Billericay history and accessibility
Canvey Island 1848 Whites directoryCANVEY ISLAND, is divided among eight parishes, and has 277 inhabitants, and about 3600 acres of rich grazing land, on which many cattle and sheep are fattened yearly. This marshy island is in the estuary of the river Thames, opposite South Benfleet, Hadleigh, and the port of Leigh,and is separated from … Read more
BENFLEET, (NORTH) a small village, 3 miles W. of Rayleigh, and 6 miles E.S.E. of Billericay, has in its parish 364 souls, and 2389 acres of land, including part of Canvey Island, distant 4miles S. of the church. It includes the estates ofNorth Benfleet Hall, Berdfelds, and Fan Hall, now belonging to the Wingfield, Goldson, … Read more
Barstable Hundred 1848 Whites directory Barstable Hundred extends about fourteen miles along the north bank of the river Thames, from Gravesend Reach and Tilbury Fort, to Canvey Island, and is of an irregular figure, averaging about11 miles in length and breadth.It is bounded, on the south, by the Thames ; on the east, by Rochford … Read more
WRITTLE, a large and well built village, pleasantly situated on the west side of the river Can, 2½ miles W. by S. of Chelmsford, has a spacious Green, ornamented with a sheet of water; and a small one, called St. John’s Green. It has many good houses, and a large brewery ; and had formerly … Read more
WOODHAM FERRERS, or FERRIS, is a compact village, seated on the slope of a considerable eminence, 9 miles S.E. of Chelmsford, and 8 miles S.S.W. of Maldon. It lies south-west of Woodham Walter and Mortimer, and its parish contains 947 souls, and 4681 acres of land, including 139A. of wood, and 306A. of waste. About … Read more
WALTHAM, (LITTLE) a pleasant village on the east side of the river Chelmer, and on the Braintree road, 4 miles N. of Chelmsford, has in its parish 684 souls, and 2209A. of fertile land, including 118A. of wood. The village is on a gentle slope, and adjoining it are some houses in Great Waltham parish. … Read more
WALTHAM, (GREAT) a pleasant village on the west side of the river Chelmer, and on the Dunmow road, from 4 to 5 miles N. of Chelmsford, has in its populous and extensive parish many scattered houses, and the small villages, hamlets, &c., of How Street, 1 mile N.; Chatham Green, 1½ mile N.E ; Walthambury, … Read more
SANDON, a pleasant village in the vale of the Sandon Brook, 2 miles E.S.E. of Chelmsford, has in its parish 512 souls, and 2278 acres of land, of which 429 acres are in pasturage, 19 wood, and 54 waste. The soil is various, mostly a wet loam, resting on clay; but the elevated ground occupied … Read more
RUNWELL, a scattered village and parish on the north side of the vale of the Crouch, 4½ miles N.W. ofRayleigh, and 10 miles S.E. by S. of Chelmsford, contains 366 souls, and 2059A. OR. 31P. of land, chiefly a clayey loam, and extending in gentle slopes two miles north of the river, to which it … Read more
RETTENDON, or Rettenden, parish contains many scattered houses, and most of the village of BATTLE BRIDGE, on the river Crouch, 4 miles N.W. of Rayleigh, 9 miles S.E. by S. of Chelmsford, and 12 miles E. by S. of Ingatestone. The mill and houses on the north side of Battle Bridge are in Rawreth parish. … Read more