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admin Kelvedon Hatch 1863 Whites directory KELVEDON HATCH is a scattered village, mostly on a green or common, from 2 to 4 miles S. by E. of Chipping-Ongar, and its parish contains 502 souls and 1656 acres of land. Kelvedon Hall, a neat mansion in a small park, is the seat of J. F. Wright, Esq., … Read more
Greensted 1863 Whites directory GREENSTED is a small scattered village and parish, about 1 mile W. of Chipping Ongar, from which it is commonly called Greensted near Ongar, to distinguish it from Greensted near Colchester. It has only 136 inhabitants, and 674 acres ofland, rising boldly from a tributary stream of the river Roding. At … Read more
Fyfield 1863 Whites directoryFYFIELD, a village and parish in the vale of the river Roding, 3 miles N. of Chipping Ongar, and 10 miles W. of Chelmsford, contains 589 souls, and 2390 acres of land. In old records it is variously spelt Fyfhide, Fishide, &c. At the Norman survey it belonged to the Earl of … Read more
Chigwell 1863 Whites directory CHIGWELL is a large and pleasant village on the east side of the river Roding, and on the London and Ongar road, 11 miles N.E. of the former, and 9 miles S.W. of the latter town. Its parish contains 1965 inhabitants, and 4522A. 1R. 22P. of land, and includes the handsome … Read more
Bobbingworth 1863 Whites directory BOBBINGWORTH, a pleasant retired village, surrounding a green, 5 miles N.E. by E. of Epping, and 2 miles N. by W. of Chipping Ongar, has in its parish 341 inhabitants, and 1628 acres of fertile land, rising in bold undulations on the west side of the Cripsey brook, which flows southward … Read more
Ongar Hundred 1863 Whites directory ONGAR HUNDREDIs of an irregular figure, about 16 miles in length, from north to south, and varying from 8 to 5 miles in breadth. It is bounded by the Hundreds of Waltham and Harlow, on the west; Dunmow on the north ; Dunmow, Chelmsford, and Barstable, on the east; and … Read more
Sheering 1863 Whites directory SHEERING, or SHERING, is a pleasant village, on the Dunmow road, 2 miles N.E. of Harlow. Its parish, which contains 499 inhabitants, and 1594 acres of land, extends westward to the river Stort, which separates it from Hertfordshire. In old records it is called Sceringa, Snaring, Cherring, &c. In the Confessor’s … Read more
Roydon 1863 Whites directory ROYDON, a pleasant village, is picturesquely seated in the beautiful vale of the river Stort, four miles S.E. of Ware, and five miles W.S.W. of Harlow; and has a Station on the North Eastern branch of the Eastern Counties Railway. Its parish contains about 900 inhabitants, and 2994 acres of land, … Read more
Little Pandon 1863 Whites directoryPARNDON, (LITTLE) one of the smallest parishes in the county, is pleasantly situated on the east side of the vale of the Stort, near Burnt Mill Station, on the North Eastern Railway, 2 miles S.W. of Harlow. It contains only about 60 souls, and 522 acres of land, exclusive of 56 … Read more
Great Pandon 1863 Whites directoryPARNDON, (GREAT) four miles S.W. of Harlow, is a pleasant scattered village and hilly parish, at the south end of this Hundred, watered by a rivulet which flows westward to the Stort. It contains 492 souls, and 2200 acres of land, adjoining Harlow Bush Common, on the east. The Earl of … Read more