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Dedham 1863 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, on … Read more
Boxted 1863 Whites Directory BOXTED, a pleasant village and parish, on the south side of the vale of the river Stour, 6 miles N. ofColchester, and 2 miles E.S.E. of Nayland, contains 935 inhabitants, and 3082A. 3R. 22p. of land. The soil is a light gravelly loam, well adapted for turnip husbandry; and belongs to … Read more
Birch 1863 Whites Directory BIRCH parish has a straggling village, on a pleasant acclivity, 5 miles S.W. of Colchester, and contains about 940 souls, and 3000 acres of dry loamy land, extending northward to Heckford Bridge, on the small river Roman, where there is a small assemblage of houses, four miles S.W. of Colchester. It … Read more
West Bergholt 1863 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 ofits houses scattered round a large heath or common, of 276 acres; but all the rest of the parish is enclosed and well cultivated. It contains 906 … Read more
Lexden Hundred 1863 Whites Directory LEXDEN HUNDREDIs 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 by … Read more
Little Wigborough 1863 Whites directory WIGBOROUGH (LITTLE) is a small village, on a declivity, overlooking the salt marshes and the estuary of the Blackwater, 8 miles S. by W. of Colchester, between Great Wigborough and the Mersea and Salcott creeks. Its parish contains 92 inhabitants, and 1152A. of land, including about 134A. of low marshes … Read more
Great Wigborough 1863 Whites directory WIGBOROUGH (GREAT) is a pleasant village, on an emin- ence overlooking the salt marshes and the ocean, 7 miles S.S.W. of Colchester, and 8 miles E. by S. of Kelvedon. Its parish contains 428 inhabitants and 2599 arces of land, exclusive of a portion of the saltings, which are covered … Read more
Virley 1863 Whites directory VIRLEY, or Salcott Virley, is a amall parish at the head of the creek, opposite Salcott, 8 miles S.S.W. of Colchester. At the domesday survey it belonged to Robert de Verli, and since 1370, it has been held by the Lee, De Vere, and other families. It contains only 69 souls … Read more
Salcott 1863 Whites directory SALCOTT, a small village and parish, at the head of the navigable creek to which it gives name, 8 miles S.S.W. of Colchester, and 7 miles E.S.E. of Kelvedon, has 188 inhabitants and 255 acres of land, partly salt marsh. It adjoins Virley, and has a fair for pedlery, &c. , … Read more
Peldon 1863 Whites directory PELDON, 6 miles S. by W. of Colchester, is a village and parish, containing 501 souls, and 2182A. of land, mostly on a bold aclivity, but descending southward to the low salt marshes near Mersea Island, over which the church commands a view of the ocean. The manor was granted by … Read more