Shalford 1848 Whites Directory
SHALFORD, a scattered village, in the vale of the river Pant or Black- water, from 4 to 5 miles N.N.W. of Braintree, has in its parish 832 souls, and 2407 acres of land, finely undulated, and having a varied but gene- rally fertile soil, in some parts gravelly, upon a white and yellow sand, which is beneficially applied to the wet heavy lands. For a long period, most of the parish was held of the honour of Clare, and was divided into five manors, several of which were afterwards united. Richard Marriott, Esq. , owns a great part of the soil, and is lord of the principal manors, and has ahandsome seat here, called Abbott’s Hall, from the estate having been held by the monks of St. Osyth . J. S. and T. W. Legerton, J.Pyne, the Rev. R. E. Kerrich, and several smaller owners, have estates here, mostly freehold, and partly copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines. Shalford Hall, now a farm-house, is a large square building, formerly belonging to the Northwood, Thompson, Moore, and Raymond families. The other estates and reputed manors are Nicholls, Sherne Hall, Redfants, Wymers, &c.
The CHURCH ( St. Andrew,) is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells. It has three ancient tombs, and in the south aisle is a hagioscope (holy view,) through which a person might see the Elevation of the Host, without being seen by the congregation. The discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £7, and in 1831 at £155, is in the patronage of the Prebendary of Shalford, of Wells Cathedral, and in the incumbency of the Rev. Walter Melvill Wright. The prebend of Shalford was founded in 1174, by Hamo Fitz-Geoffery, who endowed it with the rectory and the advowson of the vicarage. The tithes were commuted in 1847, the rectorial for about £500, and the vicarial for £204 per annum. Serjeant Bendlowe built an alms house on the site of an old one, called the Guildhall, for two old men and theirwives, and in 1573 he endowed it with 20s. a year, out of land called Baylies, at Bocking. The poor parishioners have two yearly rent charges,
viz., 20s. out of the manor of Nicholls, and 10s. out of Iron Bridge Farm, but the donors are unknown. They had another of 20s. out of Hill Farm, but it has not been paid during the last fifteen years.
Allen William, beerhouse & shopkeeper
Bell John and Willis Sus., school
Blanks Thomas. beerhouse & shopkeeper & smith
Church, John, tailor
Hardy Israel
Holmes Saml. shopkpr. & vict. George
Horsnell William Alex. shoemaker & beerhouse
Kidds Joseph, shoemaker
Marriott Richard Esq., Abbott’s Hall
Perry Thomas, gardener
Skingley Joseph, wheelwright
Suckling Sophia, blacksmith
Suckling Thomas, shopkeeper
Tanner George, carpenter and builder
Thompson John, gardener
Willis George, gardener
FARMERS.
Adams Mrs. Jane, Hunts
Byatt Cornelius. Parsonage
Byford William, Kill Hoggs
Emson Samuel, Hubbards
Fitch Isaac, maltster, Dines
Fitch Ebenezer (maltster) Tan Office
Jackson John Legerton, Bays
Legerton John Stock (and miller) White House
Legerton Thos. Winterflood, Littles
Ling Andrew, Shalford Hall
Moore Thomas, jun Redfants
Page Edward, Jasper’s Green
Rawlings Sarah, Iron Bridge
Willis Porter (and brewer and maltster, ) Sheering Hall
[Letters from Braintree. ]