseller, and deputy registrar, New street
Pooley, Emma, Cock and Pie inn, New street
Potwright, Sarah, milliner and dressmaker, Castle street
Quadling, George, Waggon and Horses, Bredfield street
Quinton, Mrs. stay and corset maker, St. John’s street
Quinton, Richard, shopkeeper, Sekford street
Read, Alfred, greengrocer, &c., Thoroughfare
Read, George, greengrocer, Theatre street
Rebett, Brady, grinding cutler, New str.
Reeve, Mr. A., solicitor; offices, Thoroughfare; h Melton
Revell, William, grocer and tea dealer, Cumberland street
Revell, William, pork butcher, Cumberland street
Reynolds, William, officer of the inland revenue, Kingston road
Richardson, John, fishmonger, St. John’s street
Riches, John, tailor, Castle street
Robertson, Margaret, preparatory school for young ladies and gentlemen, Castle street
Salmon, John, Crown hotel, posting house and receiving office for parcels, Thoroughfare
Salmon, John, Bull commercial inn, Market hill
Sawyer, Christian, shopkeeper, Chapel lane
Sawyer, John, Horse and Groom, Cumberland street
Scolding, William, White Horse inn, Market hill
Scott, Mrs. Thomas, milliner, Thoroughfare
Scott, Thomas, draper, Thoroughfare
Scrutton, John, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, Thoroughfare
Scrutton, William, baker, Brook street
Seaman, James, carpenter and builder, Thoroughfare
Sheming, Fenn, farmer, Cumberland str.
Ship, Joseph, saddler, St. John’s street
Shribbs, James, manager to the E.C.R. Company, goods department; h Cumberland street
Silver, Thomas T., ironmonger, Church street
Simpson, Frances Ann, milliner and dressmaker, New street
Simpson, Thomas, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Thoroughfare
Skinner, John, greengrocer, Thoroughfare
Smith, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Sekford street
Smith, Henry, fishmonger, Thoroughfare
Smyth, William, basket and sieve maker, Thoroughfare
Smith, James R., chemist and druggist, Market hill
Smith, James, master mariner, Quay lane
Smith, Robert, butcher, New street
Smyth, Mrs. Lydia and Miss Leah, boarding and day school for young ladies, Bredfield street
Southgate, Henry, coffee and eating house, Church street
Stanford, Harriet, milliner, Thoroughfare
Stannard, William, the Bell inn, New st.
Stananought, John, whitesmith and inspector of weights and measures, New street
Steel, William, the Grapes inn, Bredfield street
Stephenson, William, stone and marble mason, Thoroughfare
Stimpson, Ann, dressmaker, St. John’s terrace
Syer, John, cabinet maker, Cumberland street
Taylor, Alfred, bailiff of the County Court, New street
Taylor, Samuel, confectioner and baker, New street
Thompson, George, county surveyor, Doric place
Thompson, George Edward, corn merchant, Thoroughfare
Thompson, Robert, china, glass, and earthenware dealer, Thoroughfare
Tills, William, corn and coal merchant, Thoroughfare
Trott, George, shipowner, Castle street
Trafford, Susan, shopkeeper, Sekford str.
Trott, Pierce, miller, Birket road
Trott, William, shipowner, Quay lane
Tuck, Charles, chemist and druggist, shop, Church street, h Sekford street
Turner, Catherine, greengrocer, New str.
