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Magdalen Laver 1863 Whites directory LAVER (MAGDALEN) parish lies south-west of High Laver, 4miles S.E. of Harlow, and 5 miles N.N.W. of Chipping Ongar. It has a small scattered village, and contains 236 souls, and about 1000 acres of land, which gives rise to one of the tributary streams of the small river Cripsey. At … Read more
Little Laver 1863 Whites directory LAVER (LITTLE) is a small parish and scattered village adjoining the above, and 5 miles N. of Ongar. It has only 119 souls, and 886 acres of land. John Maryon Wilson, Esq. , is lord of the manor of Enville, but a great part of the soil, and the manor … Read more
High Laver 1863 Whites directory LAVER (HIGH) is a parish of scattered houses, 7 miles N.E. by N. of Epping, and 5 miles N. by W. of Chipping Ongar, near one of the sources of the small river Cripsey. It has 534 souls, and 1994 acres of land, belonging to various owners. The small estate … Read more
Abridge and Lambourne 1863 Whites directory LAMBOURNE parish comprises several scattered houses near the church, but the chief part of its population is a mile to the west, in the improving village of ABRIDGE, on the south side of the river Roding, 4 miles S. by E. of Epping, and on the London and Ongar … Read more
Kelvedon Hatch 1863 Whites directory KELVEDON HATCH is a scattered village, mostly on a green or common, from 2 to 4 miles S. by E. of Chipping-Ongar, and its parish contains 502 souls and 1656 acres of land. Kelvedon Hall, a neat mansion in a small park, is the seat of J. F. Wright, Esq., … Read more
Greensted 1863 Whites directory GREENSTED is a small scattered village and parish, about 1 mile W. of Chipping Ongar, from which it is commonly called Greensted near Ongar, to distinguish it from Greensted near Colchester. It has only 136 inhabitants, and 674 acres ofland, rising boldly from a tributary stream of the river Roding. At … Read more
Fyfield 1863 Whites directoryFYFIELD, a village and parish in the vale of the river Roding, 3 miles N. of Chipping Ongar, and 10 miles W. of Chelmsford, contains 589 souls, and 2390 acres of land. In old records it is variously spelt Fyfhide, Fishide, &c. At the Norman survey it belonged to the Earl of … Read more
Chigwell 1863 Whites directory CHIGWELL is a large and pleasant village on the east side of the river Roding, and on the London and Ongar road, 11 miles N.E. of the former, and 9 miles S.W. of the latter town. Its parish contains 1965 inhabitants, and 4522A. 1R. 22P. of land, and includes the handsome … Read more
Bobbingworth 1863 Whites directory BOBBINGWORTH, a pleasant retired village, surrounding a green, 5 miles N.E. by E. of Epping, and 2 miles N. by W. of Chipping Ongar, has in its parish 341 inhabitants, and 1628 acres of fertile land, rising in bold undulations on the west side of the Cripsey brook, which flows southward … Read more
Ongar Hundred 1863 Whites directory ONGAR HUNDREDIs of an irregular figure, about 16 miles in length, from north to south, and varying from 8 to 5 miles in breadth. It is bounded by the Hundreds of Waltham and Harlow, on the west; Dunmow on the north ; Dunmow, Chelmsford, and Barstable, on the east; and … Read more