Great Hallingbury 1848 Whites Directory

Great Hallingbury 1848 Whites Directory
HALLINGBURY ( GREAT) is a pleasant village, delightfully situated on the eastern acclivities of the vale of the river Stort, 2
miles E. by S. of Bishop-Stortford. Its parish extends westward to the North Eastern Railway and the borders of Hertfordshire, and contains 690 inhabitants, and 2,639 acres of land, rising in bold undulations from the river, and including How Green, Woodside Green, and several scattered farm houses, &c. For a considerable time it was held by the noble family of Morley, of whom it was purchased about 1727, by Jacob Houblon, Esq. The present lord of the manor and owner of nearly all the soil, is John Archer Houblon, Esq. , of HALLINGBURY PLACE, an elegant and stately mansion, occupying a com- inanding eminence, in an extensive and beautiful Park, well wooded, and embellished with a fine sheet of water. The mansion is a large quadrangular building, with small low towers at the angles, and has been much improved by the Houblon family. It was long a seat of the Lords Morley and Monteagle, to one of whom was sent the mys- terious letter which led to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. At Woodside Green is held a fair for toys, &c. , on Whit-Tuesday. The farm called Wallbury, has its name from a Roman vallum, which terminated in a precipice above the river Stort, and enclosed an area of 36 acres. The estate called Monksbury, was given by Eudo Dapifer to St. John’s Abbey, Colchester.
The Church is a small handsome structure, with a nave and chancel of one pace, and an embattled tower containing five bells. It contains several monumental inscriptions in memory of the Lords Morley and Monteagle. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £22, and in 1831 at £646, is in the patronage of J. A. Houblon, Esq. , and incumbency of the Rev. C. S. Bourchier, M.A., who has a good residence and 58A. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for £720 per annum. The poor have the interest of £20, leftby an unknown donor, and a yearly rent-charge of 14s. left by John Till, out of land now belonging to the Francis and Welch families.
Bourchier Rev. Chas. Spencer, M.A. rector
Digby William
Marsh William
Dunmow John, shoemaker
Houblon John Archer, Esq. , Hallingbury Place
Palmer Louisa, vict. , Old George
Perry Charles, blacksmith
Wilson Samuel, shopkeeper
Wright Susanna, schoolmistress

FARMERS.
Cotton George, Great Jenkins
Fowler Henry, Tilekiln Green
Fowler William, sen. How Green
Francis William Henry, Harps
Jennings Reginald
Porter George
Page Samuel, Latchmoor Bank
Sworder Henry, The Hall
Tipler Joseph , Woodside Green
Whitehead William, Great Beldams
Wilson Michael, Cobbs Farm

Letters from Bishop-Stortford