Turner, George, butcher, Thoroughfare
Turner, John, butcher, Thoroughfare
Turner, Robert, farmer, Dry Bridge hill
Turner, Wm. clothier and shoemaker, Chapel lane
Tye, William, shopkeeper, Sekford Arms, Sekford street
Wade, George, hairdresser, Cumberland street
Wade, Martha, straw bonnet maker, Cumberland street
Wade, Maria, confectioner and baker, Thoroughfare
Waller, Jeremiah, boot and shoe maker, Castle street
Ward, Ann, upholstress, New street
Waspe, Mary Ann, milliner and dressmaker, St. John’s street
Webb, James, boot and shoe maker, Castle street
Webb, James, sen., boot and shoe maker, Thoroughfare
Welton, Julia, boot and shoe maker, New street
Westrup, John, the Angel inn, Theatre street
Whayman, Matthias, confectioner and baker, St. John’s street
Whincopp, William, wine merchant, Market hill
Whisstock, Frederic, house agent, Sekford street
Whisstock, Mary, boarding and day school for young ladies, Castle street
Whisstock, William, tailor and draper, Thoroughfare
Wilmshurst, William, Mariners’ Arms, New street
Wilson, William, town crier, Angel lane
Woods, John, master mariner, St. John’s street
Woods, Robert, sailmaker and shopkeeper, Plough inn, Bredfield street
Wood, John, solicitor and coroner, offices, Church street, h Thoroughfare
Woods, Charles, boot and shoe maker, St. John’s street
Woods, John and Son, nursery and seedsmen, Cumberland street
Woods, Jane, straw bonnet maker, New street
Wright, Jeremiah. jun., tailor and woollen draper, Church street
Wright, Harriet, dyer, Thoroughfare
Wright, William, boot and shoe maker, Church street
Wright, James, shopkeeper, Bredfield st.
Wright, John, baker, Bredfield street
Wright, John, plumber and glazier, Brook street
Wrinch, Henry, corn merchant, Cumberland street
Youell, John, horsebreaker, Cutting’s lane
Ipswich is a flourishing market town and port, and the capital of the Eastern division of the county of Suffolk, pleasantly situated on the North-east side of the Gripping. By means of the Eastern Union Railway, Ipswich has now a direct communication with London, Colchester, Norwich, Peterborough, and all parts of the kingdom, and is distant 68 miles N.E. of London; 17 miles N.E. of Colchester; 45 S. of Norwich; 54 S.S.W. of Yarmouth; 8½ W.S.W. of Woodbridge; and 26 miles S.E. by E. of Bury St. Edmund’s. Contained in 1831, 20,454 inhabitants; in 1841, 24,000; and in 1851, 32,697. It stands on a gentle declivity, forming part of a circle round a reach of the river, and over which there is an iron bridge, leading to Stoke.
The Public Buildings are—the Town Hall; the Custom House, situated on the Quay; the Corn Exchange; the County Gaol; and the Borough Gaol, in the front of which are the Courts for holding the Summer Assizes, and the Sessional business of the district. This is an Assize town for Suffolk, place of election, polling place for East Suffolk,a Poor Law Union, and a County Court. The chief trade of the town arises from the export of corn, malt, cheese, and butter, agricultural implements, &c.
Messrs. Ransomes and Sims., the celebrated agricultural implement makers, have opened an immense trade and manufacture in the town during the last few years. The Eagle Foundry of Mr. Mason, and St. Peter’s Foundry, belonging to Messrs. Turner, are large establishments, and employ a large number of hands. There are breweries, maltings, tanneries, ship and boat yards, coach works, cooperages, rope yards, shot foundry, anastatic printing works, soapery, seed mills, manufactory of bricks, tiles, Roman cement, artificial stone, lime, tobacco pipes, baskets, &c.
The Orwell is noted for its picturesque beauty. This river has been much improved and deepened, and a wet dock has been formed, comprising an area of 33 acres, in which vessels drawing from 14 to 15 feet of water can at all times lay afloat. The trade and commerce of this port has very materially increased since its formation. Steam vessels sail every tide to Harwich.
