1875 Post Office Directory for Cambridgeshire
Entry for Swaffham Prior (page 96)
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SWAFFHAM PRIOR is a village and parish, 5 miles west from Newmarket, in the hundred of Staine, Newmarket union and county court district, rural deanery of Camps, archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Ely: it is remarkable for its two churches, both standing in one churchyard. The church of St. Mary is now in ruins, but forms an exceedingly picturesque object, and the octagonal tower is an interesting relic of Norman and Early English architecture. The church of St. Cyriac is a handsome Gothic stone building, and has a chancel, nave, transept, and tower with 6 bells : it has been restored and beautified. The register dates from the year 1559. The living consists of the consolidated vicarages of St. Mary and St. Cyriac, yearly value .£500, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop and the Dean and Chapter of Ely alternately, and held by the Rev. Thomas Preston, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford. The famous Puritan, Dr. Edmund Calamy the elder, held the living from 1625 to 1631. There are National schools for boys and girls; also a reading-room, erected in memory of the late Miss Marianne Allix. An Independent chapel was built in 1862. Charities, producing £100 yearly, are appropriated partly to the school and partly to the poor. The principal landowners are Charles Peter Allix, esq., Dean and Chapter of Ely, and Queens' College, Cambridge. The soil is loamy ; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barlev, turnips and mustard seed. The area is 5,297 acres; 1 rateable value, £7,869; the population in 1871 was 1,369, including part of the ancient Saxon hamlet of REACH, at the western end of the Devil's Dyke. Parish Clerk, George Gillson.
POST OFFICE.—Mrs. Maria Clarke, receiver. Letters arrive through Cambridge at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 6.40 p.m. Burwell is the nearest money order office
INSURANCE AGENT.—Liverpool & London & Globe, F. D. Palmby
national School, Mortimer Thomas Kirby, master
CARRIERS.
George Lane, to & from Cambridge, Wednesday & Saturday
Thomas Chapman, to Cambridge, Wednesday & Saturday
Mrs. Sarah Wells, to Cambridge, Saturday
GENTRY.
Allix Chas. Peter, J.P., Swaffham house
Johnson John AppIeyard, Swaffham hall
Palmby Francis Danby
Preston Rev. Thomas, M.A., Vicarage
Roberts Mrs., Swaffham house
COMMERCIAL.
Adams Philip, bricklayer
Aldhouse Arthur, veterinary surgeon
Ambrose Charles Cole, farmer
Ambrose William, farmer, Queens' College farm
Asbee George Edward, grocer & draper
Aves Eliza (Mrs.), Red Lion
Ayres Charles, coal merchant
Boutle Daniel, White Horse, & farmer
Carter Joseph, shoe maker
Chambers Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
Chambers George, farmer
Clark Edward, watch maker
Clark Jonas, tailor & beer retailer
Clark Matthew, watch maker
Crisp George, farmer
Crisp William, farmer
Danby Stephen Francis, farmer
Danby William, fanner
Danby William, wheelwright
Day Samuel, shoe maker
Ellis Richard, farmer
Fuller John, butcher & farmer
Galley Henry, miller
Gautry Thomas, blacksmith
Gillson Geo. horse clipper & seedsman
Hard ing Richard, farmer
Haslop William, butcher
Hatley John, beer retailer
Hills Carter, blacksmith
Irons Mark, Cock
Lane George, carrier
Mason Robert, farmer
Mason Sarah (Mrs.), Black Swan
Mason Sarah (Mrs.), farmer
Nunn William, Rose & Crown
Palmby Francis Danby, solicitor
Palmby Martha (Mrs.), beer retailer
Palmby Peter Francis, farmer
Palmby Thomas, farmer
Parr Charles, Anchor, & farmer
Pike Robert, farmer
Pike Stephen, farmer
Pratt Charles, farmer
Sanders Thomas, wheelwright
Scott James, farmer
Scott John, shopkeeper
Stinson Edward, earthenware dealer
Watling John, bricklayer
Webb Thomas, shopkeeper
Wright John, farmer
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