Billericay history and accessibility
Mountnessing parish has a small village, or street, on the LOndon road 2 miles SW of Ingatestone and 3½ miles N.E. of Brentwood but it has many scattered houses, and its church is 1½ mile to the east, near the small river Wid, which receives here several tributary brooks inhabitants and .The parish is crossed … Read more
MARGARETTING, a small pleasant village on the London road, 4 miles S.W. by S. of Chelmsford, and nearly 2 miles N.E. of Ingatestone, has in its parish 483 souls and 2260 acres of light fertile land, including 180A. of wood. It is traversed by the Eastern Counties Railway, and the church is more than a … Read more
LEIGHS (LITTLE) is a parish of scattered houses, near the small river Ter, 6½ miles N. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles S.S.W. of Braintree. It has only 171 inhabitants and 1080 acres of land.LEIGHS PRIORY, which stood at the extremity of the parish, more than 14 mile N.W. of the church, was founded about 1230, … Read more
LEIGHS, (GREAT) or Lees, is a parish of scattered houses, about 7 miles N.N.E. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles S.S.W. of Braintree. It is intersected by the small river Ter, and contains 909 souls, and 3125A. 3R. 30P. of land, of which 564 souls and 1810 acres are in CHATLEY hamlet, which is in Witham … Read more
INGATESTONE, a small ancient town, which had formerly a market, has a station on the Eastern Counties Railway, and is pleasantly situated on the high road, 6 miles S.W. of Chelmsford, and 23 miles N.E. of London. Its parish has only 884 inhabitants, and 670 acres of land ; but as it adjoins and is … Read more
HANNINGFIELD, (WEST) a pleasant village and parish,between two sources of the Sandon brook, 5 miles E. of Ingatestone, and 6 miles S.S.E. of Chelmsford, has 527 inhabitants, and 2884 acres of land, including 1964. of wood and 39A. of waste. Lord Petre is lord of the manor; but a great part of the soil belongs … Read more
HANNINGFIELD (SOUTH) , a small scattered village and parish, 7 miles S.E. by S. of Chelmsford, and N.E. of Billericay, contains 235 souls and 1556 acres of land, partly a light clay, and including 98A. of wood and 23A. of waste. Lord Petre is lord of the manor ; but Capt. Tindal, Sir J. T. … Read more
HANNINGFIELD (EAST) a small pleasant village, scattered round a green, 6½ miles S.E. of Chelmsford, has in its parish 453 souls and about 3700 acres of land, generally fertile, and having a clayey soil. LordPetre is lord of the manors of East, South, and West Hanningfield ; but a great part of the soil belongs … Read more
FRYERNING parish adjoins and includes more than a third of the small town of Ingatestone, which has a Post Office and a Station on the Eastern Counties Railway, 23 miles N.E. of London. Its church and some of its houses are on an acclivity about 1 mile N.W. of Ingatestone. It contains 707 inhabitants and … Read more
DANBURY is a pleasant village, commanding extensive prospects, and seated on the highest hill in Essex, about 44 miles E. by S. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles W. by S. of Maldon. It is admirably adapted to the purpose of a military station, and from the remains ofancient works of that nature, it is evident … Read more