The Market for corn and cattle is held on Tuesday, and the general Market on Tuesday and Saturday. St. George’s Fair is held on the first Tuesday in May, and two following days, there is also a Stock Fair at the same time. The Lamb Fair on August 22nd, and two following days, is held at Handford Hall Farm, and is a considerable Fair for the sale of lambs and stock. There are also monthly sales by auction for horses, cattle, &c., conducted by Mr. J. W. Knights, at his sale yard. The Corporation consists of the mayor, 10 aldermen, and 30 town councillors. The town is divided into five wards, viz., St. Clement’s, St. Margaret’s, Middle ward, Bridge ward, and Westgate Gate; each ward returns six councillors for three years, two go out of office every year. There is a Borough Police. Since the year 1839, the Summer Assizes have been held here. The Petty Sessions are held here, and here is a Court both for civil and criminal causes. No freeman can be compelled to serve on juries out of the town, or to discharge the duties of county officers, excepting that of Sheriff. The borough returns two members to Parliament. The parishes are—St. Clement, with 7,050 inhabitants; St. Mary Key, 1,013; St. Lawrence, 590; St. Margaret, 5,892; St. Helen, 2,593; St. Stephen, 522; St. Mary Tower, 995; St. Mary Westfield, 324; St. Matthew, 5,806; St. Peter, 2,541; St. Mary Stoke, 2,031; St. Nicholas, 1,940; St. Mary Elms, 1,051; and St. Mary Whitton, 476. Trinity church is a chapel of ease to St. Clement’s. Here are a Jews’ Synagogue, Roman Catholic chapel, 5 Baptist chapels, 2 Independent chapels, an Unitarian chapel, a Quakers’ meeting house, 3 Wesleyan chapels, a Primitive Methodists’, and a Swedenborgian chapel.
There are many objects of interest to the antiquarian in and about the town. A very fine building was erected on the common Quay in 1845, the centre of which is appropriated as a hall of commerce.
TheMechanics’ Institutionis in a very flourishing condition and has a library of more than 4000 volumes.
TheLiterary Institution, held in a portion of the Town Hall, has belonging to it a library of ancient and modern literature. The Philosophicaland Philological Societies hold fortnightly meetings, from September to March.
Here are also a Museum, Theatre, Temperance Hall, Public Bath, Fine Art Association, French and Theological Libraries. There are several Charity Schools, Almshouses, and many charitable institutions, amongst which are the Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital and Dispensary, with 30 beds, situated in Berners street.
About a mile Westward from the town is Sproughton Chantry; the mansion, from its elevated position, commands an extensive and picturesque view of the adjacent country. Other seats in the neighbourhood are Birkfield Lodge, Holy Wells, the Red House, and Stoke Park, the seat of Peter Robert Burrell, Esq.
St. Clement’s Church, erected about 1500, is a plain structure, consisting of a nave, two spacious side-aisles, and a fine tower, in which are a good clock and six musical bells. A few years ago, the interior was re-seated, and the exterior flinted and thoroughly repaired. Among the monuments in the interior is one to the memory of Thomas Eldred, who accompanied Cavendish in his circumnavigation of the globe, during the years 1586–7–8. The benefice is a rectory, consolidated with that of St. Helen’s, and now valued at £326 per annum. In monastic times, it was appropriated to the Priory of St. Peter. The executors of the late Rev. J. T. Nottidge are patrons, and the Rev. W. W. Wodehouse, M.A., is the incumbent.
Trinity Churchis a Chapel of Ease, or District Church, erected in 1835, at a cost of £2,000, by the late Rev. J. T. Nottidge, then patron and incumbent. The present incumbent is the Rev. F. H. Maude.
St. Helen’s Church, on the East side of the town, is of very ancient foundation, but was rebuilt in 1835, and neat brick transepts added in 1837; and a few years ago the nave was rebuilt and fitted with new open benches. It was anciently appropriated to the Leprous hospital of St. James, or Mary Magdalen, which stood near it; but it is now a rectory, which ever since the Reformation, has been consolidated with that of St. Clement’s, and is valued in K.B. at £8 13s. 9d.
St. Lawrence’s Churchis a plain but ancient fabric, which is mentioned in Domesday Book, but is said to have been rebuilt in 1431 by John Bottold, who was buried in it, as also was Edmund Daundy, one of the benefactors of the town, who died in 1515. Upon the wall, behind the western gallery, is a painting of Christ disputing with the doctors, executed by Sir R. K. Porter, a military officer, during his sojourn at the barracks here. The benefice was appropriated to Trinity Priory, and is now a perpetual curacy, valued at £175. The parishioners are patrons; the Rev. J. C. Aldrich, incumbent.
St. Margaret’s Church, on the green to which it gives name, is a large and ancient structure of mixed architecture, consisting of a chancel, nave, aisles, and transepts, with a fine tower and south porch. It has a curious antique font, and a singularly painted ceiling, with several grotesque carvings standing out from the walls. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued at £115, in the patronage of Simeon’s Trustees, and incumbency of the Rev. J. Owen, M.A.
