Hopton, 44 m. S. of Yarmouth, Admiral Plumridge, & Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart.
Horringer House, 3 miles WSW. of Bury, George I. Bevan, Esq.a
Horsecroft, 2 miles S. by W. of Bury, Wm. Bacon Wigson, Esq.
Hoxne, Rev John Hodgson, M.A.a; and Nathaniel Scott, Esq.

Hunston, 3 m. SE. of Ixworth, John Henry Heigham, Esq.a.b; and Mrs Gray
Hurts Hall, half a mile SE. of Saxmundham, Wm. Long, Esq.a.b
Icklingham Rectory, 4 miles ESE. of Mildenhall, Rev Daniel Gwilt, M.A.
Ickworth Park, 4 miles SW. of Bury, Marquis of Bristol; Earl Jermyn, M.P.a.b;
and the Hon and Rev Lord Arthur Hervey.

Ipswich, Thomas D'Eye Borroughes, Esq.a; J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P.a.b; Rd. Dykes Alexander, Esq.; B. Chevallier, M.D.a; John Cobbold, Esq.a (See also Stoke, &c.)

Ixworth Abbey, 6 miles NE. of Bury, Mrs Cartwright.

Kedington Rectory, 5 miles WNW. of Clare, Rev W. H. Syer.

Kelsale, 1 mile N. of Saxmundham, Rev L. R. Brown,a and S. Capon, Esq.
Kentwell Hall, 3 miles N. of Sudbury, E. S. Bence, Esq.a.b

Kersey Priory, 24 miles NW. of Hadleigh, Richard Newman, Esq.
Kesgrave Hall, 44 miles E. by N. of Ipswich, Rt. N. Shawe, Esq.a.b
Kessingland Vicarage, 5 miles SSW. of Lowestoft, Rev D. G. Norris.

Kettleburgh, 24 miles SSW. of Framlingham, Rev G. T. Turner, M.A.,a and
Mrs Garrett.

Knodishall Rectory, 4 miles SE. of Saxmundham, Rev G. A. Whitaker.a
Lakenheath Cottage, 5 miles N. of Mildenhall, Wm. G. Eagle, Esq.
Langham Hall, 3 miles E. of Ixworth, F. Maitland Wilson, Esq.a
Lavenham Rectory, 7 miles N. of Sudbury, Rev Richard Johnson, M.A.a
Lawshall Rectory, 6 miles S. of Bury, Rev E. Baillie.a

Layham Rectory, 1 mile S. of Hadleigh, Rev H. H. Hughes, B.D.a
Leiston Abbey, 4 miles E. by S. of Saxmundham, Lady Rendlesham.
Lidgate Rectory, 7 miles SE. of Newmarket, Rev J. Gordon.
Little Haugh Hall, 3 miles SSE. of Ixworth, Peter Huddleston, Esq.a
Little Redisham Hall, 4 miles SSW. of Beccles, John Garden, Esq.a.b
Livermere Park, 5 miles NNE. of Bury, Captain D. Lane.

Lound, 4 miles NNW. of Lowestoft, Misses and J. R. Morse, Esq., and Rev E.
Thurlow.

Lowestoft, Edw. Leathes, Esq.,a and James Peto, Esq.a (See p. 565 to 567.)
Marlesford Hall, 2 miles NE. of Wickham Market, Miss Shuldham.
Martlesham, 2 miles SW. of Woodbridge, Rev Thomas D'Eye Betts.a
Melford (Long), 3 miles N. by W. of Sudbury, Sir Hyde Parker, Bart.a.b, and
J. M. Williams, Esq., Hall; and C. Westropp, Esq., Melford Place.
Melton, 1 mile NE. of Woodbridge, Rd. Aplin, Esq.a, Melton Lodge; and Capt.
F. W. Schreiber,a.b, Hill House.

