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North Fambridge Whites Directory in 1848FAMBRIDGE (NORTH) is a small parish of scattered houses, on the north side of the river Crouch, opposite South Fambridge, to which it has a ferry. It is nearly 7 miles S. of Maldon, and 5 miles N. by W. of Rochford, and contains 142 souls, and 1260A. of land, … Read more
Dengie Whites Directory in 1848DENGIE, or Dengey, which gives name to this Hundred, is a parish of scattered houses on the north side of the vale of a small rivulet or creek, 2 miles W. of the sea coast, 3 miles E.N.E. of Southminster, and 9 miles E.S.E. of Maldon. It has 219 inhabitants, and … Read more
Creeksea, Cricksea or Croxeth Whites Directory in 1848CRICKSEA, or CRIXETH, is a small village and parish, on the north side of the navigable river Crouch, 2 miles W.N.W. of Burnham; and contains 199 souls, and 848 acres of land. Some of its houses adjoin the village of Ostend, which is mostly in Burnham parish. Lady … Read more
Cold Norton Whites Directory in 1848COLD- NORTON, 5 miles S. of Maldon, is a small village and parish, containing 264 souls and 1651 acres of land, having a fertile soil and an undulated surface, watered by a small rivulet which flows southward to the Crouch. The manor has been held by the Aunblie, Bohun, Bourchier, … Read more
Burnham 1848 Whites DirectoryBURNHAM, asmall town, and a creek under the port of Maldon, is celebrated for its valuable oyster fishery, and has a commodious quay on the north side of the river Crouch, where there is water enough for a ninety-gun ship, opposite Wallasea Island. It is distant 12 miles S.E. of Maldon ; … Read more
Bradwell next the Sea 1848 Whites DirectoryBRADWELL-NEXT-THE-SEA, or Bradwell-juxta- Mare, is a considerable village, in two parts, called the Street and the Waterside,on the south side of the broad estuary of the Blackwater, 11 miles E. of Maldon. It is a creek under the port of Maldon, and its parish contains 1034 inhabitants, and 4715 … Read more
Asheldam 1848 Whites DirectoryASHELDHAM is a small parish of scattered houses, 2 miles N.E. of Southminster, and 10 miles E.S.E. of Maldon, containing 140 souls, and 1673 acres of land. It is in three manors, viz. , Asheldham Hall and New Hall, belonging to Lord Petre, and Bodenyks, belonging to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; but … Read more
Althorne 1848 Whites DirectoryALTHORNE is a pleasant village, in two detached portions, one near the marshes, and the other on an acclivity on the north side of the vale of the Crouch, 4 miles N.W. of Burnham, and 7 miles S.E. by S. of Maldon. Its parish contains 418 souls, and 2250A. 2R. 5P. of … Read more
MALDON BOROUGH DIRECTORY and Heybridge in the 1848 Whites Directory Including HEYBRIDGE PARISH, which is denoted by the letter H, when not fully expressed. This parish is in the Northern, but the three parishes of Maldon are in the Southern Division of Essex.The POST OFFICE is in High street, and Mr. William Polley is the … 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 … Read more