St. Mary-at-Elmsis an ancient church, with a brick tower, supposed to stand near or upon the site of St. Saviour’s, as already noticed. Infront of it is a row of fine elms, and near it are Smyth’s almshouses, and several old dwellings, bearing marks of former grandeur. This church was appropriated to Trinity Priory, and is now a perpetual curacy, valued at £80, in the gift of the parishioners, and incumbency of the Rev. W. Aldrich, A.B.
St. Mary-at-the-Quayis a plain structure, with a tower curiously built of flint, and containing six bells. It is commonly called Key Church, and must have been rebuilt after 1448, when Richard Gowty ordered his body to be buried in the churchyard, and gave Calyon stone “for the whole new church, which was to be erected.” The church spoliator, Dowsing, paid a visit to this edifice in 1643, and tore down nine superstitious pictures, and destroyed many inscriptions. The roof is supported by light clustered columns; and in a small transept is the tomb of Henry Tooley, the founder of the almshouses bearing his name. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued at £103, in the gift of the parishioners, and incumbency of the Rev. John Duningham, M.A.
St. Mary-at-Stoke, commonly called Stoke Church, is picturesquely seated on the south bank of the river Gipping, opposite the rest of the town, and consists of a nave, chancel, north aisle, a fine tower, and a brick porch. It is of ancient foundation, but has undergone so many repairs and renovations, that little of the original fabric remains. It was given by King Edgar, in 970, to the prior and convent of Ely; and their successors, the Dean and Chapter of Ely, are now patrons of the rectory, which is valued in K.B. at £12, and is now worth about £500 per annum; the tithes having been commuted for a yearly modus of £475. The Rev. Stephen Croft, M.A., is the present incumbent.
St. Mary le Toweris the largest, and is considered the principal church in the town, though only a perpetual curacy, valued at £103, in the gift of the parishioners, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Nassau St. Leger, B.A., who is now military chaplain at Corfu. The present officiating curate is the Rev. L. Stanton.
St. Matthew’s Church, at the west end of the town, stands in a large burial ground, and is a plain, unassuming structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, side aisles, tower, and south porch. It was re-pewed about 1840, and was enlarged in 1843 by the extension of the south aisle. A further enlargement is in contemplation. The font is ancient, and has a finely carved cover, executed and presented by Mr. Hewett. At the east end of the south aisle is an elaborately painted glass window, inserted in December, 1853, in memory of the late wife of the present rector. It was executed by Geo. Hedgeland, Esq., from a design by Edward Howard, Esq., a brother of the deceased. The church has galleries and about 850 sittings. The Lord Chancellor is patron, the Rev. Charles Hicks Gaye, M.A., incumbent.
St. Nicholas’ Church, in the lower part of the town, near the river, is supposed to have been built upon the site and partly with the materials of St. Michael’s, which is mentioned in Domesday Book. It is built partly of flint, and has a cemented tower, containing four bells. It was repaired and newly fitted with open benches in 1848, at the cost of about £300. It was appropriated to St. Peter’s Priory, and is now a perpetual curacy, valued at £150, in the gift of the parishioners, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Ward, M.A.
St. Peter’sis one of the most ancient churches in the town, standing close to the site of Wolsey’s College. It is a plain structure, consisting of a chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, and a tower containing six bells. The tower is a good specimen of the flint work so frequently observed in Suffolk and Norfolk. In 1842–3, the church was repaired and repewed, and the burial ground enclosed. A new gallery was erected in 1848. The font is very ancient, and covered with carvings of animals. The perpetual curacy, valued at £138, is in the gift of Simeon’s Trustees, and incumbency of the Rev. H. T. Lumsden, M.A.
St. Stephen’sis one of the churches mentioned in Domesday Book, and is mostly built of flint, except the tower, which is brick cemented. It contains a monument, with kneeling effigies of Wm. Leeman and his wife. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £4. 12s. 8½d., and now at £150, is in the patronage of the Rev. W. Burgess, and incumbency of the Rev. Thos. Davidson, B.A.
