Directory Entry of Suffolk 1875
Tuddenham St. Mary
Is a parish & village, pleasantly situated on gently rising ground 3 ¼
miles south-east from Mildenhall, 9 north-west from Bury, and 3 north from
Higham railway station in the western division of the county, Lackford hundred,
Mildenhall union and county court district, Fordham rural deanery, Sudbury
archdeaconry, and diocese of Ely. The church of St Mary is an ancient building
of stone and rubble, in the Early English style of architecture, consisting of
chancel, nave, south aisle, tower with 5 bells, and porch. The register dates
from 1563. The living is a rectory, yearly value £283, with residence, in the
gift of the Marquis of Bristol, and held by the Rev. Ezekiel Sparke, M.A. , of
Caius College, Cambridge. 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 house have been rebuilt. The
Baptists have a chapel here. There is one charity of about £6 yearly value.
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 The soil is light
& sandy; subsoil gravel & sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley and
turnips. The area is 2644 acres; rateable value £2064; and the population in
1871 was 400.
Parish Clerk, Ambrose Mason.
POST OFFICE
Frederick Manning, receiver. Letters by foot from Soham arrive at 7.30a.m.;
dispatched at 5.30p.m. Mildenhall is the nearest money-order office. Free
school, Frederick Vanhagan, master; Mrs Laura Vanhagan, mistress
CARRIERS TO BURY
passes through every Wednesday from Mildenhall.
Sparke Rev Ezekiel, M.A.,J.P.[rector ]
COMMERCIAL
Avery Robert, farmer
Firman Mrs. Mary, shopkeeper
Haggart Duncan, farm bailiff to the Marquis of Bristol
Kendall Alfred, Wheelwright & Beer retlr
King Isaac Newton, miller
Newdick David, market gardener & shopkeeper
Roper John Craske, farmer
Rumbelow Mrs. Mary , blacksmith
Sparrow Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shoemaker
Spooner william, shopkeeper
Wilkes John, White Hart
Wright Robert John, Anchor
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