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admin Chipping Ongar 1863 Whites directory ONGAR (CHIPPING) is a small market town, pleasantly situated betwixt and near the confluence of the river Roding and the Cripsey brook, on the London and Dunmow road, 20 miles N.E. of the former, 14 miles S. byW, of the latter, 7 miles N.N.W. of Brentwood, 7 miles E. by … Read more
North Weald Bassett 1863 Whites directory NORTH WEALD BASSETT is a scattered village, partly called Weald Gullet, and situated from 2 to 3 miles N.E. of Epping. Its parish contains 842 inhabitants, and about 3000 acres of land, including the hamlets of HASLINWOOD and THORNWOOD, which are more than a mile W. of the church. … Read more
Norton Mandeville 1863 Whites directory NORTON-MANDEVILLE parish has only 135 souls, and 727A. 1R. 39p. of land, though the village is situated more than amile E. of the church, on the Chelmsford and Epping road, 4 miles E. of Chipping Ongar. At the Domesday Survey it belonged to Hamo Dapifer. It is now in two … Read more
Navestock 1863 Whites directory NAVESTOCK, a pleasant scattered village from 4 to 5 miles S. of Chipping Ongar, and from 5 to 7 miles N.N.E. of Romford, is partly on the south side of the vale of the Roding, and partly on the cultivated heath, which has a hilly surface, and extends southward to the … Read more
Moreton 1863 Whites directory MORETON, a village on a pleasant acclivity, on the north side of the vale of the small river Cripsey, 3½ miles N. by W. of Chipping Ongar, has in its parish 544 souls, and 1435 acres of land, held by Sexi, a freeman, in Edward the Confessor’s time. It is now … Read more
Loughton 1863 Whites directory LOUGHTON is a large scattered village, on the eastern side of Epping Forest, and the western side of the picturesque vale of the river Roding, 12 miles N.E. by E. of London, and 4 miles S.S.W. ofEpping; consisting chiefly of Loughton Road, which extends near two miles along the high road, … Read more
Magdalen Laver 1863 Whites directory LAVER (MAGDALEN) parish lies south-west of High Laver, 4miles S.E. of Harlow, and 5 miles N.N.W. of Chipping Ongar. It has a small scattered village, and contains 236 souls, and about 1000 acres of land, which gives rise to one of the tributary streams of the small river Cripsey. At … Read more
Little Laver 1863 Whites directory LAVER (LITTLE) is a small parish and scattered village adjoining the above, and 5 miles N. of Ongar. It has only 119 souls, and 886 acres of land. John Maryon Wilson, Esq. , is lord of the manor of Enville, but a great part of the soil, and the manor … Read more
High Laver 1863 Whites directory LAVER (HIGH) is a parish of scattered houses, 7 miles N.E. by N. of Epping, and 5 miles N. by W. of Chipping Ongar, near one of the sources of the small river Cripsey. It has 534 souls, and 1994 acres of land, belonging to various owners. The small estate … Read more
Abridge and Lambourne 1863 Whites directory LAMBOURNE parish comprises several scattered houses near the church, but the chief part of its population is a mile to the west, in the improving village of ABRIDGE, on the south side of the river Roding, 4 miles S. by E. of Epping, and on the London and Ongar … Read more