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KENTFORD in 1844, is a small village and parish, on the Bury road, 4 1/2 miles
E. of Newmarket, contains 152 souls, and about 800 acres of fertile land,
belonging to Mr. J. Wellsman, Mr. Samuel Clark Jonas, and a few smaller owners;
but W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., is lord of the manor. The Church (St. Mary) is a
small fabric, with a tower and three bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7
3s. 4d., is consolidated with the vicarage of Gazeley. The tithes here were
commuted, in 1843, for a yearly modus of £180. On the enclosure of the open
fields, &c, in this parish, under an act passed in 1826, several parcels of old
poor's land were exchanged for three allotments in Worlington Field, containing
together 17a. 1r. 17p. They are let by the rector and churchwardens, who
distribute the rents yearly among the deserving poor of the parish.
Avey Richard, victualler, Cock
Fletcher George, gentleman
Fletcher John, schoolmaster
Gillson Henry, shopkeeper
Hills Rev - (Independent minister)
Poulter James, blacksmith
Ruse Robert, farmer
Wilson Elijah, poulterer
Wellsman John, owner and farmer
Fox & Bull Inn (unoccupied)