FRYERNING parish adjoins and includes more than a third of the small town of Ingatestone, which has a Post office, and a station on the Eastern Counties Railway, 23 miles N.E. of London. Its church, and some of its houses, are on an acclivity, about 1 mile N. W. of Ingatestone. It contains 807 inhabitants, and 3,830 acres of land, including 180A. of wood, and a rich tract of pasture grounds.
The manor, with a great part of the soil, belongs to Wadham College, Oxford, by gift ofthe founder, Sir Nicholas Wadham. Wm.
Kortwright, John Dawson, Henry Arundell, and Chas. Grant, Esqrs. , have estates and neat houses in the parish, and here are several smaller owners, chiefly copyholders.
The Church (St. Mary,) is a brick structure of the 15th century, and has a strong tower and five bells. The staircase, which led to the rood-loft, still remains, and the fabric has recently been thoroughly repaired. The Rectory, valued in K.B. at £9, and in 1831 at £292, is in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of Wadham College, and incumbency of the Rev. Geo. Price, M.A. The tithes were commuted in 1843 for £385 per annum ; and there is a good Rectory House. The church yard commands extensive views, and contains avault and tomb of the Disney family, of the Hyde, surmounted by a stone column.
Half of the parish was given by Gilbert de Montfichet to the Knight Hospitallers of St. John, of Jerusalem; and its name is supposed to be acorruption of Friar’s-ing. St. Leonard’s is the pleasant seat of Capt. Wm. Kortwright. For distribution in bread, the poor parishioners have the following yearly sums, viz :-£3 from Bright’s, and £1.10s. from D’Oyley’s Charities, both paid by the Corporation of both paid by the Corporation of the Sons of Clergy ; £3 from £100 three per cent. Consols, left by Rosamond Bonham, in 1805 ; and £3. 10s. from £100 three and a half per cent. Reduced Annuities, left by Robt. Sorrell, M.D., in 1805. The late W. G. Coesvelt, Esq. , of St. Leonard’s, in 1841, left £250 in trust, to apply the interest in clothing the deserving poor.
(Fryerning Directory is included with Ingatestone.)

