On Sunday, the 8th inst, the usual harvest thanksgiving service was held at Greensted, near Ongar, when the sermons were preached by the Rector (the Rev Philip Ray), and £8.0s.6½ d was collected for the oldest Church society (the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge). On the previous day the children of the parish school were provided with tea, sugar, and plum cakes at their several homes.
[The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald Tuesday, Oct 17, 1871]