The parish Church (St. Michael) is an ancient structure, which was newly seated in 1853, at the expense of Wm. Gurdon, Esq. It has recently been repaired, and a gallery erected for the Sunday scholars. The altar-piece is a fine painting of Christ blessing little children. As noticed at page 214, the rectory is consolidated with that of East Bergholt, where the Rectory House is situated. The National School was built in 1854. The POST-OFFICE is at Mr. Wm. Taylor's. Letters via Manningtree. BRANTHAM DIRECTORY. *Martin Wm., horse dealer *May Wm., miller and maltster Pannifer Japhet, wheelwright & beerhs Taylor Wm., shopkeeper, Post-Office FARMERS. Cooper Geo., Hall & Church-house Farms Martin Wm. BURSTALL, a small village and parish, 44 miles W. by N. of Ipswich, has only 243 souls, and 766 acres of land, belonging to the Alexander family; J. H. L. Anstruther, Esq., and a few smaller owners, and lying partly in the manors of Lovetofts and Bramford. The manor of Harrolds, in Burstall, was granted to Cardinal Wolsey, as part of the possessions of St. Peter's Priory, in Ipswich. The Church (St. Mary) has a tower and three bells, and is a curacy consolidated with Bramford Vicarage. The great tithes belong to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, but are held on lease by Sir Philip Broke. Here is an Independent Chapel, built in 1842 '3. Directory: Benj. Fayers, Thos. Berrett, Hall; John Haggar, (& timber mert. ;) John Haggar, jun., Robt. Keene, and Norman Last, farmers; Saml. Garrod, bailiff; James Hardwick, vict., Half-Moon; John Messent, shoemaker: Eliz. Shave, shopkeeper; Chas. Spalding, blacksmith; and Wm. Wilken, carpenter and parish clerk. The Rev. Hy. Leach, of Ipswich, is the officiating curate. CAPEL ST. MARY, a pleasant village in the vale of a small rivulet, 7 miles S.W. of Ipswich, and 5 miles S.E. of Hadleigh, has in its parish 649 inhabitants, and 1911 acres of fertile land, including 60A. of wood, 34A. of roads, and the hamlet of Cross Green, on the turnpike, nearly a mile S. of the village. It is in three manors, viz., Boynton Hall, belonging to Queen's College, Cambridge; and Churchford Hall, and Vaux-and-Jermyn's, of which J. Ansell, Esq., is lord. The Rowley, Goodchild, Godfrey, Brook, and other families own part of the soil, which is mostly freehold. The Church (St. Mary) is a neat structure, with a tower containing five bells, and formerly surmounted by a spire, which was taken down in 1818. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 8s. 4d., has had that of Little Wenham annexed to it since 1787, and was valued in 1835 at £682. The glebe is 22A., and the tithes of Capel were commuted in 1838 for a yearly rent charge of £528. The Rev. Jph. Tweed, M.A., is patron and incumbent, and has a good Rectory House, with pleasant K grounds. Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel; and about a mile north of the village is Capel Railway Station, on the Hadleigh Branch of the Eastern Union line. The POST OFFICE is at J. Hardy's; letters via Ipswich. Alexander Geo. & Mrs., Nat. School Bennett Henry, wheelwright Hardy Joseph, shopr. & vict., Flough Skitter Levi, collar and harness maker Tweed Rev Joseph, M.A., Rectory FARMERS. Ablewhite Henry, Capel Grove Garnham Jeremiah, Brook Farm SHOPKEEPERS. Gilbert Henry Haxell Jonathan RAILWAY TRAINS several times a day to CHATTISHAM, a village and parish, 5 miles E. of Hadleigh, and S.W. by W. of Ipswich, contains 234 souls, and 713A. 3R. 7p. of land. The manor and a great part of the soil formerly belonged to Wykes Priory, in Essex, and were granted first to Cardinal Wolsey, and then to Eton College, to which they still belong. The remainder belongs to Jno. Kettle Hicks, Esq., of Ipswich, and a few smaller owners. The Church (All Saints) is a plain building, with several neat mural monuments, and was repaired and reseated in 1851. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £4. 13s. 7d., has 22A. of glebe, and is endowed with all the tithes, except of about 200 acres, which are tithe free. In 1840, the tithes were commuted for £142. 10s. per annum. Provost and Fellows of Eton College are patrons, and the Rev. H. S. Dickinson, M.A., is the incumbent. Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1817. The Rev. Thomas Warren, in 1769, left £200, after the decease of his widow, (who died in 1815) to the vicar of Chattisham and rectors of Hintlesham and Copdock, in trust for the education of poor children of Chattisham, at the free school in Hintlesham, where four or five free scholars are now sent from this parish. The legacy was laid out in £212 15s. three per cent. reduced annuities. Lambert James, farmer, Hall Allen Benjamin, farmer Vicarage Gathercole James, brewer Mills Frederick, blacksmith The CHELMONDISTON, a village and parish, on the south-west side of the broad estuary of the Orwell, 6 miles S.S.E. of Ipswich, and 5 miles N.N.W. of Harwich, has 796 inhabitants, and about 1627 acres of land, including the fishing hamlet of Pin-mill, which has about 50 boats employed chiefly in getting stone on the rocks near Harwich, for the manufacture of Roman cement. The soil is generally a light sand, and is all freehold, belonging to John Berners, Esq., the Lucas, Reynolds, and Walker families, and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. Andrew) is an ancient structure, which was repewed and thoroughly repaired about 15 years ago. The rec tory, valued in K.B. at £8. 10s., and in 1835 at £312, is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. H. Clissold, M.A., who has a neat Rectory House, built in 1849, but resides at Stockwell, Surrey, near London. Here is a National School, built in 1838, and also two small chapels, belonging to the Baptists and Wesleyans. Baldry Charles, police officer Brown Albert, grocer and draper Curtis Jas., victualler, Butt and Oyster Double Chas., victualler, Red Lion Mason Pp. Carrington, shopkeeper Philpot Robt, brewer and beerhouse Wade Miss Susan COPDOCK parish, between two small rivulets, from 3 to 4 miles S.W. by W. of Ipswich, has a pleasant village on the London road, containing a good inn and several handsome houses, adjoining Washbrook, in which parish some of the houses are situated. Copdock has 349 inhabitants, and 932A. 33P. of rich clayey land, lying in two manors, viz., Copdock, of which W. J. Deane, Esq., is lord, and Copdock-Hall-with-Barons, of which the Rev. J. T. Hales Tooke is lord; but part of the soil belongs to Rolla Rouse, Esq., Mrs. Syer, Mr. R Bruce, and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. Peter) is a neat fabric, with a tower and five bells; and a curiously sculptured font. It was re-seated, and a handsome reredos erected in 1853, so that the interior has now a handsome appearance. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £9. 12s. 84d., has the vicarage of Washbrook annexed to it, and the two united livings were valued in 1835, at £483 per annum. Lord Walsingham is patron, and his younger brother, the Hon. and Rev. Fredk. De Grey, M.A. is the incumbent, and has a good Rectory House, and 35 acres of glebe. The tithes of Copdock are commuted for £250. 10s. per annum. Here is a National School for the two united parishes, built in 1851. Post via Ipswich. Bond Mrs Emily, Copdock House De Grey Hon & Rev Frederick, M.A., Josselyn James, Esq. King George, wheelwright & par. clerk K 2 Plumb Wm. & Mrs. National School Wrattislaw John, Esq. Copdock Lodge FARMERS. Bickmore Thomas Bruce Richard CARRIER, Joshua Beer, to Ipswich, ERWARTON, or Arwarton, a pleasant village, on the north bank of the Stour, near the confluence of that broad estuary with the Orwell, is distant 9 miles S.E. by S. of Ipswich, and overlooks the harbour of Harwich, on the opposite side of the Stour. Its parish contains 247 souls, and 1318A. IR. 17P. of land, generally a sandy loam, and mostly freehold, belonging to John Berners, Esq., the lord of the manor, which was anciently the seat and property of the Daviller family, whose heiress carried it in marriage to Sir Robt. Bacon, who, in 1345, obtained a grant for a market and fair here. It afterwards passed to the Calthorpes, and was purchased by Sir Philip Parker, Kt., of Sir D. Drury, about the year 1577. Philip Parker, of Erwarton, was created a baronet in 1661; and the last representative of his family, Sir Philip Parker Long, died in 1741, when the manor passed to his daughter, Lady Chedworth; and after her death, it went to the Berners family, of Woolverstone. The ancient Hall, which was the seat of the Parkers, is now a farm house, commanding fine views of the estuaries of the Stour and Orwell, and having an entrance gateway, supposed to have been built in the reign of Elizabeth, and still in good preservation. The Church (St. Mary) stands on a bold eminence, overlooking the Stour, and is a neat structure, which was thoroughly repaired, and the chancel rebuilt, in 1838-'9. At the same time, the pews were removed from the nave and aisles, and open sittings for 250 hearers substituted in their place. Here are several monuments, in good preservation, erected to the memory of the Daviller, Calthorpe, Bacon, and Parker families. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 13s. 4d., has that of Woolverstone annexed to it, and has now a yearly rent charge of £544 in lieu of tithes, awarded in 1838, viz., £305 for the tithes of Erwarton, and £239 for those of Woolverstone. John Berners, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. Ralph Berners, M.A., is the incumbent, and has here 201. 35p. of glebe, and a good parsonage house, erected about 15 years ago. The poor parishioners have three cottages, and 1A. 2R. of land, left by Philip Parker, Esq. Here is a National School, for boys and girls, supported by subscription. Berners Rev Ralph, M.A., Rectory Haward John, Hill House Farm Hempson John, Hall Farm; h St Osyth POST from Ipswich. FRESTON, a small village, upon a pleasant acclivity, on the western side of the broad river Orwell, 3 miles S. of Ipswich, has in its parish 250 souls, and 1413A. 3R. 4P. of light but fertile and well-wooded land. John Berners, Esq., is lord of the manor of · Freston Hall, within which is the small manor of Bonds, of which Sir Philip V. Broke is lord. The other principal owners of the soil are the Rev. A. Bond, Lady Harland, W. Rodwell, Esq., and E. B. Venn, Esq., of Freston Lodge, a large and handsome mansion, erected in 1840, on a bold eminence, commanding a fine view of the Orwell. Freston Hall, with the manor and advowson, was anciently vested in a family who took their name from the parish. The Frestons were seated here from the time of Henry III. till that of Henry VIII., when the manor passed to the Latimers; but in 1590, it was held by the Goodings, of Ipswich, and afterwards by the Wrights, who separated the manor and advowson, and sold their possessions to the Thurston, Tarver, and other families. Of the ancient Hall, a fine antique TOWER still remains, near the bank of the Orwell. This tower is a strong quadrangular brick building, six stories high, containing as many rooms, one above another, but only 10 feet by 12, with a polygonal turret at each angle, terminating in pinnacles; and a winding steeple staircase, projecting from the eastern side, and terminating in an octagonal lantern. The best apartment appears to have been in the fifth story, which is loftier and has larger windows than the rest, and was probably hung with tapestry, as small nails left in the wood seem to indicate. There is but one fire-place, which is on the ground floor, and even that seems to be of modern construction, and to have no chimney; hence it is probable that this building was rather an occasional pleasure retreat, or watch tower, than a place of permanent habitation. As it is not noticed in any of the descriptions of the hall in the time of the Frestons, this tower was probably erected by one of the Latimers. Except a farm-house, at a short distance, there is no trace of any buildings near it. The Church (St. Peter) is a neat structure, with a tower at the west end. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 7s. 6d., is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. A. Bond, who has a neat and commodious Rectory House. The glebe is 23A. 5P.; and in 1841, the tithes were commuted for a yearly rent of £376. About 45 years ago, several Anglo-Saxon coins were found here. Post via Ipswich. Bond Rev Alfred, rector, Rectory Burch John, blacksmith Coulson Charles, parish clerk Hare George, farmer Hunt John, builder Manning John and Wm. farmers Mead Aaron, vict. Boat Inn Sage Benj. farmer, Woods Farm Williams Hannah, schoolmistress HARKSTEAD, a village and parish, 7 miles S. by E. of Ipswich, has 341 souls, and 1726A. 3R. 32P. of land, stretching northward to the estuary of the Stour, and belonging to John Berners, Henry Hill, and E. B. Venn, Esqs. Mr. Berners is lord of the manor, which was held by Odo de Campania, at the Domesday survey. The Church (St. Mary) has a tower and five bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £11. 3s. 9d., and now at £518, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Ralph Berners, M.A., of |