INGATESTONE, a small ancient town, which had formerly a market, has a station on the Eastern Counties Railway, and is pleasantly situated on the high road, 6 miles S.W. ofChelmsfo Chelmsford, and 23 miles N.E. of London. Its parish has only 856 inhabitants, and 670 acres of land ; but as it adjoins, and is intermixed with that of Fryerning, the total population of the town and suburbs, is upwards of 1,600. It is a post town , and has a large annual fair for cattle, &c. , on Dec. 1st, and one for pleasure on the following day. Its weekly market, formerly held on Wednesday, was once considerable, but was discontinued many years ago. Being on the great road from the Metropolis to Colchester, Norwich, &c. , it was a great thoroughfare for coaches, vans, waggons, cattle, &c.; but the traffic is now mostly drawninto the vortex of the railway, which passes on the east side of the town. Lord Petre is lord of the manor, which in old records is called ” Ging or Yng ad Petram,” signifying the Ing at the Stone, and supposed to have been derived from a Roman mile-stone, and the rich meadows which surround the town. The river Wid bounds the parish on the east, and receives here two small tributary streams. In some documents, the manor is called Ging Abbess, from its being held by the abbess and nuns of St. Mary’s, at Barking. After the Dissolution it was purchased by Sir Wm. Petre, the liberal founder of the almshouses here, and of eight fellowships at Oxford, called Petrean. He built Ingatestone Hall, a large brick mansion, in the Elizabethan style, which formed three sides of a square; but one side, containing the principal front, was taken down when it ceased to be occupied by the noble family of Petre, whose principal seat is now at Thorndon, near Brentwood. The three sides of the Hall, which now remain, are occupied by several catholic families, and the catholic priest and chapel ; and still contain some fine specimens of tapestry, stained glass, old paintings, carvings, &c. Mr. Coverdale, steward to Lord Petre, occupies one of the wings, and attached to his residence, is a beautiful garden, with a terrace walk, one furlong in extent. In the grounds are four large fish ponds. The park, which extended northward to the town, and was nearly encompassed by the small river Wid and one of its tributary streams, has long been cul- tivated as a farın, and part of the offices at the stables have been converted into a farm house. John Disney, Esq. , has a large estate here, and a handsome seat called THE HYDE. This large quadran- gular mansion is pleasantly situated in a well wooded park, on the north side of the town, commanding beautiful views of the surrounding country. The plantations, and a fine sheet of water, with a suspension bridge, are disposed with great taste. The house existed in 1590, and was enlarged in 1713, when the present outer walls were erected by Timothy Brand, Esq. , of red and black brick, in the style which pre- vailed in the reign of Wm. III . Thos. Brand, Esq. , who died here in 1734, was succeeded by his son, Thos. Brand Hollis, who, in company with Thos. Hollis, Esq. , visited Italy, ( 1748 to 1753, ) and brought from thence a fine collection of antique busts , statues, vases, &c .
now arranged here, in a magnificent room, formed out of five apartments, in 1761. This valuable museum contains some fine specimens from Herculaneum, and has been enriched by its present owner, with a fine collection of Greek vases, &c. The ” Museum Disneinum,” just published by Jno. Disney, Esq. , is illustrated by fine lithographic drawings of 58 of the most ancient specimens of antiquity here deposited ; and he is about to issue another work on his Greek vases .
The late Rev. Dr. John Disney, F.S.A., who died at the Hyde, in 1816, was author of the Lives of Jortin and Sykes. In the house are several fine paintings, by Rubens, Vandyke, Jeniers, and other old masters.
Ingatestone CHURCH ( Virgin Mary,) is a large structure, in the perpendicular style of the 15th century , with a lofty brick tower, at the west end containing five bells , one of which is cracked. In the chancel hang several pieces of ancient armour, and the banners used by the ” Ingatestone, Brent- wood, and Billericay Volunteers,” raised by the late Lord Petre, for the defence of the nation, about the close of last century. A brick chapel, on the south side of the chancel, is the mausoleum of the Petre family. On an elegant altar tomb, are recumbeut effigies of Wm. Lord Petre and his Lady, wrought in Parian marble, with the greatest skill and judgment. A helmet supports his lordships head, and a pillow his lady’s. On a superb marble
monument, against the west wall , are effigies of John, Lord Petre, of Writtle, and his Lady, kneeling under an arch , supported by eight 2 pillars – four of black, and four of variegated marble. Below them are kneeling figures of their three daughters and eight sons. Here are several other neat monuments ; and over the communion table is a fine painting of Moses and Aaron.
The rectory, valued in K.B. at £16. 13s. 4d. , and in 1831 at £450, with the perpetual curacy of Buttsbury annexed to it, is in the gift of Lord Petre, and incumbency of the Rev. John Lewis. Here is a Parochial School, sup- ported by subscription ; and a neat Independent Chapel, built in 1840, at the cost of £700. The ALMSHOUSES, for a priest and ten poor people, were founded in 1557, by Sir William Petre, who endowed them with £90.13s. 4d. a year, out of Crondon Park, Catlyns, Ramsey Tyrells, and another farm in this neighbourhood. In consequence of the site of the old almshouses being wanted by the Railway Company, they were sold in 1840, and Lord Petre has since erected, in lieu of them, 12 almshouses on the London road , of red and white brick, in the Elizabethan style, at the cost of £1,400. The inmates receive each 6s. 8d. per month, with 24s. annually for wood, and 12s. for a gown. In 1775, the Rev. Thos. Ralph left £500 to the Corporation of the Sons of Clergy, on condition that they should pay yearly, £2 each to the parishes of Ingatestone and Rawreth, for the poor. The dividends of £100, three per cent. Consols, left by Rosamond Bonham, in 1804, are applied towards the support of the Sunday Schools , at Ingatestone and Fryerning.

