Dengie Hundred 1848 Whites Directory
DENGIE HUNDRED.
DENGIE, or DENGEY HUNDRED, is of an oblong figure, averaging about 14 miles in length , from east to west, and about eight in breadth,
from north to south. It is bounded, on the east, by the ocean; on the north, by the broad estuary of the Blackwater and the river Chelmer; on the south, by the navigable river Crouch; and on the west, by Chelmsford Hundred. It is thus nearly encompassed on three sides by tidal waters, and is penetrated by several short salt-creeks, to which several small rivulets of fresh water run from the interior and western
parts of the Hundred. Near the sea-coast, and the Blackwater and Crouch, are extensive tracts of rich marshes, from which the rest of the district rises gently, and in some places in bold and picturesque undulations. The whole Hundred is fertile, and well-cultivated, and was anciently called Danes-ig. , i.e. , Danes’ Island, from its being over-run by them for a long period, nearly to the exclusion of the Saxons.
It has several large and well built villages, and some valuable oyster layings and fisheries . The Borough of Maldon forms part of its north- western boundary. It is all in the Southern Parliamentary Division of Essex ; in Maldon Polling District and Union ; and in the Diocese of Rochester, Archdeaconry of Essex, and Deanery of Dengey; of which latter the Rev. W. Holland, of Cold Norton, and the Rev. T. Schreiber, of Bradwell, are the rural deans. The following enumeration of the 21 parishes of Dengie Hundred, and of three parishes of Maldon Borough, shews 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 IN DENGIE HUNDRED
Acres. Population in 1841.
Althorne 2250 418
Asheldham 1673 219
Bradwell-next the Sea 4715 1034
+Burnham 4278 1735
Cold Norton 1640 264
Cricksea 848 199
Dengie 2306 219
Fambridge (North) 1259 142
Hazeleigh 946 131
+Latchingdon 4060 372
Lawrence (Saint) 2031 176
Mayland 2000 200
Mundon 3098 309
Purleigh 5479 1213
+Snoreham + 211
Southminster 6197 1444
Steeple 2804 584
Stow Maries 2444 257
Tillingham 4093 1106
Woodham Mortimer 1348 308
Woodham Walter 2416 537
TOTAL 55,885 11,078
MALDON BORO’ .
All Saints parish.. 55 8647
St. Mary’s parish. 1270 1225
St. Peter’s parish. 1390 1878
Total Maldon§ 2715 3967
Burnham parish includes the village of Ostend.
† The area and value of Snoreham are included with Latchingdon, the two parishes being united for the maintenance of the poor and roads.
‡ The parish of Steeple includes the Island of Ramsey.
§Maldon Borough includes also within its parliamentary limits the parish of Heybridge, in Thurstable Hundred. St. Peter’s parish includes the hamlets of Spital and Beleigh, and also Maldon Union Workhouse, which had 176 inmates in July, 1841 .
Maldon District of the County Court comprises the whole of Maldon Union.
William Codd, Esq. , is the clerk ; and Mr. S. Clarke, bailiff.