GOSBECK is a parish and scattered village, in Bosmere and Claydon hundred and
union, Ipswich county court district, rural deanery of Bosmere, archdeaconry of
Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, East Suffolk, 3 miles east from Needham Market
station, 7 north from Ipswich, and 6 from Debenham. The church of St. Mary is a
building with a tower. The living is a rectory, annual value £395, with 12 acres
of glebe, In the patronage of Pembroke College Cambridge, and held by the Rev.
William Hamilton Attwood, B.A. Rear-Admiral Sir George N. Broke Middleton,
Bart., is lord of the manor. The population in 1861 was 301, and the area 1.466
acres, of strong loamy land. Parish Clerk, William Scott.
Letters through Need ham Market. Coddenham is the nearest money order office&
post office savings bank
CARRIER TO IPSWICH.—Johnson Grimwood, tuesday, friday & Saturday
Attwood Rev. William Hamilton, B.A. [rector]
COMMERCIAL.
Chapman Samuel, farmer
Grimwood Johnson, carrier
Kinsey William, farmer
Mayliew William, farmer
Mulliner Oliver, farmer
Pizzey John, farmer
Hanson —, farmer
Taylor Samuel, bricklayer
Thurmott Edward, farmer
Wells John, Greyhound, & miller
Wood John & William, farmers