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Wenden Lofts Whites Directory in 1863WENDEN LOFTS, or Wenden Loughts, a small hilly parish, 5 miles W. of Saffron-Walden, and 3 miles from Littlebury and Audley End Railway Stations, has only 61 inhabitants, and 779 acres of land, rising boldly on the north side of a tributary stream of the river Cam, or Granta. It … Read more
Wendens Ambo Whites Directory in 1863WENDENS-AMBO is a village and parish near Audley-End Station, 2 miles S.W. of Saffron-Walden. It contains 419 inhabitants, and 1416 acres of land, formerly in two parishes called Great and Little Wenden, which were consolidated by Bishop Sheldon, in 1662, at the request of the inhabitants, and with the consent … Read more
Takeley Whites Directory in 1863 TAKELEY parish has a long straggling village, called Takeley Street, 4 miles W. of Dunmow, and E. of Bishop’s Stortford. It comprises 991 inhabitants, and 3154 acres of land, including Smith’s Green, Morrell Green, and Brewers-end, and many scattered farmhouses, &c. It gives rise to the Pincey Brook, and has … Read more
Strethall Whites Directory in 1863STRETHALL, or Streethall, a small hilly parish, 4miles W.N.W. of Saffron Walden, and 2 miles from Chesterford Railway Station, has only 41 souls, and 609 acres of land, besides wastes and roads.The Trustees of the late Rev. William Forbes Raymond are lords ofthe manor, owners of most of the soil, and … Read more
Stansted Mountfichet Whites Directory in 1863STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET is a small ancient town, with many good houses and shops, pleasantly situated on and near the Newmarket road, from 3 to 4 miles N. by E. of Bishop’s Stortford, and 19 miles N.W. of Chelmsford. Its parish has a Railway Station, and contains 1769 inhabitants and 4094 … Read more
Rickling Whites Directory in 1863 RICKLING, a pleasant scattered village and parish, adjoins Quendon on the west, and is about 2 miles S.W. of Newport Station,and from 7 to 8 miles N. by E. of Bishop’s Stortford. It contains 502 souls, and 1342A. 2R. 23P. of land. Colonel Inglis is lord of the two manors, … Read more
Quendon Whites Directory in 1863QUENDON, a small village adjoining Rickling, on the London and Newmarket road, near the Railway, 2 miles S. of Newport Station, and 6 miles N.N.E. of Bishop Stortford, has in its parish 165 souls, and 643 acres of land, mostly belonging to Captain Byng, the lord of the manor, who resides … Read more
Newport Whites Directory in 1863NEWPORT, a large and pleasant village, near the confluence of three sources of the river Cam, or Granta, and on the London and Newmarket road, has a Railway Station, 10 miles N. by E. of Bishop’s Stortford, and 3½ miles S.S.W of Saffron Walden. It was anciently a market town, and … Read more
Littlebury Whites Directory in 1863LITTLEBURY village is pleasantly situated on the London and Newmarket road, and the river Cam or Granta, 2 miles W.N.W. of Saffron Walden, and N. of Audley-End Station. Its parish contains 974 souls, and 3408A. 2R. 19p. of land, including the small scattered villages of Catmere End, Chapel Green, and Littlebury … Read more
Henham Whites Directory in 1863HENHAM is a pleasant village, on a bold eminence, about 2 miles N.E. of Elsenham Railway Station, and 5 miles W.S.W. ofThaxted. It is sometimes called Henham-on-the-Hill, and its parish contains 911 souls, and 2958 acres of land, of which 157 souls, and 1190 acres, are in PLEDGDON hamlet, which is … Read more