Bulphan 1848 Whites directory
BULPHAN, or Bulfan, is a pleasant village and parish, 3 miles N.W. of Horndon on the Hill, and 7 miles S. by E. of Brentwood, containing 254 inhabitants, and 1651 acres of land, descending westward to a rivulet, where it has some low land, called Bulphan Fen.
Barking Abbey held the manor till the dissolution, after which it was given to Edward Bury. P. Bonham, Esq., is now lord of the manor, but John Bury, T. Woollings, and several other proprietors have estates here, chiefly copyhold.
The Church (Virgin Mary,) is a small ancient structure, with a wooden belfry and spire. On the south side of the chancel are some remains of a chapel. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £23, and in 1831 at £345, is in the patronage of J. S. Hand, Esq. , and incumbency of the Rev. Thos. Mills, who has 15A. of glebe and a good residence.
Mills Rev. Thomas, rectory
Sadler Mary, victualler , Harrow
Stibberd Lucy, schoolmistress
Waite Ann, beer seller
FARMERS.
Carver Thomas
Younge Henry
Gotts Josiah
Gotts R. Jesse
Gotts Mark
Woollings Thomas
Mann William, Bulphan Hall
Stevens Richd. Freeman, Fen
Wallis James
Stevens William
LETTERS from Horndon-on- the- Hill.
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