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Little Horkesley 1848 Whites directory HORKESLEY (LITTLE) is a parish of scattered houses on the south side of the vale of the Stour, including Westwood Green, Hey Green, and extending from 4 to 6 miles N.W. by N. of Colchester, and from 2 to 4 miles S.S.W. of Nayland. It contains 206 souls and 1060 … Read more
Great Horkesley 1848 Whites DirectoryHORKESLEY, ( GREAT) a pleasant, scattered village, on the south side of the vale ofthe river Stour, opposite Nayland on the Suffolk side of the river, where there is a good bridge, up to which the Stour is navigable for small craft. Horkesley Green and Causeway, and the principal part of … Read more
Fordham 1848 Whites Directory FORDHAM, a pleasant village on the north side of the river Colne, 6 miles W.N.W. of Colchester, and 7 miles F.S.E. of Halstead, has in its parish 739 souls, and about 2000 acres of land, including 30A. of open heath. It is sometimes called Great Fordham, to distinguish it from Aldham, … Read more
Easthorpe 1848 Whites Directory EAST THORPE, or Easthorpe, a small secluded village, 7 mies W.S.W. of Colchester, and nearly 4 miles N.E. of Kelvedon,has in its parish only 146 souls, and 1300 acres of land. The Hon. Col. Onslow is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to Earl Verulam, … Read more
East Donyland 1848 Whites DirectoryDONYLAND, (EAST) a small village, 3 miles S.S.E. of Colester, has in its parish about 1400 acres, 793 inhabitants, and the fishing village of ROWHEDGE, on the west bank of the river Colne, opposite Wivenhoe, where there are some valuable oyster beds, and about fifty fishing boats. It adjoins Berechurch, or … Read more
Dedham 1848 Whites Directory DEDHAM, a small and well built town which formerly had a market, is pleasantly situated at the north- east angle of Lexden Hundred, on the south side of the river Stour, which divides it from Suffolk. It is a little below Stratford Bridge, where it has a suburb called Dedham Green, … Read more
Boxted 1848 Whites Directory BOXTED, a pleasant village and parish on the south side of the vale of the river Stour, 6 miles N. of Colchester, and 2 miles E.S.E. of Nayland, contains 856 inhabitants, and 3082A. 3R. 22P. of land. The soil is a light gravelly loam, well adapted for turnip husbandry ; and … Read more
Birch 1848 Whites Directory BIRCH (GREAT and LITTLE) now form one parish, with a straggling village, on a pleasant acclivity, 5½ miles S.W. of Colchester. They contain 794 souls and 3009 acres of dry loamy land, extending northward to Heckford Bridge, on the small river Roman, where there is a small assemblage of houses in … Read more
West Bergholt 1848 Whites Directory BERGHOLT ( WEST) parish, from 3 to 4 miles W.N.W. of Colchester, on the north side of the vale of the Colne, has most of its houses scattered round a large heath or common, of 276 acres ; but all the rest of the parish is enclosed and well cultivated. … Read more
Lexden Hundred 1848 Whites Directory LEXDEN HUNDRED Is one of the largest in the North Division of Essex, being about 13 miles in length, from east to west, and from 8 to 10 in breadth. On the north, it is separated from Suffolk by the river Stour, and it is bounded on its other sides … Read more