INGATESTONE AND FRYERNING DIRECTORY.
Those marked thus † are in Fryerning , and the others in Ingatestone parish ; and those marked * are Land Owners.
Arundell Henry, Esq. Furze Hall
Butler Cornelius, surgeon
Butler Wm. Esq.
Arnold Miss
Cannon Joseph, under steward to Lord Petre, Hall
Clayton Hy. land agent & surveyor
Cocks Rev. Horrocks (Independant minister)
Coverdale Joseph, steward to Lord Petre, & coroner for Writtle, &c. Hall
Clift William Gibson, coach maker
Croydon Hy. Boydon, relieving officer

Dawson John, gent. Hill House
Dearman John, corn miller
Dennis Daniel , bricklayer
*Disney John, Esq. The Hyde
Dowsing Mrs. Ann
Havers Miss C.
Edwards John May, surgeon
Eve Rt. coal mert. (& Paddington)
*Grant Chas. gent. Millgreen Cotg.
Griffin Mrs. Mary Anne
Hawkins Mrs. Harriet, Spillfeathers
Haytor Rev. Benj . (Independant minister )
Jesse Capt. Wm. Maisonette

Kortwright Capt.Wm. St. Leonard’s
Last Rev. George, (Catholic) Hall
Lewis Rev. John, M.A. rector
Lewis Richard, surgeon & registrar
Overhead Webb, cooper
Price Rev. G. , M.A. rector of Fryerning
Rich Mrs. M. A. Huskards
Thompson James, gentleman , Hall
Trussell George, wine, &c. merchant
Tufnell Rev. Geo.
Whichord Mrs.
Walmsley Henry, gentleman, Hall
Wiffen John, corn dealer
Woollard William, hardwareman
Woolley Elizabeth, saddler, &c.

FARMERS.
Amos Robert, Hanley Green
Boyton Richd.
Bridgman George
Bridge George H. Rayfarm
Clift Robert
Baker William
Eley Frederick, True Loves
Finch William, Shedds Wells
Foreman Stephen, New Wood Barnes
Halls Joseph , Dunsteads

Lawrence John

May James
Mulcock Frederick, Hardings
Parnell James, Trussells
Reeve Samuel, Hall farm
Read John, Beggar’s hill
Rolph James, Beggar’s hill
Self Ann, Ramfields
Self George (and maltster) Heybridge
Stephenson Charles , Rydden Dyke
Turner Nathaniel , Little Hyde
Talboot Robert
Thomas Joseph
Willis Samuel. Fryerning Hall
Windley William, Wood Barnes
Wright Thomas, St. Leonard’s farm

INNS AND TAVERNS.
Anchor, William Brock (hair dresser.)
Bell, Richard Spink
Crown , John Whybro
Ipswich Arms, Elizabeth Brock
New Inn, Thomas Basham
Royal Oak, William Miles
Spread Eagle, Robert Talboot W
Woolpack, Benjamin Billing

ACADEMIES .
Burningham L.
Custance Mrs.
Langdon Eliz .
Tabrum John
Tuck Mary E.
Webber Ann

BAKERS, &c.
Baker Edward
Bradbrook Jas.
Hamblin John E.
Palmer William
Raven Thomas

BEER HOUSES .
Dennis Daniel – Ship
Penny Charles
Sewell William
Stone William
Turnidge Eliz .

BLACKSMITHS.
Hewitt George
Richardson Samuel

BUTCHERS .
Eckworth Wm.
Finch Mary A.
Ratcliffe George

CARPENTERS.
Cant Daniel
Coleby R.Hyde green
Frewer Richard
Hewitt John
Hewitt William
Hogg Hy, insurance agent
Roome John
Thompson Joseph

Smith Hy. Edm. stationer & insurance agent.

GARDENERS.
Arnold Thomas
Hogg Alex. (nursery & seedsman)

GROCERS & DRAPERS.
Baker Jno. Caleb
Smith William

IRONMONGERS.
Frewer Richard
Wichcord John

MILLINERS.
Clay Sarah
Hogg A. & S.

PLUMBERS Painters, &c.
Balls Samuel
Gardiner Hy. E.

SHOEMAKERS.
Dennis John
Kemp John

SHOPKEEPERS.

Cant Daniel

Dixey William
Roome John
Sewell William
Stone William
Whichord John

TAILORS.
Hockley Ebenezer (& draper)
Jarvis John Veterinary Surgeons
King George
Welton Wm.

WHEELWRIGHTS.
Thompson Edw.
Waters George

POST OFFICE
at J. Wichcord’s,
(Money Orders granted & paid.)

CARRIER.
Claydon Isaac, to Chelmsford)

RAILWAY
Trains every hour