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Post Office Directory of 1865.
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Nowton, a small village, pleasantly situated on an eminence, 2 miles S. by E. of
Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 159 inhabitants, and 1,320 acres of land,
exclusive of a portion of Horsecroft hamlet, which is mostly in Horningsheath
parish. H. J. Oakes, Esq., of Nowton Court, (a large handsome mansion), is lord
of the manor; but a great part of the soil belongs to the Marquis of Bristol,
and a few small owners. The Church (St. Peter) is a neat structure with six
bells, and was enlarged and repewed in 1843, at the cost of H. J. Oakes, Esq.
Two of its windows are beautifully decorated with stained glass. The rectory,
valued in K. B. at £5 19s. 4d., and in 1835, at £314, is in the patronage of the
Marquis of Bristol, and incumbency of the Rev. M. Wilkinson, for whom the Rev.
H. A. Oakes, of Rougham, officiates. Mrs. Oakes supports a small school here for
the instruction of poor children; and the parish has 2a. of Poor's Land in Bury
Field, purchased with £20 benefaction money, and now let for £2 14s. a year.
Directory:
Maria Blomfield, schoolmistress;
John Brewer, gamekeeper;
Robert Buck, farmer, Newton Hall;
Joseph De Carle, registrar & relieving officer;
Isaac Hynard, shopkeeper;
William Marshall, farmer;
Henry James Oakes, Esq., banker, Nowton Court;
& Mrs. Martha Vardy.
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