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Shelley 1863 Whites directory SHELLEY, a small parish of scattered houses between the river Roding and Cripsey brook, 1½ mile N. of Chipping Ongar, has only 215 inhabitants and 660 acres of land. Richard Tomlinson, Esq. , of Shelley Hall, is lord of the manor, which was purchased of the Kimpton family, but part of … Read more
Beauchamp Roothing 1863 Whites directory ROOTHING-BEAUCHAMP, or Roding-Beauchamp, is a parish of scattered houses, on the west side of the river Roding. It has 1320 acres of land and 250 inhabitants, including the small hamlet of Bird’s Green. T. W. Bramston, Esq. , is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of … Read more
Abbots Roothing 1863 Whites directory ROOTHING, (ABBOTS) or RODING-ABBESS, is a parish of scattered houses at the north end of this Hundred, 6 miles N. byE. of Chipping Ongar, adjacent to eight other Roothings, or Rodings, which are intersected by and have their common name from the river Roding. This parish contains only 1575A. of … Read more
High Ongar 1863 Whites directory ONGAR (HIGH) is a large village on the Epping and Chelmsford road, about a mile N.E. of Chipping Ongar, and its parish contains 4510 acres of land, and 1147 inhabitants. It may be considered a suburb of the market town of Ongar, from which it is separated only by the … Read more
Chipping Ongar 1863 Whites directory ONGAR (CHIPPING) is a small market town, pleasantly situated betwixt and near the confluence of the river Roding and the Cripsey brook, on the London and Dunmow road, 20 miles N.E. of the former, 14 miles S. byW, of the latter, 7 miles N.N.W. of Brentwood, 7 miles E. by … Read more
North Weald Bassett 1863 Whites directory NORTH WEALD BASSETT is a scattered village, partly called Weald Gullet, and situated from 2 to 3 miles N.E. of Epping. Its parish contains 842 inhabitants, and about 3000 acres of land, including the hamlets of HASLINWOOD and THORNWOOD, which are more than a mile W. of the church. … Read more
Norton Mandeville 1863 Whites directory NORTON-MANDEVILLE parish has only 135 souls, and 727A. 1R. 39p. of land, though the village is situated more than amile E. of the church, on the Chelmsford and Epping road, 4 miles E. of Chipping Ongar. At the Domesday Survey it belonged to Hamo Dapifer. It is now in two … Read more
Navestock 1863 Whites directory NAVESTOCK, a pleasant scattered village from 4 to 5 miles S. of Chipping Ongar, and from 5 to 7 miles N.N.E. of Romford, is partly on the south side of the vale of the Roding, and partly on the cultivated heath, which has a hilly surface, and extends southward to the … Read more
Moreton 1863 Whites directory MORETON, a village on a pleasant acclivity, on the north side of the vale of the small river Cripsey, 3½ miles N. by W. of Chipping Ongar, has in its parish 544 souls, and 1435 acres of land, held by Sexi, a freeman, in Edward the Confessor’s time. It is now … Read more
Loughton 1863 Whites directory LOUGHTON is a large scattered village, on the eastern side of Epping Forest, and the western side of the picturesque vale of the river Roding, 12 miles N.E. by E. of London, and 4 miles S.S.W. ofEpping; consisting chiefly of Loughton Road, which extends near two miles along the high road, … Read more