Mendlesham, 7 miles SSW. of Eye, Rev Henry T. Day, LL.D.a
Mettingham Castle, 2 miles E. by S. Bungay, Rev J. C. Safford.a
Milden Rectory, 4 miles SSE. of Lavenham, Rev N. W. Hallward.a

Mildenhall, 94 miles NE. of Newmarket, C. J. F. Bunbury, Esq.a, Manor House; and J. Packe, Esq.a

Moulton, 34 miles E. of Newmarket, Sir Robert Pigot, Bart., Paddocks; and Rev Edmund Mortlock, B.D., Rectory.

Nedging Hall, 4 miles N. of Hadleigh, Rev Wm. Edge, B.A.

Needham Market, Edward Field, M.D.a

Newmarket, M. J. E. Frewen, Esq.a

Newton Rectory, 3 miles E. of Sudbury, Rev C. Smith, B.D.

Normanston Court, 1 mile SW. of Lowestoft, Edward Leathes, Esq.a

North Court Lodge, 6 miles WNW. of Thetford, Henry Brooke, Esq.

North Cove Hall, 24 miles E. by S. of Beccles, William Everett, Esq.
Norton Rectory, 3 miles SSE. of Ixworth, Rev A. Dicken, D.D.

Nowton Court, 2 miles S. by E. of Bury, Henry James Oakes, Esq.a.b; and Jas,
Henry Porteus Oakes, Esq., M.P.a

Oakley House, 3 miles NNE. of Eye, Captain Pp. Henry Michell.

Oakley Park, 3 miles NE. of Eye, Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart, M.P.a
Orwell Park, 4 miles SSE. of Ipswich, George Tomline, Esq.a

Oulton Rectory, 3 miles W. of Lowestoft, Rev H. F. Fell, M.A.
Ousden Hall, 7 miles SE. of Newmarket, TJ. Ireland, Esq a.b

Pakenham,2 miles S. of Ixworth, Rev W. J. S. Casborne,a, New House; and Miss Metcalfe, Lodge.

Parham Hall, 24 miles SSE. of Framlingham, F. and F. S. Corrance, Esqs.a.b Petistree Lodge, 4 miles NNE. of Woodbridge, Mrs Mary Ann Brook.

Playford Hall, 4 miles NE. of Ipswich, Mrs Clarkson.

Polstead Hall, 44 miles SW. of Hadleigh, Charles Tyrell, Esq.a.b

Poslingford Park, 34 miles N. of Clare, S. A. Severne, Esq.a

Prestou Rectory, 2 miles E. by N. of Lavenham, Rev H. G. Williams, M.A.
Redgrave Hall, 5 miles SW. of Diss, G. H. Wilson and M. Johnson, Esqrs.
Red House, 1 mile N. by E. of Ipswich, Mrs. Edgar.

Rendham, 3 miles W. of Saxmundham, E. Bloomfield, Esq.a

Rendlesham, 3 miles SE. of Wickham Market, Lord Rendlesham and Rev Jas.
Williams, Hall; and Hon. and Rev Lord Thomas Hay, Rectory.
Reydon Hall, 2 miles NNW. of Southwold, Mrs and Misses Strickland.
Rice Hall, 3 miles N. by W. of Ipswich, Robert Woodward, Esq.
Rickinghall Rectory, 8 miles NE. of Ixworth, Rev Richard C. Maul.
Risby Rectory, 4 miles W. by N. of Bury, Rev Samuel H. Alderson, M.A.a
Rougham Hall, 34 miles E. of Bury, Pp. Bennet, Esq., M.P.a.b
Round Wood, 2 miles E. by N. of Ipswich, Wm. Fdk. Schreiber, Esq.a
Ruffins, 6 miles SSW. of Bury St. Edmund's, John Worlledge, Esq.a
Rushbrooke Hall, 3 miles SE. of Bury, Rd. F. B. Rushbrooke, Esq.
Russell Lodge, 14 mile SSE. of Stradbroke, C. D. Chenery, Esq.
Santon Downham Hall, 2 miles E. of Brandon, Lord Wm. Powlett.a
Saxham Hall, 5 miles W. by S. of Bury, William Mills, Esq.a

Semer, 3 miles N. by W. of Hadleigh, Rev James Y. Cooke, M.A.a, Rectory; and Joseph C. Archer, Esq., Semer Lodge.

