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admin Waltham HUNDRED Whites Directory in 1863 WALTHAM HUNDRED,Commonly called the HALF HUNDRED OF WALTHAM, is of small extent, and of a triangular figure, its eastern and western sides measuring only eleven miles, and its northern seven. It comprises a large portion of Epping Forest, and is bounded on the west by the river Lea, which … Read more
Waltham Abbey Whites Directory in 1848 WALTHAM ABBEY, or WALTHAM HOLY CROSS, is a small ancient market town, on the east side of the river Lea, about a mile E. of Waltham Cross Staton on the North-Eastern Railway, in Hertfordshire, on the opposite side of the vale ; and 12 miles N. by E. of … Read more
Nazeing Whites Directory in 1848NAZEING, or NASING, 5 miles N. by E. of Waltham Abbey, and from 1 to 3 miles E. of Broxbourn Station on the North-Eastern Railway, is a picturesque parish of scattered houses, extending three miles eastward from the river Lea, to which it sends a small rivulet. It contains 824 inhabitants … Read more
Epping Whites Directory in 1848EPPING is a small market town, consisting chiefly of one long and wide street, upon a high ridge of table land, on the Harlow road, and on the borders of Epping Forest, 16½ miles N.E. by N. of London, 17 miles W. by S. of Chelmsford, and 6 miles E.N.E. of … Read more
Chingford Whites Directory in 1848 CHINGFORD, an irregularly built but pleasing rural village, is picturesquely situated on the east side of the river Lea, in the south angle of Waltham Hundred, 9 miles N. by E. of London, and 4 miles South of Waltham Abbey. Its parish is within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal … Read more
Waltham HUNDRED Whites Directory in 1848 WALTHAM HUNDRED,Commonly called the HALF HUNDRED OF WALTHAM, is of small extent, and of a triangular figure, its eastern and western sides measuring only eleven miles, and its northern seven. It comprises a large portion of Epping Forest, and is bounded on the west by the river Lea, which … Read more
Ugley 1863 Whites DirectoryUGLEY, or OAKELY, is a small scattered village, on the Newmarket road, 5 miles N. by E. of Bishop Stortford, and 2 miles N. by W. of Elsenham Station, on the Great Eastern Railway. Its parish contains 418 souls, and 2038 acres of land. In Domesday Book, the manor is written Ugghelea, … Read more
Manewdon 1863 Whites Directory MANEWDEN, or MANUDEN, a pleasant village on the western side of the river Stort, 4 miles N. of Bishop’s Stortford, has in its parish 752 souls, and 2486A. 1R. 36P. of land. It has a fair for toys, &c., on Easter Monday. Robert Gosling, Esq., is lord of the manor of … Read more
Langley 1863 Whites DirectoryLANGLEY, a pleasant scattered village, at the north end of this Hundred, 7 miles W.S.W. of Saffron- Walden, and S.E. of Royston, has in its parish 410 souls, and 1617A. 2R. 27P. of land, adjoining Hertfordshire, and including a large wood and several scattered farm-houses, &c. The Rev. J. N. Simpkinson is … Read more
Farnham 1863 Whites DirectoryFARNHAM, or Fernham, a scattered village at the south end of this Hundred, 2½ miles N. by W. of Bishop’s Stortford, has in its parish 558 souls, and 1966A. of land, bounded on the west and south by Hertfordshire, and on the east by the river Stort. The manors of Walkfares and … Read more