Chrishall Whites Directory in 1863
CHRISHALL is a village and parish among the hills bordering upon Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, 7 miles W. of Saffron Walden, and E. by S. of Royston. It contains 643 souls, and 2694 acres of land. In some old records it is variously called Carshall, Christeshale, &c. Lord Dacre is lord of the manor of Chrishall-bury, and owner of the Grange estate. Another manor, Cheswick Hall, or Flanders, belongs to the Rev. Robert Wilkes, and here is a small manor belonging to the Rectory.
The Church (Holy Trinity) is a fine antique structure, consisting of a nave and aisles, a chancel, and a stone tower, crowned by a handsome spire, and containing four bells. It was appropriated, at an early period, to Westminster Abbey, and contains some ancient brasses, one ofwhichis in memory of Sir John de la Pole, who died in the 14th century. An elegant monument in the chancel is in memory of Sir John James, knight, who died in 1676. In 1558, the rectory was given to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, to whom it still belongs. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £19, and in 1831 at £200, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Rochester, and incumbency of the Rev. R. G. H. Ware, B.A. , who has a good residence, and 1A. 35P. ofglebe. The rectorial tithes were commuted at the enclosure, in 1819, for an allotment of 470A. 2R. 32P. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £214 per annum. In 1562, LETTICE MARTIN left an estate here in trust for the benefit of the poor of 33 parishes. At the enclosure, the land bequeathed by her was exchanged for 79A. 18. 19P. , now let for about £55 per annum, of which £5. 4s., as the portion belonging to Chrishall, is distributed at Christmas among the aged poor. The poor of Chrishall have a yearly rent-charge of 20s. , left by Thomas Elkin in 1615. Here is a National School, built in 1862, at the cost of about £400.
Baker Thomas, boot and shoemaker
Bean James, corn miller
Brand Mrs S. grocer and draper
Cane Joseph, shoemaker
Dant Miss, schoolmistress
Miller Breans, parish clerk
Petches James, vict. Red Cow
Soole Nicholas Walter, carpenter
Ware Rev. Robert Green Hibbert, B.A. vicar
Wallman Jas. blacksmith & beerhouse
FARMERS.
Brand Edwin, Cheswick Hall
Brand Robert & William Building-End
Crane Robert, Wire Farm
Downham Joseph, Parsonage
Jonas Samuel, Grange
Nash Peter
Pigg Thomas
Newman Joseph, and shopkeeper
Post from Royston.