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admin BOROUGH OF SAFFRON WALDEN. 1863SAFFRON WALDEN is a municipal borough and handsome market town, delightfully situated in the heart of Uttlesford Hundred, on a bold eminence, rising from the Slade brook, on the eastern side of Lord Braybrooke’s extensive and beautiful park of Audley-End, about 2 miles N.E. of Audley End Station, on the Eastern … Read more
Uttlesford Hundred 1863 Whites Directory UTTLESFORD HUNDREDIs in the north-western angle of Essex, and extends northward from Bishop- Stortford and Dunmow turnpike, to the extremity of Great Chesterford parish, a distance of 16 miles; but it varies from ten to less than five miles in breadth. It is traversed from south to north by the … Read more
Theydon Mount 1848 Whites directory THOYDON- MOUNT, pleasant village on a bold eminence, overlooking the vale of the river Roding, 3 miles S.E. of Epping, has in its parish 217 souls, and 1468 acres of land, nearly all the property of the lord of the manor, Sir E. B. Smijth, Bart. , who has a … Read more
Theydon Garnon 1848 Whites directory THOYDON-GARNON, or THEYDON GERNON, is a pleasant straggling village, from 1 to 2 miles S.S.E. of Epping, but its parish extends close to that town, and has several handsome seats and scattered farm houses, near Steward’s Green, Coopersale, and the north eastern borders of Epping Forest. The parish had 1072 … Read more
Theydon Bois 1848 Whites directory THOYDON-BOIS, or Theydon Bois, a scattered village on the north side of the vale of the river Roding, and on the east side of Epping Forest, has in its parish 538 inhabitants and 1718 acres of land, partly in the forest. It is 3 miles S. of Epping, and was … Read more
Stondon Massey 1848 Whites directory STONDON MASSEY, a scattered village and parish, from 2 to 3 miles S.E. of Chipping Ongar, and 6 miles N.N.W. of Brentwood, has 291 souls and 1025 acres of land, partly on a stony or gravelly hill. It was anciently called Stondon Marci, from the Marci, or Mark family, its … Read more
Stapleford Tawney 1848 Whites directory STAPLEFORD TAWNEY is a parish of scattered houses on the northern acclivities of the vale of the Roding, from 3 to 5 miles S.E. of Epping, and 5 miles S.S.W. of Chipping Ongar. It contains 355 inhabitants and 1552 acres of land, rising boldly from Passingford Bridge, on the Roding, … Read more
Stapleford Abbots 1848 Whites directory STAPLEFORD ABBOTS, a pleasant and fertile parish, has many scattered farm houses and neat cottages on the southern acclivity of the vale of the Roding, near Passingford Bridge, Curlmill Green, How Green, Knowle’s Hill, Newport Hatch, &c. , from 5 to 6 miles S.E. by S of Epping, and 6 … Read more
Stanford Rivers 1848 Whites directory STANFORD RIVERS, a pleasant scattered village on the western side of the vale of the river Roding, and on the acclivities between two of its tributary streams, from 2 to 3 miles S.W. of Chipping Ongar, has in its parish 972 inhabitants, and 4386 acres of land. Some of its … Read more
Shelley 1848 Whites directory SHELLEY, a small parish of scattered houses, between the river Roding and Cripsey brook, 1½ mile N. of Chipping Ongar, has only 209 inhabitants, and 660 acres of land. James Tomlinson, Esq. , of Shelley Hall, is lord of the manor, which was purchased by him of the Kimpton family, but … Read more