Foxearth 1863 Whites directory
FOXEARTH, is a small village, in a pleasant valley, four miles N.W. by N. of Sudbury, has in its parish 400 souls, and 1582A. of land. Richard Lambert, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to the Trustees of Dr. Clopton’s Hospital, at Bury St. Edmund’s, and a few smaller owners. Foxearth Hall, occupied by a farmer, is a fine old mansion, encompassed by a moat, and formerly the seat of the Bures and other families. The ancient mansion of Westons, or Brook Hall, stood near the green, where many human bones have been dug up on the site of a chapel.
The Church is a neat building, with a tower and three bells, and was thoroughly restored and beautified, in 1847, at the expense of the Rev. John Foster, M.A., the patron and incumbent of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 4s. 44d., and in 1831 at £411. He has erected an elegant south porch, in memory of his late lamented wife, and has enriched the east window, and some of the side windows, with stained glass. The glebe is 27A. , and the rectory-house is commodious old mansion, with pleasant grounds. A National School was erected in 1848, and here is a small Independent Chapel, built in 1787. The poor parishioners have 13s. 4d. yearly out of Lang Meadow ; and 20s. as the rent of the Town Wood Acre, but the donors are unknown. The rent of half an acre, let for 30s., is applied in finding bell ropes.
Ambrose George, corn miller
Deal Thomas, thatcher
Deal William, beerhouse and shopkeeper
Dorling William, cornmiller
Downes Sarah, school mistress
Edwards James, police officer
Foster Rev. John, M.A. Rectory
Gager Henry, shoemaker
Irvine Rev. W. H. curate
Ives Henry, blacksmith
Marcro Mrs Mary, shopkeeper
Oakley James, bricklayer
Pettit John, carpenter
Ward Job, parish clerk
Ward George, beer retailer
Ward William, boot and shoe maker
FARMERS.
Aldham Richard, Foxearth Hall
Chickall Walter, Carbonels
Coker Henry, The Farm
Ewer Margaret, Old Farm
Gardiner Edward, Lower Hall
Orbell Sarah, Brook Hall
POST OFFICE at Mrs Marcro’s. Letters via Sudbury.