Shadingfield Hall, 44 miles S. of Beccles, Rev Charles Thomas Scott.
Shadwell Lodge, 4 miles ESE. of Thetford, Sir J. K. Buxton, Bart.
Shimpling Rectory, 44 miles WNW. of Lavenham, Rev M. C. Bolton.

Shrubland Park, 6 miles NNW. of Ipswich, Sir Wm. F. F. Middleton, Bart.
Sibton Park, 24 miles W. of Yoxford, John Wm. Brooke, Esq.a

Snape Hall, 3 miles S. by E. of Saxmundham, James C. Baker, Esq.

Somerleyton, 44 miles NW. of Lowestoft, S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P.a.b, Hall; and Rev E. M. Love,a, Rectory.

Somerton Hall, 7 miles NE. of Clare, J. E. Hale, Esq.

Sotterley Hall, 4 miles SSE. of Beccles, Fredk. Barne, Esq.a.b; and Lieut General Sir Edward Bowater, K.C.H. and Kt.

Southelmham, 5 miles SW. by W. of Bungay, Rev C. B. Bruce,a, rector, Sancroft; and Rev E. A. Holmes, M.A. and F.L.S., St. Margaret's.

South Town (Yarmouth), W. D. Palmer, Esq.a (See page 582.)

Southwold, 9 miles E. of Halesworth, A. Lillingstone, Esq.a

Spring Hall, 7 miles N. of Sudbury, Captain J. Tyssen, R N.

Stanton Rectory, 3 miles N.E. of Ixworth, Rev. George Bidwell, M.A.a

Stoke College, 24 miles W. of Clare, J. E. H. Elwes, Esq a

Stoke Park, 1 mile S. of Ipswich, Robt. Burrell, Esq.,a.b; and Henry Phillips Esq.,a.b, Stoke Hall.

Stonham Earl, 5 miles E. of Stowmarket, Rev John Phear.a

Stowlangtoft Hall, 24 miles S.S.E. of Ixworth, Henry Wilson, Esq.a.b

Stowmarket, C. R. Bree, Esq.a, and Rev A. G. H. Hollingsworth, M.A.a

Stow Park, 1 mile S. of Bungay, Alfred Hughes, Esq.

Stradishall Place, 5 miles N. by W. of Clare, H. R. Homfray, Esq.
Stutton Rectory, 7 miles S. of Ipswich, Rev Thomas Mills, M.A.a
Sudborne Hall, 1 mile N.W. of Orford, Marquis of Hertford.
Sudbury, William Robert Bevan, Esq.a

Syleham Hall, 34 miles N. by W. of Stradbroke, Rev. A. Cooper, B.A.a

Tattingstone, 5 miles S.S.W. of Ipswich, Rev C. B. Elliott, M.A., F.R.S.,a Rectory; and Hunter Rodwell, Esq., Tattingstone Flace

Tendring Hall, 14 mile W.N.W. of Nayland, Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart.a.b Theberton House, 3 m. NE. of Saxmundham, Rt. Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P.a

Thetford, L. S. Bidwell, Esq.,a, and Hugh Fitzroy, Esq.a Snarehill

Thorington Hall, 64 miles NNE. of Saxmundham, Col. Henry B. Bence. a.b
Thornham Park, 3 m. SW.of Eye, Lord Henniker,a.b; & Rev J.F.Reeve,a, Rectory
Thorpe Morieux, 34 miles N. by E. of Lavenham, Rev Thomas T. Harrison
Thrandeston Rectory, 3 miles NW. of Eye, Rev T. L. French.a
Thurlow (Little), 44 miles N. by E. of Haverhill, Mrs Soame, Hall
Thurston, 5 miles E. by N. of Bury, J. B. Blake, Esq.a, Thurston House;
Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H.; and W. C. Bassett, Esq.

