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Cressing 1848 Whites Directory CRESSING is a pleasant scattered village, in a high salubrious situation, 3 miles S.E. of Braintree, and 4 miles N.W. by N. of Witham. Its parish contains 560 souls, and 2357A. 2R. 13P. of land, including 68A of wood, and 51A. of waste. More than 2000 acres are arable, and the … Read more
Little Braxted 1848 Whites DirectoryBRAXTED ( LITTLE) is a small parish, on the east side of the river Blackwater, one mile east of Witham, containing only 126 inhabitants, 563 acres of land, a few scattered houses and cottages, and a water mill. The trustees of the late Sir W. B. Rush are owners of most … Read more
Great Braxted 1848 Whites Directory BRAXTED ( GREAT) is a small scattered village, pleasantly situated on the east side of the vale of the river Blackwater, 2 miles E. by N. of Witham. Its parish contains 410 inhabitants, and 2631 acres of land, including the small village of Bung Row, and part of Tiptree Heath, … Read more
Bradwell next Coggeshall 1848 Whites Directory BRADWELL NEXT COGGLESHALL is a scattered village and parish, on the south side of the river Blackwater, 2 miles W. of Coggeshall, and 3 miles E. of Braintree, containing 293 souls, and 1171 acres of land. It has its name from a spring, or broad well, out of which … Read more
WITHAM HUNDREDIs one of the pleasantest and most fertile divisions of Essex, and is of an irregular circular figure, averaging about nine miles in length and breadth. It is watered by the rivers Blackwater, Brain, and Ter, which flow southward through fertile valleys ; and on its southern border, the Chelmer runs eastward to Maldon. … Read more
Waltham Abbey Whites Directory in 1863WALTHAM-ABBEY, or WALTHAM HOLY CROSS, is a small ancient market town, on the east side of the river Lea, about a mile E. of Waltham Cross Station on the Great- Eastern Railway, in Hertfordshire, on the opposite side of the vale, and 12 miles N. by E. of London. It … Read more
Nazeing Whites Directory in 1863NAZEING, or NASING, 5 miles N. by E. of Waltham Abbey, and from 1 to 3 miles E. of Broxbourn Railway Station, is a picturesque parish of scattered houses, extending three miles eastward from the river Lea, to which it sends a small rivulet. It contains 763 inhabitants and 3890 acres … Read more
Epping Whites Directory in 1863EPPING is a small market town, consisting chiefly of one long and wide street upon a high ridge of table land on the Harlow road, and on the borders of Epping Forest, 16½ miles N.E. by N. of London, 17 miles W. by S. of Chelmsford, and 6 miles E.N.E. of … Read more
Chingford Whites Directory in 1863CHINGFORD, an irregularly built but pleasing rural village, is picturesquely situated on the east side of the river Lea, in the south angle of Waltham Hundred, 9 miles N. by E. of London, 4 miles S. of Waltham Abbey, and from 1 to 2 miles E. of Ponder’s End and Water … Read more
Waltham HUNDRED Whites Directory in 1863 WALTHAM HUNDRED,Commonly called the HALF HUNDRED OF WALTHAM, is of small extent, and of a triangular figure, its eastern and western sides measuring only eleven miles, and its northern seven. It comprises a large portion of Epping Forest, and is bounded on the west by the river Lea, which … Read more