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Information about Burwell circa 1900

BURWELL is an extensive village and parish, including part of the hamlet of Reach, with a station on the Cambridge and Mildenhall branch of the Great Eastern railway, and is 5 miles north-west from Newmarket, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Staploe, Newmarket union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Fordham, archdeaconry of Sudbury and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary, at the south end of the village, is a light and elegant structure in the Late Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel (restored in 1867-8 by the University of Cambridge), nave, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles and spire, and containing a dock and 5 bells: the wall between the nave and chancel and the roof of the nave were built in 1464, at the expense of the Bennet family, as appears by an inscription in stone in tile church: the church was extensively restored during the period 1877-90, and an organ and chancel screen erected, at a total cost of £1,727, and it now affords 650 sittings. The register dates from the year 1562, and contains an account of a calamitous fire which took place in 1727, when a barn in which about 140 persons were assembled to witness a puppet show took light from the accidental firing of loose straw, and about 80 persons perished. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £234, with residence and 29 acres of glebe, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Neville Arthur Blachey Borton M.A. of King's College, Cambridge, and surrogate. This living is primarily in the gift of the University of Cambridge, who, on the occasion of any vacancy, nominate two persons in holy orders of that university to the representative of Sir Edward North kt. Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations in the reign of Henry VIII. who then presents one of these to the Bishop of Ely. The last presentation, owing to the present representative, Lord North, being a Romanist, eventually lapsed to and was made by the University. St. Andrews mission chapel, at the north end of the village, is an edifice of brick, erected at a cost of £1,100 and opened 12th November, 1863: it Will hold 200 persons. Here are Baptist, Congregational, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. An estate left to this parish, now (1900) produces a gross income of about £80 yearly: which after deductions for repairs and the supervision of the property, goes to the repair of the church and to the endowment of a boys' school. Near the church are the remains of an ancient castle, the earthworks of which remain tolerably perfect. The manorial rights of Tiptofts, Dullinhams and St. Omers belong to Messrs. Hancock, Hussey and others . The lordship of the manor of Ramsey is vested in the crown, which also owns a great portion of the land; John Clutton, 9 Whitehall place, London SW, steward. Mr Charles Morbey, of the Moat, Soham, is also a considerable landowner. The soil is various. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 7,417 acres of land and 29 of water; rateable value, £14,608; the population in 1891 was 1,998.

Parish Clerk, Robert Hunt.

Post, M.O. & T.O., O., Express Delivery, S.B. & Annuity & Insurance office.- Mrs Mary Ann Segrott, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive through Cambridge at 7.25a.m. & 2.50p.m.; dispatched at 12 noon & 6.15pm Wall Letter Boxes, Church End, cleared 6.15p.m. daily & North End, cleared 5.30 p.m. daily

Schools:-

Endowed (boys), erected in 1854, for 90 children; average attendance, 87; Isaac Harries, master National (girls), erected in 1852, for 100 children; average attendance, 78; Mrs Harries, mistress National (mixed), erected in 1870, for 100 children; average attendance, 72; Miss Moule, mistress British, erected in 1849 & since enlarged for 205 children; average attendance, 179; Miss M. Fitzpatrick, mistress; Mrs. George Mason, infants' mistress

Railway Station, William Howard, station master

Carriers.-Stephen Blackwell, to & from Newmarket, daily; & Henry Knott, to Cambridge

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Bell Eustace
Bell John
Bell Mrs. Robert, The Causeway
Bridgeman Misses
Childs John, North Street
Clifton Miss, High Street
Colchester George Henry
Giblin Reginald Charles, High town
Gill Rev. William
Hunt Charles, The Yews
Isaacson Misses
Lucas Charles
Lucas Misses
Martin Mrs. Henry
Parr John
Roberts Rev. Frederic Warden (curate)
Robson Tom, The Causeway
Ruston Mrs
Stephenson Robert J.P
Stephenson Robert, jun
Upton Rev. James William (Congregational), The Manse

COMMERCIAL.
Arber Charles Turner, farmer
Arber Robert, farmer
Arber Samuel, farmer, Heath road
Ball Eustace, farmer & asst. overseen
Baker Jabez, grocer & draper, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey Limited, wine & spirit merchants
Barnes John, shoe maker
Barnes John, jun. bootmaker
Bentley George, butcher, North street
Blackwell Albert, coal dealer
Blackwell Stephen, carrier
Bridgeman Charles, farmer
Bridgeman Charles, jun. pig dealer
Bridgeman William, farmer
Brown John, inspector of nuisances to the Newmarket rural district councils
Burling Alfred, butcher
Chapman John, earthenware dealer
Clark Ben. Shopkeeper
Colchester & Ball, chemical manure manufacturers & brick makers
Conservative Working Men's Club (James Faircliff, hon. Sec)
Co-operative society Limited (Geoge Hanton, manager)
Cracknell John, bricklayer
Danby Robert, plumber & painter
Davey Sophia (Mrs.), Anchor P.H
Doe John, shoe maker
Doe Richard, saddler
Durant John, turf & coal dir. & farmer
Durrant Arthur, Rose inn
Dyson Charles, farmer
Ellinor James (Mrs.), farmer
Faircliff James, farmer
Flatman Nathaniel, lime burner, Victoria lime kilns
Flint Lewis G. White Horse P.H
Lord Frederick Richard, relieving officer. No. 1 district & registrar of births & deaths for Newnnarket sub-district& marriages for Newmarket union
Fuller Ann (Mrs.), Five Bells P.H
Fuller William P. builder, Causeway
Giblin Reginald Charles, solicitor & commissioner to administer oaths &c. & clerk to the Burwell Fen Commissioners, High town
Gillson Fredk. photographer, High st
Guyatt Wm. Droford Mineral WaterCo
Hancock Israel, farmer
Harrell Geo. butcher & beer retailer, High street
Hawkes Susan (Mrs.), draper & grocer
Heffer Edith & Bertha (Misses), shop-keepers, High town
Heffer John, carpenter, High town
Hills George, farmer
Hobbs & Tims, butchers & bakers
Hobbs Gel. Grocer & draper, North st.
Hunt Chas. Grocer. & flour dir. North st.
Hunt Frederick, bricklayer
Hunt George, dairyman
Hunt Rober, grocer, Hight town
Hurrell George, Crown P.H.
Isaacson Wootton, farmer
Lawrence Nathan, blacksmith
Le Pla William Henry, grocer
Lucas Charles M.R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A. surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator for 4th district, Newmarket union
Martin William builder & wheelwright
Mason George, miller (wind) & farmer
Mason Michael, farmer
Mason Robert, farmer, Crowlands, High street
Mason Robert, farmer, Tunbridge farm
Mason Thomas carter
Mason Timothy, farmer
Mason Wm. Henry, farmer, Newnham
Nicholls Thomas, Fox P.H
Peachey Ebenezer, cattle dealer
Peachey Georg, boot maker
Peachey George, farmer, North street
Peachey George, farmer, Rose cottage
Porter John Ship, fishmonger
Powell Thomas, baker
Robson Tom, managing clerk to Messrs. Colchester & Ball
Shaw Harry, deputy registrar of births & deaths for Newmarket sub-district
Shaw John, grocer & draper
Smith Mark, butcher
Stephenson Robert, farmer
Stevens Frederick, miller (wind)
Stevens George, shopkeaper
Turner Robert, beer retailer
Turner William , beer retailer
Warren Joseph, shopkeeper
Wells Charles, King William IV. P.H
Westley Walt. Fras. farmr.Breach Irm