Billericay history and accessibility
admin Braintree and Bocking 1848 Whites directoryBRAINTREE AND BOCKING.BRAINTREE, a well built and improving market town, is partly in its own parish, and partly in that of Bocking, and extends about two miles on both sides the high road, southward from the river Pant, or Blackwater, to the small river Brain ; 12 miles N. by … Read more
Borley 1848 Whites directory BORLEY, a very small village, on the south- western acclivity of the Stour valley, 2 miles N.W. of Sudbury, has in its parish only 188 souls and 776 acres of land , extending down to the river bank, where there is a water mill, near the Hall, a good house, occupied … Read more
Birdbrook 1848 Whites directory BIRDBROOK, a pleasant village, on abold eminence, near the chief source of the river Colne, 10 miles N.W. of Halstead, and 4 miles S.E. of Haverhill, has in its parish 557 inhabitants, and 2330 acres of land, including the small village of BAYTHORN END, on the high road, and on the … Read more
Belchamp Walter 1848 Whites directoryBELCHAMP WALTER is a widely scattered village, from three to four miles W. of Sudbury, and has in its parish 698 souls, and 2080 acres of land, including the small extra-parochial places, called North Wood and North End, the former of which has 17, and the latter 29 inhabitants. The parish … Read more
Belchamp St Pauls 1848 Whites directoryBELCHAMP ST. PAUL’S is a long straggling village, on an eminence, from 2 to 3 miles S.E. of Clare, and its parish contains 731 souls and 2500 acres of land, bounded on the north by the river Stour.A cattle fair is held on December 11th, on Cole- Green, at the … Read more
Belchamp Otten 1848 Whites directory BELCHAMP, ( OTTEN) a pleasant scattered village, 6 miles W. of Sudbury, has in its parishsh 389 inhabitants and 1688 acres of fertile land. Samuel Sampson, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs George Thistlewood, Thos. Pung, and Robt. Halls, Esqrs.; and Messrs. … Read more
Ballingdon 1848 Whites directory BALLINGDON CUM BRUNDON has been annexed by the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1835 to the Borough of Sudbury, in Suffolk, from which it is separated only by the river Stour. It contains 813 acres and 843 inhabitants, and was formerly a separate parish ; but its ancient church, which stood … Read more
ASHEN, a small village on a bold acclivity on the south side of the river Stour, 2 miles S.W. of Clare, has in its parish 321 souls and 1452 acres of fertile land. John P. Elwes, Esq., is lord of the manor and owner of Launds and Claret Hall ; but Ashen House estate belongs … Read more
Alphamstone 1848 Whites directory ALPHAMSTONE, a small village on an eminence overlooking the vale of the Stour, 5 miles N.E. by E. ofHalstead, has in its parish 341 souls, and 1531 A. ofland. It has a fair, for pleasure and pedlery, on the 1st Thursday in June. Sir R. T. D. Neave, Bart., is lord … Read more
Hinckford Hundred 1848 Whites directory – parishes in this Hundred HINCKFORD HUNDRED. HINCKFORD Hundred is the largest hundred in Essex, averaging about 15 miles in length and breadth, but of an irregular figure. It is bounded on the north and north-east (except for about three miles,) by the winding stream of the river Stour, which … Read more