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Halstead 1863 Whites directoryHALSTEAD is a neat but irregularly built market town, pleasantly situated on both sides of the valley of the small river Colne, and on the high roads from London to Bury St. Edmund’s, and from Colchester to Cambridge ; 61 miles N.E. by N. of Braintree, 8 miles S.W. by S. of … Read more
Gosfield 1863 Whites directoryGOSFIELD, a pleasant village, on the high road, 2½ miles S.W. of Halstead, and 44 miles N.E. by N. of Braintree, has in its parish 620 souls, and 2966 acres of land, including several scattered farm houses, and the large and beautiful park of GOSFIELD HALL, the seat of Samuel Courtauld, Esq. … Read more
Gestingthorpe 1863 Whites directoryGESTINGTHORPE, a long straggling village, on a pleasant eminence, 6 miles N.N.E. of Halstead, and 44 miles S.W. of Sudbury, has in its parish 769 souls, and 2611a. 3R. 22P. of land, and several scattered farm-houses. The soil is generally heavy, and partly a sandy loam. The heirs of the late Geo. … Read more
Foxearth 1863 Whites directory FOXEARTH, is a small village, in a pleasant valley, four miles N.W. by N. of Sudbury, has in its parish 400 souls, and 1582A. of land. Richard Lambert, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to the Trustees of Dr. Clopton’s Hospital, at Bury … Read more
Finchingfield 1863 Whites directoryFINCHINGFIELD is a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated on an acclivity, and in the vale of a tributary stream of the river Blackwater, about 9 miles N.W. by N. of Braintree, and W. by S. of Halstead. Its extensive parish contains 2440 inhabitants, and 8011 acres of land, including Daw Street, … Read more
Felstead 1863 Whites directoryFELSTED, or Felstead, is a large village, with many good houses, on the north-eastern acclivity of the vale of the Chelmer, and near a tributary stream of that river, 4 miles E. by S. of Dunmow, 6 miles W.S.W. of Braintree, and 10 miles N. by W. of Chelmsford. Its parish contains … Read more
Bures Hamlet 1863 Whites directoryBURES HAMLET, on the south side of the river Stour, 5 miles S.S.E. of Sudbury, has 662 souls, and 1520 acres of land, and is in the parish of Bures St. Mary, which is mostly in Suffolk, on the north side of the river. Osgood Hanbury, Esq. , is lord of … Read more
Steeple Bumpstead 1863 Whites directory BUMPSTEAD (STEEPLE) is a large and pleasant village, with several good houses, on the banks of a tributary stream of the Stour, three miles S. of Haverhill, and six miles W.N.W. of Yeldham station. Its parish contains 1295 inhabitants and 3296A. 1R. 25P. of land, generally having a heavy fertile … Read more
Bulmer 1863 Whites directoryBULMER, a pleasant village, on an eminence, two miles W.S.W. of Sudbury, has in its parish 758 souls and 2705 acres of land, including the small village of Bulmer Tye, on the high road, more than a mile south of the church, and several scattered farm houses, &c. A small pleasure fair … Read more
Borley 1863 Whites directoryBORLEY, a very small village, on the south-western acclivity of the Stour valley, 24 miles N.W. of Sudbury, has in its parish only 190 souls and 776 acres of land, extending down to the river-bank, where there is a water mill, near the Hall, a good house, occupied by a farmer. Thefine … Read more