Tostock, 7 miles E. of Bury, G. J. E. Brown, Esq. &c. (see page 498.)
Tot Hill, 3 miles NNW. of Stowmarket, J. Ward, Esq., and Rev E. Ward.
Troston Hall, 24 miles NW. of Ixworth, Major-General Moss.

Trimley, 9 miles SE. by E. of Ipswich, Hon. and Rev. J. H. Nelson, M.A.
Ufford Place, 24 miles NNE. of Woodbridge, Francis C. Brooke, Esq.a
Uggeshall Rectory, 54 miles ENE. of Halesworth, Rev W. C. Edgell.a
Undley Hall, 5 miles N. of Mildenhall, Mrs Waddelow.

Walsham House, 5 miles E. of Ixworth, H. J. and T. H. Wilkinson, Esqs.a.b
Wetherden, 4 miles NW. of Stowmarket, C. W. Heigham, Esq.a, and Rev
R. J. C. Alderson, M.A.a Rectory

Whatfield Rectory, 3 miles NE. of Hadleigh, Rev Robert A. Rackham, M.A. Whepstead Rectory, 44 miles S. of Bury, Rev Thomas Image, M.A.

White House, 34 miles NNE. of Framlingham, W. A. Stanford, Esq. Wherstead, 24 miles S. of Ipswich, G. T. Heigham, Esq.a, The Grove; and Lady Harland, Wherstead Park.

Wickham Skeith, 6 miles SW. of Eye, Rev Castell Garrad.

Withersfield, 1 miles NW. of Haverhill, Rev Wm. Mayd, M.A.a

Witnesham Rectory, 44 miles N. of Ipswich, Rev Wm. Potter, M.A.

Woodbridge, Rev P. Bingham,a and F. G. Doughty, Esq.a (see page 282.)
Wood Hall, 4 miles SE. of Woodbridge, Henry Edwards, Esq.
Woolverstone Hall, 4 miles S. of Ipswich, John Berners, Esq.a.b
Worlingworth, 5 miles NW. of Framlingham, Rev F. French.
Wortham Rectory, 3 miles S.W. of Diss, Rev Richard Cobbold, M.A.
Wratting (Great), 24 miles NE. of Haverhill, Rev T. B. Syer.a
Wrentham Rectory, 5 miles N. of Southwold, Rev S. Clissold, M.A.a
Yaxley Hall, 14 mile W. of Eye, P. R. Welch, Esq.
Yoxford, 4 miles N. by E. of Saxmundham, (see page 347.)

GENERAL HISTORY

AND

DESCRIPTION

OF THE

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.

SUFFOLK, one of the most eastern counties of England, and one of the principal agricultural and maritime divisions of the kingdom, comprises an area of about 1500 square statute miles, or about 950,000 acres of land, watered by many navigable rivers and smaller streams, intersected by many good roads and several railways; and possessing all the varieties of soil from a light steril sand to a rich foam. It lies between the parallels of 51 deg. 57 min. and 52 deg. 35 min. North Latitude; and between 24 min. and 1 deg. 45 min. East Longitude; but it is of an irregular figure, extending only about 56 miles in a direct line from east to west, and 32 from north to south; though its eastern line occupies about 50 miles of seacoast, sweeping in a curved line from the estuary of the Orwell and Stour, near Harwich, northward to Yarmouth, where it terminates in a narrow apex; from whence, a line drawn across the county, in a south-westerly direction to Haverhill, at its south-western angle, is more than 70 miles in length. It is bounded on the north by Norfolk, from which it is separated by the Waveney and Little Ouse rivers, rising near Redgrave, and flowing in opposite directions; on the west, by Cambridgeshire, where it is only about 26 miles in breadth; on the south, by Essex, from which it is separated by the river Stour, in a winding course of about 48 miles; and on the east, by the German Ocean, on which it has some fine bays, havens, and creeks, and a bold range of cliffs and headlands, of which that at Lowestoft is the most easterly point of England. It increased its Population from 210,431 souls in 1801, to 337,470 in 1851. Compared with the other counties in England, it ranks as the eighth in agricultural, and the fifteenth in total population. It is in the Norfolk Circuit; in the Province of Canterbury; and in the Sees of Norwich and Ely. Till 18 years ago, it was wholly in the Diocese of Norwich; but the greater part of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, forming the western part of the county, has been added to the Diocese of Ely; and the rest of the county forms the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, in the See of Norwich, as will be seen at a subsequent page. Quarter Sessions are held at Beccles, Woodbridge, Ipswich, and Bury, for the four divisions of the county. At Beccles is a Bridewell or small House of Correction; and there are

