Alderton in Kellys 1879 Directory. Alderton is a village and parish 1 mile west from the North Sea, and 8
miles south east from Woodbridge, or by ferry 6½, near the mouth of the
navigable river Deben; and in the Wilford
Hundred. The church of St Andrew is a flint building with chancel, added in
1864; the tower is in ruins.
Parish Clerk, Benjamin Buck
Post Office, Henry Cullum
National School, Mis Susan Newman
Police Station, Robert Clarke, constable
Carriers to Ipswich & Woodbridge, George Peacock
Archer Rev Charles Charles Goodwyn, MA, JP [rector], Rectory
Green Edward Frederick Seager MB
Martin Rev George Sewell [Congregational]
Commercial
Abbott Mary (Mrs), dress maker & milliner
Ablitt John, farmer
Brown Mary Ann (Mrs), baker
Burrows John, coal dealer
Cullum Henry, grocer & draper
Denington Robert, baker
Dosser Harry William, builder
Dunn Robert, shoe maker
Dunn Thos, shopkeeper & shoe maker
Foster Anna (Mrs), Swan
Girling Samuel, beer retailer & miller
Green Edward Frederick Seager MB, CM, surgeon
Hillen Emma (Mrs), farmer
Last Robert Jas, farmer, Alderton Hall
Laws John, grocer, draper & coal merchant
Lennard Caroline (Mrs), bricklayer
Lennard James, farmer, & threshing machine owner
Moore Walter, butcher
Roberts Thomas, farmer
Skeet William, carpenter
Smith James, farmer, The Cedars
Steward William, shoe maker
Thompson Emma (Mrs), blacksmith
Thompson John, saddler