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admin Little Yeldham 1848 Whites Directory YELDHAM, ( LITTLE) or Upper Yeldham is a small but pleasant village and parish, about 1½ mile E.N.E of Great Yeldham, and 8 miles N. by W. of Halstead. It contains 333 inhabitants, and 919 acres of land . In Domesday Book it is described as a berewick in the … Read more
Great Yeldham 1848 Whites Directory YELDHAM, ( GREAT) or Lower Yeldham, is a neat and pleasant scattered village, on the high road, and on the banks of the small river Colne and two of its tributary streams, 7 miles N.N.W. of Halstead, and 5 miles S.S.W. of Clare. Its parish contains 726 souls, and 1793 … Read more
Wickham St Pauls 1848 Whites Directory WICKHAM ST. PAUL’S is a pleasant village, scattered round a large green, 5 miles N. of Halstead. Its parish contains 476 souls, and 1,225 acres of land, including Catley Cross, I mile S. of the church, and several scattered farm houses. It has generally a light but fertile soil … Read more
Wethersfield 1848 Whites Directory WETHERSFIELD is a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated on the northern acclivity of the vale of the river Pant or Blackwater, 7 miles N.N.W. of Braintree. It has several neat houses and well-stocked shops, and its parish contains 1685 inhabitants, and 4101 acres of land, and many scattered houses at … Read more
Twinstead 1848 Whites Directory TWINSTEAD, a small village and parish, 45 miles N.E. by N. of Halstead, has only 196 souls and 977 acres of land, including 104A. of wood- land. The Hon. Thos. H. G. Fermor, brother to the Earl of Pomfret, is lord of the manor and owner of Twinstead Hall, which was … Read more
Toppesfield 1848 Whites Directory TOPPESFIELD, a pleasant retired village on a commanding eminence, 8 miles N.W. by N. of Halstead, has in its parish 1073 inhabitants, many scattered houses, and 3246 acres of land, rising boldly from a tribu- tary stream of the river Colne, and generally having a deep tenacious marly soil, and requiring … Read more
TILBURY JUXTA CLARE is a small village and parish, 4 miles S. of Clare, and 7 miles N. by W. of Halstead, containing only 276 souls, and 925 acres ofland, having a hilly surface and a fertile, but rather heavy soil.The Earl of Mornington is lord of the manor, and owner of Tilbury Hall, an … Read more
Sturmer 1848 Whites Directory STURMER, or Sturmere, a small village and parish, 1½ mile S.E. of Haverhill, is watered by a tributary stream of the river Stour, and contains 333 souls, and 925 acres of land. It had its name from a lake or mere of the Stour, which formerly covered about 20 acres. J. … Read more
Stisted 1848 Whites Directory STISTED, a pleasant village on the northern acclivity of the vale of the Blackwater, 3 miles E. by N. of Braintree, has in its parish 911 inhabitants, and 2970 acres of land, in some parts low and in others hilly, with corre- sponding varieties of soil, and a good proportion of … Read more
Stebbing 1848 Whites Directory STEBBING, 3 miles N.E. of Dunmow, is a large straggling village, with many good houses, on the eastern acclivity of a valley, through which a rivulet flows southward to the Chelmer, and has here several mills. It has a fair for fat calves and other cattle, on the 10th of July … Read more