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large Shire Halls and County Gaols and Houses of Correction at BURY ST. EDMUND'S and IPSWICH; and since 1839, the Lent Assizes have been held at the former, and the Summer Assizes at the latter town; but before that year, both the yearly Assizes and Gaol Deliveries for this county were held at Bury, which may be called the Western, and Ipswich the Eastern Capital of Suffolk. The latter has now about 34,000 inhabitants, and the former upwards of 14,000. There are in the county 28 other MARKET Towns, of which Sudbury, Woodbridge, and Lowestoft, have each about 6,000 souls; Bungay and Beccles each about 4000; and Hadleigh and Stowmarket each upwards of 3000; but the remainder have smaller populations, many of them numbering less than 2000 souls.

Before the passing of the PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ACT of 1832, two members were returned for the county, and two each for its seven boroughs of Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Sudbury, Eye, Orford, Dunwich, and Aldeburgh. By this act, the three lastnamed boroughs were disfranchised, and the county was divided into two divisions, each sending two knights of the shire to parliament. The Borough of Sudbury was disfranchised by act of parliament, for bribery and corruption, in 1844. The EASTERN DIVISION comprises the largest and most populous part of the county, and its Polling Places are Ipswich, Needham, Woodbridge, Framlingham, Saxmundham, Halesworth, Beccles, Stradbroke, and Lowestoft. Ipswich is the principal place of election for this division, which had 6278 registered voters in 1837; of whom, 3780 were freeholders, 750 copyholders, 1624 tenants at-will, and 34 leaseholders. The WESTERN DIVISION comprises Hartismere and Stow Hundreds, and the Liberty of Bury St. Edmund's, which consist of the Borough of Bury St. Edmund's, and the seven Hundreds of Babergh, Blackbourn, Cosford, Lackford, Risbridge, Thedwestry, and Thingoe. This division had 4958 registered voters in 1837; of whom, 3139 were freeholders, 539 copyholders, 1198 tenants at will, and 15 leaseholders. Its principal place of election is Bury, and its other Polling Places are Wickhambrook, Lavenham, Stowmarket, Botesdale, Mildenhall, Clare, and Hadleigh. The county now sends only five BOROUGH MEMBERS to parliament, viz., two each for Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's, and one for Eye. The latter being much below the population standard of the Reform Act, was saved from total disfranchisement, by extending the limits of its parliamentary borough to a wide extent of surrounding parishes.

The High Sheriff, for the time being, is at the head of the civil govern ment of the county, which, in this respect, is divided into Geldable and Franchises.. In the former, the issues and forfeitures are paid to the Crown; and in the latter, to the lords of the liberties. They are sub-divided into four SESSIONAL DIVISIONS. The eight GELDABLE HUNDREDS areSamford, Bosmere-and-Claydon, Stow, Hartismere, Hoxne, Blything, Wangford, and Mutford-and-Lothingland. For these the Quarter Sessions are held at Ipswich and Beccles, that is, at Beccles for Wangford, Blything, and Mutford-and-Lothingland, which form Beccles Division; and at Ipswich for the other five, which form Ipswich Division. The FRANCHISE, or LIBERTY OF ST. ETHELRED, formerly belonged to the prior and convent, and now to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, and comprises the six Hundreds