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admin Nettleswell 1848 Whites directoryNETTESWELL parish has a small village, called Netteswell Cross, in a picturesque valley, 2 miles S.W. of Harlow, and a mile N.E. of the church.It contains 336 souls, and 1,521 acres of land, including 167 acres of openfield and common lands, about to be enclosed, and called Netteswell andCopsall Common, Tye Green … Read more
Matching 1848 Whites directoryMATCHING, a scattered village in three divisions, 4 miles E. of Harlow, has in its parish 687 souls, and 2,384 acres of land, in two manors, and generally having a level surface. J. T. Selwin, Esq. , is lord of Matching Hall, the chief manor, formerly held by the Gernon, Walden, Cutts, … Read more
Latton 1848 Whites directoryLATTON, a parish of scattered houses, on the eastern side of the vale of the Stort, from 2 to 4 miles S. of Harlow, contains 303 inhabitants, and 1,382 acres of land, including the Common, near Potter Street, on which Harlow Bush Fair is held.At Domesday survey, this parish belonged to Eustace, … Read more
Hatfield Broad Oak 1848 Whites Directory HATFIELD BROAD OAK, or Hatfield Regis, is a large ancien village, pleasantly situated on the eastern side of the Pincey Brook,6 miles S.E. of Bishop-Stortford, and 7 miles N.E. of Harlow and S.W. of Dunmow. It was formerly a market-town, and it still has a fair for lambs, on … Read more
Little Hallingbury 1848 Whites Directory HALLINGBURY ( LITTLE) is a neat and pleasant village, on the east side of the picturesque vale of the river Stort, 3 miles S.S.E. of Bishop-Stortford. Its parish contains 497 souls, and 1,610 acres of land, separated from Hertfordshire by the Stort, to which it sends a tributary stream. It … Read more
Great Hallingbury 1848 Whites DirectoryHALLINGBURY ( GREAT) is a pleasant village, delightfully situated on the eastern acclivities of the vale of the river Stort, 2miles 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 … Read more
Harlow 1848 Whites Directory HARLOW, a small ancient market town, is pleasantly situated near the North-Eastern Railway, on the high road from London to Bishop Stortford, 23 miles N. by E. of the former, 6 miles S. of the latter, and 7 miles N.W. of Ongar. It is on the eastern side of the picturesque … Read more
Harlow Hundred 1848 Whites Directory HARLOW HUNDRED,Or, as it is sometimes called, the Half Hundred of Harlow, is of small extent, being only eleven miles in length, from south to north, and from 3 to 6 miles in breadth ; bounded, on the west, by the river Stort, which separates it from Hertfordshire ; on … Read more
Little Sampford 1848 Whites Directory SAMPFORD, ( LITTLE) or NEW SAMPFORD, is a parish and scattered village on the western side of the vale of the river Pant, 31 miles N.E. of Thaxted, and 9 miles S.E. of Saffron Walden. It contains 470 souls and 2628 acres of land , which belonged to RichardFitz- Gislebert … Read more
Great Sampford 1848 Whites Directory SAMPFORD, (GREAT) or Old Sampford, a pleasant village on the banks of the river Pant, 4½ miles N.N.E. of Thaxted , and 7miles E. by S. of Saffron Walden, has in its parish 877 souls and 2247A. 2R. 9P. of land, including Tindon End, Grewser’s Green, and many scattered farm … Read more