Billericay history and accessibility
St Osyth 1848 Whites Directory ST. OSYTH, celebrated for the splendid remains of its Priory, is a large village, picturesquely seated on opposite acclivities, divided by a brook, which, after turning a mill wheel, falls into a navigable creek from Brightlingsea, about 2 miles from the sea and the estuary of the Colne, 11 miles … Read more
Little Oakley 1848 Whites Directory OAKLEY, ( LITTLE) a pleasant parish of scattered houses, about a mile from the sea shore, and 44 miles S.W. of Harwich, has 255 inhabitants, and 1028 acres of land, rising boldly from the beach, and bounded on the north-west by a small creek from Harwich Haven. It has several … Read more
Great Oakley 1848 Whites Directory OAKLEY, (GREAT) is a large village, 7 miles E.S.E. of Manningtree, and W.S.W. of Harwich, and its parish contains 1145 souls, and 2996 acres of land, including Stone Green, 1½ mile further to the west, and extending eastward to the bay opposite Horsey and Pewit Islands, the latter of which … Read more
Manningtree and Mistley 1848 Whites Directory MANNINGTREE is an improving market town, and forms with MISTLEY, a port, or creek, under Harwich, pleasantly situated on the south side of the Stour, at the point where that river begins to ex- pand into a broad estuary, about half a mile below where it is crossed by … Read more
Lawford 1848 Whites Directory LAWFORD, a pleasant and fertile parish on the south side of the river Stour, extends westward from the town and port of Manningtree to the distance of two miles, and includes Lawford Street, Wignall Street, and several neat mansions and scattered houses. It contains 868 inhabitants and 2679 acres of land, … Read more
Kirby le Soken 1848 Whites Directory KIRBY-LE-SOKEN, 2 miles W. of Walton-on-the-Naze, and 11 miles S.E. of Manningtree, is a village in two divisions half a mile asunder, called Upper and Lower Streets. Its parish contains 924 inhabitants, and 3874 acres of land, including Pewit and Horsey Islands, in the bay, on the north side … Read more
Little Holland 1848 Whites Directory HOLLAND ( LITTLE) is a small parish adjoining the above, and 5 miles S.W. of Walton-le-Soken. It has only 75 inhabitants and 646 acres of land, bounded by the sea on the east, and by Holland creek on the north. Its Church has been long in ruins, and the benefice, … Read more
Great Holland 1848 Whites Directory HOLLAND, (GREAT) a scattered village, 3 miles S.W. of Walton on the Naze, has in its parish 481 souls, and 20634. 3R. 25P. of land, extending to the sea shore, where about 800 acres are pro- tected from the incursions of the tides by a long sea wall, kept in … Read more
Frinton 1848 Whites Directory FRINTON, a small parish on the sea- coast, 24 miles S.S.W. of Walton on the Naze, has only 44 inhabitants, 470 acres of land, four houses, and a few cottages, though it is said to have anciently had a village, which was washed away by the ocean, at least two centuries … Read more
Frating 1848 Whites Directory FRATING, 6 miles E.S.E. of Colchester, is a pleasant village and parish, containing 271 souls and 1233 acres of land, bounded on the east and west by two rivulets, which run to the creeks of Alresford and Brightlingsea. Alarge portion of it is in the manors of Great Bromley, Moverons, and … Read more