Chapels.—The twelve parish churches, and the chapel of ease just described, have seat room for about 8,500 persons; and there is accommodation for about 10,000 in the sixteen other places of worship in the town, of which four belong to Baptists, three to Independents, two to Wesleyans, and one each to Roman Catholics, Unitarians, Friends, Primitive Methodists, Swedenborgians, and Jews.
Tacket Street Independent Chapelwas erected in 1720, by the Presbyterian congregation, who had previously, for more than 40 years, occupied a small chapel in the Green yard, St. Peter’s, and were the successors of theNonconformists, who were so called from their refusing to subscribe to everything contained in the Book of Common Prayer, as required by the Act of Uniformity, passed soon after the restoration of Charles II. This chapel will seat about 800 hearers, and has a good organ and a burial ground. Near it is a house for the minister, the Rev. W. Notcutt, whose grandfather officiated here till his death in 1756, in his 84th year. TheIndependent Chapel, in St. Nicholas’ street, is a neat Gothic structure, which was opened in 1829. It has about 1000 sittings, including the galleries erected in 1839 and 1845. The Rev. J. Raven is the minister.Salem Independent Chapel, in St. George’s street, is small, and the Rev. J. Gay is its minister.
TheUnitarian Chapel, in St. Nicholas’ street, is one of the oldest chapels in the town, and has a beautifully carved pulpit, and about 1,200 sittings. Its congregation originated from the meetings of the Nonconformists about 1660, and was for many years Presbyterian, but the chapel was not built till 1700. The Rev. Henry Knott is the present pastor.
TheFriends’ Meeting House, in Bank street, was built in 1796, and will seat about 700 hearers.
TheRoman Catholic Chapel, on the Woodbridge road, was erected in 1825, and enlarged in 1839, chiefly at the expence of its first priest, the Rev. P. L. Simon, one of the refugees who left France at the commencement of the Revolution, and resided here till his death, in September, 1839. It is a small building in the early English style, with sittings for 700. Its priests reside at Stoke by Nayland.
TheBaptist Chapel, in Dairy lane, was built by a congregation ofBaptists formed in 1758. It has 800 sittings, and is under the ministry of the Rev. Thos. Poock.Zoar Chapel, in David street, was built in 1841, by the Baptists who seceded from Dairy lane chapel in 1829. It cost about £900, and has 500 sittings, but no pews.Turret Lane Chapel, erected in 1842, belongs to the Particular Baptists, and is under the ministry of the Rev. Isaac Lord.Stoke Chapelis the largest of the four Baptist chapels in Ipswich, and was erected in 1774, but has since been rebuilt and several times enlarged, so that it will now seat about 900 hearers. It is an octangular building, and is now under the ministry of the Rev. J. Webb.
TheWesleyan Chapel, in New Market lane, was erected in 1816, and is a neat brick building, containing about 1000 sittings. TheWesleyan Association Methodist Chapel, in Friar street, was built in 1837, for about 850 hearers; and thePrimitive Methodist Chapel, in Rope lane, was built in 1839, and has about 500 sittings.
TheJews’ Synagogue, in Rope lane, is a small brick building with pointed windows. The Jews have a small burial ground in Salter’s lane, and Mr. Levy Lamburgh is their rabbi.
TheNew Jerusalem Church, in High street, is a small building erected in 1847, by Swedenborgians, and now under the ministry of the Rev. D. G. Goyder, M.D.
ThePlymouth Brethrenhave a meeting room in Prince’s street.
