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admin Kelvedon Hatch 1848 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 430 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 1848 Whites directory GREENSTED is a small scattered village and parish, about one mile W. of Chipping Ongar, from which it is commonly called Greensted near Ongar, to distinguish it from Greensted near Colchester. It has only 159 inhabitants, and 674 acres of land, rising boldly from a tributary stream of the river Roding. … Read more
Fyfield 1848 Whites directory FYFIELD, a village and parish in the vale of the river Roding, 3 miles N.N.E. of Chipping Ongar, and 9 miles W. of Chelmsford, contains 563 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 … Read more
Chigwell 1848 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 2059 inhabitants, and 4522A. 1R. 22P. of land, and includes the handsome … Read more
Bobbingworth 1848 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 357 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 1848 Whites Directory – parishes in this Hundred ONGAR HUNDREDIs of an irregular oval 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, … Read more
Little Wakering 1848 Whites directory WAKERING ( LITTLE, ) is a village and parish, on the north side of Great Wakering Vakering , 4 miles E. by S. of Rochford, at the head of a navigable creek, which communicates with the sea, Broomhill river, and the Islands of Potton, Havengore, &c. In the island creeks … Read more
Great Wakering 1848 Whites directory WAKERING ( GREAT) is a large village, pleasantly situated on rising ground above the marshes, one mile from the sea shore, 5 miles E.S.E. of Rochford, and 4 miles E.N.E. of Southend. Its parish contains 860 souls, and 2755 acres of land, including the small Islands of Great Potton and … Read more
Little Stambridge 1848 Whites directory STAMBRIDGE ( LITTLE) is a small village and parish, 1 mile N.N.E. of Rochford, containing only 126 souls and 780 acres of land, and having a large brewery. James Tabor, Esq. , is lord of the manor, which was anciently appropriated to the monks of Holy Trinity, in Canterbury, and … Read more
Great Stambridge 1848 Whites directory STAMBRIDGE, (GREAT) a village on the north side of the navigable river Broomhill, 1½ mile E. by N. of Rochford, has in its parish 431 souls, and 2553 acres of land, including a portion of Wallasea Island, detached at the distance of four miles to the east. The manor was … Read more