1855, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk

Lowestoft chapter, page 565

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Wilde's Charity School, &c.: - In 1735, John Wilde bequeathed his houses, tenements, lands, &c., in Lowestoft and Worlingham, ot the minsister and churchwardens of Lowestoft, upon trust, to pay yearly £40 to a school-master, for teaching 40 boys to read, write, and cast accounts; and 21s. to the minister, 10s to the clerk, and 5s. to the sexton, on condition that a sermon should be preached on December 23rd, fromt he text, "Train up a

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child, &c." After paying these year sums, the testator directed that the remainder of the rents and profits should be applied to such charitable uses as the trustees should think proper. The estate at Worlingham was exchanged, in 1791, for Croatfield Farm, consisting of 118A. 1R, 22P., near Laxfield, now let for £105 a year. The other parts of the charity estate are in Lowestoft parish, and consist of two cottages and a shop, let for £12. 8s. a year; a fish-house, let for £25 a year; a meadow of 1A. 2R., let for £11 a year; and several "Dole Lands" which are undistinguishably mixed with the town lands already noticed. Out of the income of this charity (amounting to about £153 per annum,) are paid the following year sums, viz., £60 to the schoolmaster; £20 to find books and stationary for the 60 free scholars; £10 for fuel and other necessaries for the school; and £1. 16s. to the minister, clerk, and sexton. The surplus, after providing for repairs &c., amounts to about £61 per annum, and is carried to the General Charity Fund, already noticed. The school was built by trustees many years ago, and the master has the use of a house belonging to the charity, and now instructs 60 boys as free scholars. A Girl's National School and an Infant School, each attended by about 130 children, are supported by subscription; and here is a British School, established in 1843, and attended by about 110 boys, who pay 2d. to 6d each per week.

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The Mutford and Lothingland General Dispensary and Infirmary is at Lowestoft, and was established in 1822; but the handsome and commodius building which it now occupies was not erected till 1839-40, after a supscription of £1018 had been raised for that purpose. The New Infirmary was opened in the spring of 1840, and comprise two wards, well aired and ventilated, and each having room for eight beds. It has also a smaller ward for cases requiring quietude and extra attention. It recieves about 60 in-patients yearly, and thenumber of out-patients relieved yearly by the Dispensary is about 300. E. Norton. Esq., is secretary and treasurer of this useful charity, which receives the gratuitous services of several medical gentlemen. Its income from annual subscriptions &c., amounts only to about £220 per annum; and it has seldom more than seven in-patients at one time.

Here is a Saving's Bank, established in 1818, and now having deposits amounting to about £18,000, belonging to about 700 individuals and several Friendly and Charitable Societies.

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Coleville House, a large and handsome mansion, with extensive pleasure grounds, at Carlton Coleville, about three miles S.W. of Lowestoft, is occupied by R. C. Foreman, M.D. and M.R.C.S.E., as an Institution for Imbecile Children, of the upper and middle classes. Mutford and Lothingland Labourers' Friend Society was established in 1834, for promoting industry and good conduct among the poor, and friendly feelings among all classes. E. Norton, Esq. is its secretary.

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LOWESTOFT DIRECTORY

POST-OFFICE is on High street, and Mr. Thomas Pratt is the post-master. Letters are desp. at 6.40 a.m. and 7 1/2 p.m. Money Orders granted and paid.

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MISCELLANY of Clergy, Gentry, Partners in Firms, and others, not arranged in the Classification of Trades and Professions.

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