Directory Entry of Suffolk 1864
Tuddenham St Mary
Is a parish & village, pleasantly situated on gently rising ground, in
Lackford hundred, Mildenhall union and county court district, Fordham rural
deanery, Sudbury archdeaconry, and diocese of Ely, West Suffolk, 3 ¼ miles
south-east from Mildenhall, 8 ½ north-east from Newmarket station, 9 west from
Bur, and 3 north from Higham, its nearest railway station. The church of St Mary
is an ancient building of stone and rubble, in the Early English style of
architecture, consisting of nave, aisle, chancel, tower with 5 bells, and porch.
The register dates from 1563. The living is a rectory, annual value £283, with
residence, in the gift of the Marquis of Bristol, and held by the Rev. Ezekiel
Sparke, M.A. there is a chapel belonging to the Baptist connexion, the Free
school was founded by John Cockerton, who endowed it, in 1723, with a
dwelling-house and some land attached for the use of the schoolmaster: the
school-house and masters residence have been rebuilt. There is an extensive
flour mill driven by water & steam. Here are the remains of an abbey. The
Marquis of Bristol and Mrs. Rogers are each owners of their respective manors,
and of the principal part of the soil. There is one charity of about £6 yearly
value. The soil is light & sandy. The population of the parish in 1861 was
413, and the area is 2644 acres.
Parish Clerk, John Avery.
POST OFFICE
Robert Sparrow, receiver. Letters by foot from Mildenhall arrive at 7.30a.m.;
dispatched at 5.30 p.m. Mildenhall is the nearest money order office Free
School, William Mann, master; Mrs Mann, mistress
CARRIER TO BURY
passes through every Wednesday from Mildenhall
Sparke Rev Ezekiel, M.A.,J.P.[rector]
Booty John, farmer
Ellington Richard, farmer
Firman John, shopkeeper
Firman Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Harvey James Broom, farmer
Kendall Alfred, Wheelwright
Kendall George, carpenter
Mulley Charles, saddler & harness mkr
Newdick David, market gardener & shopkeeper
Rumbelow Mary (Mrs.), blacksmith
Sparrow Elias, boot & shoe maker
Sparrow Robert, grocer & draper, & post office
Steel Thomas, miller & farmer
Tyler Peter, Anchor
Wilks Isaac, White Hart & bricklayer
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