Cavendish, Suffolk

Description
Cavendish, a parish in Suffolk, with a station on the G.E.R., and 2 1/2 miles E of Clare. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office, R.S.O. (Suffolk), and a fair for cattle on June 11. Acreage, 3346; population of the civil parish, 1039; of the ecclesiastical, 1045. The manor belonged anciently to the Cavendish family, ancestors of the Dukes of Devonshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £434 with residence. Patron, Jesus College, Cambridge. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles. It has a brass eagle lectern, said to have been presented by Queen Elizabeth, and an ancient font. There is a Congregational chapel, a lecture hall, and an endowed grammer school. This place gives the name to the Cavendish family, of which the Duke of Devonshire is the head.