Billericay history and accessibility
Hatfield Broad Oak 1848 Whites Directory HATFIELD BROAD OAK, or Hatfield Regis, is a large ancien village, pleasantly situated on the eastern side of the Pincey Brook,6 miles S.E. of Bishop-Stortford, and 7 miles N.E. of Harlow and S.W. of Dunmow. It was formerly a market-town, and it still has a fair for lambs, on … Read more
Little Hallingbury 1848 Whites Directory HALLINGBURY ( LITTLE) is a neat and pleasant village, on the east side of the picturesque vale of the river Stort, 3 miles S.S.E. of Bishop-Stortford. Its parish contains 497 souls, and 1,610 acres of land, separated from Hertfordshire by the Stort, to which it sends a tributary stream. It … Read more
Great Hallingbury 1848 Whites DirectoryHALLINGBURY ( GREAT) is a pleasant village, delightfully situated on the eastern acclivities of the vale of the river Stort, 2miles E. by S. of Bishop-Stortford. Its parish extends westward to the North Eastern Railway and the borders of Hertfordshire, and contains 690 inhabitants, and 2,639 acres of land, rising in … Read more
Harlow 1848 Whites Directory HARLOW, a small ancient market town, is pleasantly situated near the North-Eastern Railway, on the high road from London to Bishop Stortford, 23 miles N. by E. of the former, 6 miles S. of the latter, and 7 miles N.W. of Ongar. It is on the eastern side of the picturesque … Read more
Harlow Hundred 1848 Whites Directory HARLOW HUNDRED,Or, as it is sometimes called, the Half Hundred of Harlow, is of small extent, being only eleven miles in length, from south to north, and from 3 to 6 miles in breadth ; bounded, on the west, by the river Stort, which separates it from Hertfordshire ; on … Read more
Little Sampford 1848 Whites Directory SAMPFORD, ( LITTLE) or NEW SAMPFORD, is a parish and scattered village on the western side of the vale of the river Pant, 31 miles N.E. of Thaxted, and 9 miles S.E. of Saffron Walden. It contains 470 souls and 2628 acres of land , which belonged to RichardFitz- Gislebert … Read more
Great Sampford 1848 Whites Directory SAMPFORD, (GREAT) or Old Sampford, a pleasant village on the banks of the river Pant, 4½ miles N.N.E. of Thaxted , and 7miles E. by S. of Saffron Walden, has in its parish 877 souls and 2247A. 2R. 9P. of land, including Tindon End, Grewser’s Green, and many scattered farm … Read more
Radwinter 1848 Whites Directory RADWINTER, a large scattered village, near the sources of the river Pant or Blackwater, 5 miles E. by S. of Saffron Walden, has in its parish 915 souls, and 3802A. 2R. 4P. of land, picturesquely undulated and well cultivated. At Domesday Survey, it belonged to Eustace, Earl of Boulogne, Alberic de … Read more
Hempstead 1848 Whites DirectoryHEMPSTEAD, or Hemsted, a large straggling village, 7 miles E. of Saffron Walden, and 6 miles N. by E. ofThaxted, has in its parish 798 souls, and 3567A. of land, including Hempstead Wood, Smith Green, Cabbage End, Gallows End, and many scattered farm- houses, &c. At Domesday Survey, it was held by … Read more
Hadstock 1848 Whites Directory HADSTOCK, a village and parish at the north end of this Hundred , adjoining Cambridgeshire, 1½ mile S. of Linton, and 5 miles N. by E. of Saffron Walden, contains 490 inhabitants, and 1665 acres of land, bounded on the east by the river Granta. S. Malthus, Esq. , is lord … Read more