Great Warley 1848 Whites directory
WARLEY (GREAT) is a long scattered village from 1 to 3 miles S. of Brentwood, and its parish contains 596 souls, and 2653A. 2R. 11P. of land, having a heavy soil on a clay bottom, and giving rise to two sources of the rivulet which flows to Purfleet. It includes Warley Street, Cley Tye, and Warley Common, and is fertile and well cultivated. The surface is picturesquely undulated, and the view from Warley Gap, is one of the most extensive in the county. Lord Headley (a Scotch peer,) is lord of the manor, which belonged to the abbess of Barking before the Conquest, and afterwards to the Gonsons, Evelyns, and Harts. One of the latter sold it in 1669 to Rowland Winne, an ancestor of the present owner. J. B. Sheridan owns Warley Franks, and other parts of the parish belong to St. Thomas’s Hospital, Mr. John Cross, and several other proprietors. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. Great Warley Place is the seat of General Pinson Bonham ; and Warley House, sometimes called Hill House, is the seat of Lady Agnes English, relict of the late Sir J. H. English. They are both handsome brick mansions, with pleasant grounds. Warley Franks was formerly held by the Scotland, Dry-wood, Fuller, Gundrey, and Grant families.
The Church ( Virgin Mary,) is a small ancient brick building, with a wooden belfry, containing three bells, and erected in lieu of the old steeple, which was burnt by lightning. The rectory valued in K.B. at £14, and in 1831 at £499, is in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. H. Robinson, D.D., who has a good residence and 14A. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1838 for £523 per annum.
Bonham General Pinson, Great Warley Place
Seabrook William, baker
Burrows James, shoemaker
Clay Mrs
Caton John, butcher
Crossingham John, grocer, draper, &c
Eldred Wm. constable, blacksmith, and wheelwright
English Lady Agnes, Warley House
Hammond John, builder and vict. Headley Arms
Hesse Geo. Agents. , grocer, &c. Com.
Jeggo M. William
Jowett Mrs Sarah
Joslin Geo. jun. assistant overseer
Kerr James, vict. Thatchers’ Arms
Knight John, bricklayer, Common
Robinson Rev. Hastings, D.D. Rectory
Rush W. parish clerk
Stokes James, jun., grocer, Common
Stokes James, jun., grocer, Common
Tate Rev. Geo. Edw. , B.A. curate
Wallis Mrs P.
Wevers, Mgt. school
BEERHOUSES.
Foker Susan – Fox
Hammod Joseph
Kettley John
FARMERS.
Joggins Samuel
Joslin George
Knightbridge Ts.
Packman Chas.
Parker James
Cross Jno. (owner)
Shuttleworth A.
Coppen Isaac, Cley-Tye
Francis Fredk.
Francis Samuel
Haywood Sarah
Haws Daniel, Berry House
Springham Nathaniel
Weal William
Wood William
POST- OFFICE at J. Crossingham’s.
Letters, via Brentwood, daily