Bures Hamlet 1863 Whites directory

Bures Hamlet 1863 Whites directory
BURES HAMLET, on the south side of the river Stour, 5 miles S.S.E. of Sudbury, has 662 souls, and 1520 acres of land, and is in the parish of Bures St. Mary, which is mostly in Suffolk, on the north side of the river. Osgood Hanbury, Esq. , is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to other proprietors. The church is in Suffolk, and the vicarage, valued in K.B. at £12. 16s. 0d. , and in 1831 at £273, is in the patronage of O. Hanbury, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Arthur Hanbury, M.A. The Stour Valley Railway passes through the hamlet.

Barker Robert, station master
Boggis Simon Golding, Esq. White House
Burch Harriet, vict. Eight Bells
Clarke James, carrier to Colchester
Chaplin William, veterinary surgeon
Dansie Susan, blacksmith
Gilby Daniel, wheelwright & coach builder
Hayward Joseph, wheelwright, &c.
Ladbrook Geo. carpenter & builder
Manning Edward, brickmaker and coal dealer
Palmer Henry, schoolmaster
Rawlinson John, vict. Swan
Stedman Thomas, tailor
Webb Charles, cooper
Webber Thomas, fishmonger

BAKERS.
Cousins George
Mole Nathaniel

BUTCHERS.
Chinery Charles
Tracey John

FARMERS.
Brown John U.
Dyer Robert, Ravensfield
Garrad John, and maltster
Goldsmith William
Pettitt Charles, Baker’s Hall
Pettitt Zachary
Rayner Joseph

Townsend Chas. Ferriers
Wass John

SHOEMAKERS.
Burch Charles
Newman Jesse

SHOPKEEPERS.
Dupont Joseph, and builder
Frost Charles
Good Elizabeth
Rule Jacob

TAILORS.
Stedman Thomas

TRAINS
Six times a-day.