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admin Woodham Mortimer Whites Directory in 1848 WOODHAM MORTIMER, or Little Woodham, is a small parish of scattered houses from 2 to 3 miles W.S.W. of Maldon, containing 308 inhabitants, and 1380A. 3R. 29P. of land, including 78A. of wood and 25A. of roads and waste. Siward held this parish in the Confessor’s reign, and at … Read more
Tillingham Whites Directory in 1848TILLINGHAM is a large village, pleasantly situated about two miles from the sea and the estuary of the Blackwater ; 3 miles N.E. of Southminster, and 11 miles E. by S. of Maldon. Its parish contains 1106 inhabitants, and 4135A. 3R. 29p. of land, including a broad tract of rich marsh … Read more
Stow Maries Whites Directory in 1848STOW-MARIES, a small pleasant village, on an eminence, 5 miles S. by W. of Maldon, and 10 miles S.E. by E. of Chelmsford,has in its parish 257 souls, and 2444A. 2R. of land, boldly undulated, and divided into two parts by the parish of Cold Norton. Stow Marsh, bounded by … Read more
Steeple Whites Directory in 1848 STEEPLE, 8 miles E.S.E. of Maldon, is a long village, on the Bradwell road, at the foot of a gentle acclivity, overlooking the marshes on the south side of the estuary of the river Stour. Its parish, sometimes called Steeple-with-Stansgate, has 584 inhabitants, and 2804A. 2R. 12P. of land, including … Read more
Southminster Whites Directory in 1848 SOUTHMINSTER, a large and respectable village, with many good houses, inns, and well- stocked shops, is pleasantly situated about 3miles north of Burnham and the river Crouch, and 9 miles E.S.E. of Maldon. A small brook flows from it eastward to the ocean, and near its mouth is a signal … Read more
Purleigh Whites Directory in 1848 PURLEIGH, or Purley, a large village situated on a commanding eminence, 4 miles S. of Maldon, has in its parish 1213 inhabitants, and 5479 acres of land, finely undulated and extending two miles S.E. to Latchingdon village, where the police station and some other buildings are in this parish ; … Read more
Mundon Whites Directory in 1848MUNDON, or Munden, is a small scattered village, 3 miles S.S.E. of Maldon, near the head of a creek of the Blackwater ; but its parish extends northward to Iltney Farın, New Hall, &c. , on the south bank of the estuary, and contains 309 souls, and 3761 acres, including 662A. … Read more
Mayland Whites Directory in 1848MAYLAND, a parish of scattered houses, 7 miles S.E. by E. of Maldon, has 200 inhabitants, and 2030 acres of land. The manor of Mayland Hall belonged to St. Osyth priory till the dissolution, and was given by Edw. Colston, Esq. , to the Governors of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, to … Read more
St Lawrence Newland Whites Directory in 1848ST. LAWRENCE NEWLAND is a pleasant and fertile parish of scattered houses, 8 miles E. by S. of Maldon, and contains 176 inhabitants, and 2031A. 3R. 7p. of land, extending northward to the marshes on the south side of the broad estuary of the Blackwater. It is in three … Read more
Latchingdon Whites Directory in 1848LATCHINGDON, a pleasant straggling village, on the north side of the vale of the Crouch, 6 miles S.S.E. of Maldon, and 13 miles E.S.E. of Chelmsford, is mostly in the united parishes of Latchingdon and Snoreham, and partly in Purleigh parish. The inn commonly called ” Latchingdon Lion,” is in Snoreham … Read more