Barstable Hundred 1848 Whites directory
Barstable Hundred extends about fourteen miles along the north bank of the river Thames, from Gravesend Reach and Tilbury Fort, to Canvey Island, and is of an irregular figure, averaging about11 miles in length and breadth.
It is bounded, on the south, by the Thames ; on the east, by Rochford Hundred and Chelmsford Hundred; on the north, by the latter;
and on the west, by Chafford Hundred and a small part of Ongar Hundred. It is a fertile and picturesque district, with manyhandsome seats, neat villages, and boldly rising hills, commanding extensive views of the Thames, down to the ocean. The river Crouch rises here, from several rivulets near Billericay and Bursted ; and other rivulets rise near Doddinghurst, Brentwood, and Thorndon Hall, (the elegant seat of Lord Petre,) and flow to the river Wid. Canvey Island, at the south-east angle of the Hundred, is separated from the main land by navigable creeks, one of which extends about four miles inland, and has several branches, one of which is the proposed site of Thames Haven. Near the Thames and its creeks are extensive tracts of rich marshes, from which the country rises northward in bold undulations. The Hundred is intersected by many excellent turnpike roads, and its south-west angle is crossed by about two miles of the Eastern Counties Railway, near Brentwood Station.
The whole Hundred is in the Southern Parliamentary Division of Essex, in Billericay Polling District, and in the Diocese ofRochester and Archdeaconry of Essex. It is in the Deaneries of Barstable, Rochford, and Billericay; and the RURAL DEANS residing within its limits are the Rev. J. Blomfield, of Orsett ; the Rev. J. H. Stephenson, of Corringham ; the Rev. J. Pearson, of East Horndon ; and the Rev. B. Harvey, of Doddinghurst. It comprises 33 parishes, 2 chapelries, and one extra-parochialplace ; of which the following is an enumeration, shewing their territorial extent, their population in 1841 ,
and the annual value of their lands and buildings, as assessed to the property tax in 1843.
PARISHES. Acres. Population in 1841.
*Benfleet, North. 2389 acres, 364
*Benfieet, South. 3056 acres, 707
*Bowers Gifford.. 2606 acres, 249
Bulphan 1651 acres, 254
Burstead, Great 3620 acres for both, 884
Burstead, Little 1829 acres, 170
+ Billericay chapelry , 1284
Billericay chapelry , 1284
Burstead, Little 1829 acres, 170
†Chadwell St.Mary. 1753 acres, 236
Corringham 2856 acres, 255
Doddinghurst 1892 acres, 419
Downham 2152 acres, 254
Dunton 2338 acres, 194
Fobbing 2631 acres, 428
Horndon, East 1449 acres, 529
Horndon on the Hill 2634 acres, 576
Horndon, West 1034 acres, 60
Hutton 1699 acres, 449
Ingrave 1632 acres, 530
Laindon parish 2300 acres, 411
Basseldon chapelry 1627 acres, 157
Laindon Hills 1775 acres, 288
Lee Chapel ex. p , 11
Mucking 2113 acres, 199
Nevendon 974 acres, 216
Orsett parish 4136 acres for both, 1390
Orsett hamlet , 45
*Pitsea 2048 acres, 304
Ramsden Bellhouse 2685 acres, 462
Ramsden Crays 2260 acres, 282
Shenfield 2397 acres, 983
Stanford- le-Hope 2418 acres, 336
Thundersley (part) 1750 acres, 376
Thurrock, Little 1400 acres, 301
$ Tilbury, East 2031 acres, 311
Tilbury, West 1687 acres, 516
*Vange 1387 acres, 169
Wickford 1787, acres, 445
Total is 171,996 acres, 15,044 population, and $109,392 annual value
Canvey Island, in the river Thames, is divided among the parishes of North and South Benfleet, Bowers Gifford, Laindon, Pitsea, Vange, Prittlewell, and Southchurch, and has 277 inhabitants, and about 3600 acres of fine marsh land.
† Billericay return included 129 persons in Billericay Union Workhouse Orsett, 102 in Orsett Union Workhouse; and West Tilbury, 179 in Tilbury Fort.
‡ Thundersley parish has a hamlet in Rochford Hundred.
§ The area and rental of Lee Chapel are included with East Tilbury.
UNIONS :- Doddinghurst is in Ongar Union; and all the the rest of Barstable Hundred is in the Unions of Billericay and Orsett, as noticed below.
The HIGH CONSTABLES of Barstable Hundred are, Mr. Wm. Wilson, of Stanford- le- Hope, and Mr. Thomas Mayott, of Little Burstead. The whole Hundred is in Brentwood Police Division, and also in the District of the County Court, held monthly at Brentwood.
|| Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster :- Benfleet, G. and L. Burstead, Dunton, Fobbing, Horndon West and on the Hill, Nevendon, Ramsden Crays and Bellhouse, Shenfield, Little Thurrock, East Tilbury, and parts of some other parishes in this Hundred, are in this extensive liberty, which has a separate coroner.
BILLERICAY UNION comprises the 26 parishes of Basseldon, North and South Benfleet, Bowers-Gifford, Brentwood, Great and Little Burstead,
Childerditch, Downham, Dunton, Eastand West Horndon, Hutton, Ingrave, Laindon, Mountnessing, Navendon, Pitsea, Ramsden-Bellhouse, Ramsden Crays, Shenfield, South-Weald, Thundersley, Vange, Little Warley, and Wickford.
It has two small market-towns, viz , Brentwood and Billericay, the latter of which is in Great Braxtead parish. Its 26 parishes comprise
an area of about 65,000 acres, and in 1841, had 14,934 inhabitants, of whom 7873 were males, and 7061 females, residing in 2616 houses, besides which, there were 75 unoccupied, and 11 building, when the census was taken.
The UNION WORKHOUSE, at Billericay, is a large and commodious building, erected in 1840. It has room for 240 paupers, and Robert Duncan and Jane Young are the master and matron. Mr. Henry Collin is the Union Clerk and Superintendent Registrar; and John Simpson and Edw. Alexander are the relieving officers.
ORSETT UNION comprises the 18 parishes of Aveley, Bulphan, Chadwell, Corringham, Fobbing, Horndon on the Hill, Laindon Hills, Mucking,
North and South Ockendon, Orsett, Stanford le Hope, Stifford, Grays Thurrock, Little and West Thurrock, and East and West Tilbury ;-which
embrace an area of 65 square miles, and had 10,157 inhabitants, in 1841, consisting of 5361 males, and 4796 females, living in 1697 houses, besides which there were 33 unoccupied, and 3 building, when the census was taken. The total average annual expenditure on the poor of the 18 parishes, during the three years preceding the formation of the Union, was £5605, but in 1838, it amounted only to £3954, and in 1840, to £4702.
The UNION WORKHOUSE is at Orsett, and has room for 200 paupers. It was built in 1837, at the cost of £3115. Mr. Henry Robinson and Mrs. Sarah
Jackson are the master and matron. Mr. North Surridge, of Romford, is the Union Clerk and Superintendent Registrar ; and Mr. John Crisp Boggis is the relieving officer.