Abbott, Rev., St. George’s terrace, Globe lane
Adye, Mrs. Elizabeth S., Silent street
Aldrich, Rev. William, Northgate street
Alexander, Richard D., Esq., Saint Matthew’s street
Alexander, Capt. Henry, Woodbridge road
Alexander, Miss Jane, St. Helen’s street
Anness, Richard, St. Austin’s street, St. Peter’s
Archer, Mr. William, Woodbridge road
Bacon, Edward, Esq., Tavern street
Baker, Mrs. Sarah, Carr street
Barney, Mr. William M., Victoria road
Bartlett, Mrs. E., Lower Brook street
Blanchflower, Rev. George, Wesleyan minister, St. George’s terrace, Globe lane
Boby, Mr. William, Tacket street
Bond, Henry Cooper, Esq., St. Helen’s street
Bond, Mrs. Maria, St. Margaret’s street
Baynes William, Esq., Berrington road
Bradley, Mr. Jonathan B., St. Matthew’s terrace, London road
Bridges, John Hart, Friars’ road
Broadbank, Mrs. Elizabeth, St. Margaret’s plain
Brown, William, Esq., Gyppeswyk hall
Bruff, Peter, Esq., Handford lodge, Handford road
Buck, Mr. George, Woodbridge road
Buck, Mrs. Mary, Norwich road
Burton, Joseph, Esq., Bolton hill
Burrows, Samuel, Esq., Fonnereau road
Burrows, Mr. Robert, senr., Victoria road
Butcher, Mr. George Frederick, Barrington road
Butler, the Misses, Berners street
Byles, Jeremiah, Esq., Hill house
Chapman, Samuel B., Esq., Berners street
Chapman, Mr. H., Tower lodge, Tower str.
Chevalier, Barrington, Esq., Grove house, St. Helen’s
Churchman, William, Esq., Belmont terrace, London road
Christie, John, Esq., Norwich road
Clarke, Misses, St. Nicholas’ street
Clarke, Mr. Joseph, Berners street
Clarkson, Rev. William, Albert terrace, Norwich road
Cobbold, John, Esq., Cliffe house
Cobbold, John Chevalier, Esq., M.P., Tower street
Cobbold, Mrs., Northgate street
Cobbold, Arthur, Esq., Rose Hill cottage
Coe, Charles, Esq., Berners street
Cole, Mr. Ebenezer, St. Nicholas’ place
Cole, Mr. James, Berners street
Corder, Edward, Esq., Woodbridge road
Corder, Mr. James, Berners street
Cowell, Mrs. Martha, St. Nicholas’ street
Cowell, Samuel Harrison, Esq., Berners st.
Crisp, Miss Susanna, Norwich road
Cutting, Miss Elizabeth, Haills terrace, London road
Crowe, Mrs. Harriet, Woodbridge road
Daniel, Rev. J. E., chaplain to the County gaol
Davy, John, Esq., Bramford road
Deane, Charles, Esq., Woodbridge road
Dobson, Miss, St. Peter’s street
Dove, Mrs., Berners street
Eade, Mrs. Ann, Priory place
Elwes, Timms H., Esq., Fonnereau road
Ensor, Mrs. Hannah, Northgate street
Faires, Mr. William B., Berners street
Fison, Joseph, Esq., Stoke hill
Fitch, Miss Emma, Norwich road
Footman, Mrs. Harriet, Tower street
Forter, Miss Louisa, Lower Brook street
Fosdike, Mrs. Elizabeth, Silent street
Frewer, Mr. Isaac, Berners street
Fuller, Mr. James, Berners street
Gale, Mr. William, Norwich road
Goss, Miss Louisa, Park terrace
Gooch, Miss Mary, Museum street
Goodchild, Miss Emma, St. Helen’s str.
Gower, C. F., Esq., Novia Scotia house, Wherstead road
Green, Mr. William, Woodbridge road
Groom, Mrs. Ann, London road
Hardy, Mrs. Elizabeth, Orwell place
Harper, Mrs. Mary, Norwich road
Harcourt, Frederic, Esq., Norwich road
Heath, Mrs., Belmont terrace, London road
Head, Miss Caroline, Woodbridge road
Hedge, J. H., Esq., North Lodge, Norwich rd
Hill, Mrs. Mary, Park terrace
Howard, Mr. Crisp, Berners street
Hockley, Colonel, St. Matthew’s street
Howth, Mrs. Eliza, Northgate street
Hunt, Edward, Esq., Woodbridge road
Hunt, John, Esq., Norwich road
Hunt, Mr. J., St. Peter’s street
Hunt, Miss Ann, London road
Hunt, Mr. William, Fonnereau
Innes, Miss Charlotte, Westgate street
Jackson, Mrs. Sarah, Elm street
Jaynes, Mrs. Mary Anne, Priory place
Johnson, Mrs. Ann, Victoria road
Jones, Mrs. Harriet, Globe lane
Kittoe, Mrs., Northgate street
Kelly, Sir Fitzroy, M.P. for East Suffolk, the Chantry
Kembell, Hamment, Esq., Museum street
Kent, Mr. Abraham, Curriers’ lane
Kerrison, Roger H. Esq., Hill house, Woodbridge road
Kindred, Mr. Matthew E., Berners street
Last, Mrs. Elizabeth, Park terrace
Lackard, Edward, Esq., Westfield house
Lane, Samuel, Esq., Lower Brook street
Leath, Thomas R., Esq., Woodbridge rd.
