RUSHMERE is a neat village, 3 miles N.E. from Ipswich station, and 5 S.W.
of Woodbridge, in Carlford Hundred and Norwich Bishopric, East Suffolk.
The living is a vicarage, value £170, in the gift of the Marquis of
Bristol. The church of St. Andrew is an ancient building with flint
tower. The Rev. W. Wigson, B.A., is the incumbent. Population in 1851
was 678.
Abbott, Mr. Nathaniel
Baker, Thomas, victualler, Greyhound
Barham, Mr. William
Betts, Henry, miller, Tower mill
Birch, Mr. John
Boggis, Rev. W. R. T., b.a., Cottage
Clarke, Joseph, farmer, Poplar farm
Crisp, John, carpenter
Dawson, William, miller and farmer
Durrant, Christopher Mercer, m.d., and Ipswich
Everett, Joseph D., farmer
Farthing, G., butcher and victualler, Britannia
Gale, John, farmer, Hall
Halls, Jas., shopkeeper and colt breaker
Hillin, James, Bixley decoy ponds
Howes, Lucy, National schoolmistress
Jackson, Isaac, joiner, &c.
Janson, Richard, Esq., White House
Kennell, William, brickyard manager
Mann, William, shoemaker
Newson, William, farmer
Parish, Joshua, beer house, Hop Garden
Perry, Mr. Stephen
Potter, James, wheelwright
Potter, Frederick, boot and shoe maker
Schreiber, W. Frederick, Esq., Round Wood
Segger, Philip, parish clerk and smith
Segger, John, blacksmith
Sherman, Mr. Thomas
Shewell, Mr. John
Skeet, Robert James
Walford, Thomas, shopkeeper
Wigson, Rev. William, M.A., vicarage
Wilson, Pettit, farmer and beer house
Wolton, Samuel, junr., Bixley farm