Billericay history and accessibility
Tolleshunt D’Arcy 1848 Whites Directory TOLLESHUNT D’ARCY is a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated on a commanding eminence, 7 miles N.E. by E. of Maldon, and 2 miles N. of the estuary of the Blackwater. Its parish contains 733 souls, and 3142A. 3R. 22P. of land, and has several neat houses. It is fertile … Read more
Tollesbury 1848 Whites Directory TOLLESBURY is a large fishing village,8t miles E.N.E. of Maldon, on the margin of the marshes, about 14 mile north of the estuary of the Blackwater, from which it has a broad creek, in which are many oyster layings, where the fishermen deposit the spat and young brood till they become … Read more
Tiptree Heath 1848 Whites DirectoryTIPTREE HEATH, which extends into many parishes in this and three adjoining Hundreds, is already briefly noticed, with its priory, fair, and races. As late as the beginning of the present century, more than 2000 acres of this heath were open and uncultivated, but its various unenclosed patches now only comprise … Read more
Langford 1848 Whites DirectoryLANGFORD is a small village on the north-east side of the river Blackwater, and near the railway, 2 miles N. W. of Maldon. Its parish contains 257 souls, and 1076A. 1R. 3P. of fertile land. On an eminence, in a large and finely wooded park, is the handsome modern mansion, called Langford … Read more
Heybridge 1848 Whites Directory HEYBRIDGE, a considerable village, on the north side of the river Blackwater, is a northern suburb of Maldon, and its parish has been included in the Parliamentary Borough of Maldon, by the Reform Act of 1832. In it is situated the canal basin, and the short cuts which connect it with … Read more
Goldhanger 1848 Whites Directory GOLDHANGER, a neat and pleasant village, at the head of a short creek, on the north side of the estuary of the Blackwater, 4 miles E.N.E. of Maldon, has in its parish 520 souls, and 2110A. of land. The village has a fair for toys on Whit-Monday, and a great part … Read more
Thurstable Hundred 1848 Whites Directory THURSTABLE HUNDREDIs one of the smaller divisions of Essex, and is of an irregular oval figure, only about 10 miles in its greatest length, from east to west,and from 3 to 6 miles in breadth. It is bounded, on the south and east, by the broad estuary of the Blackwater … Read more
Dengie Hundred 1848 Whites Directory DENGIE HUNDRED.DENGIE, or DENGEY HUNDRED, is of an oblong figure, averaging about 14 miles in length , from east to west, and about eight in breadth,from north to south. It is bounded, on the east, by the ocean; on the north, by the broad estuary of the Blackwater and the … Read more
Woodham Walter Whites Directory WOODHAM- WALTER, a pleasant village from 2 to 3 miles W. of Maldon, has in its parish 537 inhabitants and 2454A. 1R . 27P. of land, rising in bold undulations, westward to the hills of Danbury and Little Baddow, and having many neat and finely situated farm houses. It is watered … Read more
Woodham Mortimer Whites Directory in 1848 WOODHAM MORTIMER, or Little Woodham, is a small parish of scattered houses from 2 to 3 miles W.S.W. of Maldon, containing 308 inhabitants, and 1380A. 3R. 29P. of land, including 78A. of wood and 25A. of roads and waste. Siward held this parish in the Confessor’s reign, and at … Read more