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Stansted Mountfichet Whites Directory in 1863

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Stansted Mountfichet Whites Directory in 1863STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET is a small ancient town, with many good houses and shops, pleasantly situated on and near the Newmarket road, from 3 to 4 miles N. by E. of Bishop’s Stortford, and 19 miles N.W. of Chelmsford. Its parish has a Railway Station, and contains 1769 inhabitants and 4094 … Read more

Rickling Whites Directory in 1863

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Rickling Whites Directory in 1863 RICKLING, a pleasant scattered village and parish, adjoins Quendon on the west, and is about 2 miles S.W. of Newport Station,and from 7 to 8 miles N. by E. of Bishop’s Stortford. It contains 502 souls, and 1342A. 2R. 23P. of land. Colonel Inglis is lord of the two manors, … Read more

Quendon Whites Directory in 1863

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Quendon Whites Directory in 1863QUENDON, a small village adjoining Rickling, on the London and Newmarket road, near the Railway, 2 miles S. of Newport Station, and 6 miles N.N.E. of Bishop Stortford, has in its parish 165 souls, and 643 acres of land, mostly belonging to Captain Byng, the lord of the manor, who resides … Read more

Newport Whites Directory in 1863

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Newport Whites Directory in 1863NEWPORT, a large and pleasant village, near the confluence of three sources of the river Cam, or Granta, and on the London and Newmarket road, has a Railway Station, 10 miles N. by E. of Bishop’s Stortford, and 3½ miles S.S.W of Saffron Walden. It was anciently a market town, and … Read more

Littlebury Whites Directory in 1863

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Littlebury Whites Directory in 1863LITTLEBURY village is pleasantly situated on the London and Newmarket road, and the river Cam or Granta, 2 miles W.N.W. of Saffron Walden, and N. of Audley-End Station. Its parish contains 974 souls, and 3408A. 2R. 19p. of land, including the small scattered villages of Catmere End, Chapel Green, and Littlebury … Read more

Henham Whites Directory in 1863

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Henham Whites Directory in 1863HENHAM is a pleasant village, on a bold eminence, about 2 miles N.E. of Elsenham Railway Station, and 5 miles W.S.W. ofThaxted. It is sometimes called Henham-on-the-Hill, and its parish contains 911 souls, and 2958 acres of land, of which 157 souls, and 1190 acres, are in PLEDGDON hamlet, which is … Read more

Heydon Whites Directory in 1863

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Heydon Whites Directory in 1863HEYDON, or HAYDON, a village and parish 5 miles E. by S. of Royston, and 8 miles W. by N. of Saffron- Walden, occupies the highest and extreme north-western part of the county, near the junction of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. It is in Royston Union, and comprises 368 souls, and 1225A. … Read more

Elmdon Whites Directory in 1863

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Elmdon Whites Directory in 1863ELMDON is a retired village, among the chalky hills at the north-western extremity of the county adjoining Cambridgeshire, 6miles W. by N. of Saffron Walden, and 34 miles W. by S. of Chesterford Railway Station. Its parish contains 731 souls, and 3106 acres of land, extending southward to Duddenhoe-end and Pond … Read more

Debden Whites Directory in 1863

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Debden Whites Directory in 1863DEBDEN, a scattered village, including Debden-Green, Smith-Green, Amberden-End, &c., is pleasantly situated 4 miles S.S.E. of Saffron-Walden, and nearly 2 miles E. of Newport Railway Sta- tion. It has a fair for toys, &c., on June 1st. Its parish is picturesquely broken into hill and dale, and contains 942 inhabitants, and … Read more