Lester, Miss Mary Ann, Berners street
Leverett, Mrs. Maria Ann, Berners street
Lott, Miss, Westgate street
Marriott, Mrs. Martha D., Woodbridge road
Mason, Mrs. Eliza, Lower Brook street
Mason, Rev. Thomas, Carr street
Maw, John, Esq., Woodbridge road
May, Mr. John M., Berners street
Matthew, Mrs. Hannah, Promenade terrace, London road
Mitchell, Mrs. Ann, Victoria road
Morgan, Mrs. Louisa, Woodbridge road
Morgan, Miss Elizabeth, Bolton hill
Mudd, Mr. George, London road
Neves, Mrs. Elizabeth, St. Nicholas’ street
Orford, John, Esq., Brook hall, Norwich road
Parker, Miss Betsy, Berners street
Pering, Mrs. Mary, Berners street
Perkin, Mrs. Mary Ann, St. Helen’s street
Perry, Robert, Esq., Berners street
Perry, Miss Sophia, Berners street
Phillips, Lieut.-Col., Stoke hall
Pitcairn, Mrs. May, Fonnereau road
Pipe, Mrs. Ann, Tavern street
Porter, Mrs. Mary Ann, Orwell place
Powell, Miss, St. Peter’s street
Pyemont, Miss, Park terrace
Ram, James, Esq., barrister, Silent street
Ramsay, Mrs. Jeannet, Berner street
Ransome, Robert, Esq., Fonnereau road
Ransome, James A., Esq., Carr street
Ransome, Frederic, Esq., Lower Brook street
Raven, Rev. John, Independent minister, Berners street
Read, Mr. Edward, London road
Ridley, Frederic, Esq., Adelphi place, Lower Brook street
Ridley, Mrs. Marian, Adelphi place, Lower Brook street
Rist, Mrs., Adelphi place, Lower Brook street
Rudkin, John, Esq., Adelphi place, Lower Brook street
Reeve, Mr. Robert, Berrington road
Ridley, Samuel, Esq., Norwich road
Rivers, Mrs., Woodbridge road
Rodwell, William, Esq., Woodlands
Root, Mr. William, jun., Lower Brook st.
Sanders, Mrs. Elizabeth, Oriel cottage, London road
Shuttleworth, Thomas, Esq., Rosary, Bramford road
Sibly, Miss Urania, Globe lane
Smith, Misses A. and C., Fonnereau road
Spalding, Mrs. Rachel, Silent street
Squirrill, Mr. Robert, Victoria road
Stanford, Mrs., St. George’s terrace, Globe lane
Stone, Misses M. and L., St. Nicholas, street
Stebbings, Miss Susan, Orwell place
Thurston, Mrs. Sarah B., Queen street
Trill, Mrs. Louisa F., St. Matthew’s street
Turner, Edward, College street
Turner, Major, Westgate street
Turner, Miss, London road
Turner, the Misses, Christ Church park house
Tunney, Mrs. Louisa, Foundation street
Unwin, Mrs., Berners street
Vulliamy, Frederic, Esq., St. Margaret’s green
Ward, Rev. Charles, Woodbridge road
Walford, Capt. William, of the royal navy, Haills terrace, London road
Waitehill, Mrs., Adelphi place, Lower Brook street
Ward, Miss Elizabeth, Priory place
Webber, Samuel, Esq., White House
Williams, Mr. Robert, Victoria road