Billericay history and accessibility
admin 1848 Whites directory Margaretting MARGARETTING, a small pleasant village, on the London road, 4 miles S.W. by S. of Chelmsford, and nearly 2 miles N.E. of Ingatestone, has in its parish 570 souls, and 2,260 acres of light fertileland land,,including 180A, ofwood. Itis traversed by the Eastern Counties Railway ; and the church is more … Read more
1848 Whites directory Little Leighs LEIGHS ( LITTLE) is a parish of scattered houses, near the small river Ter, 6½miles N. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles S.S.W. of Braintree. It has only 182 inhabitants, and 1,080 acres of land.LEIGHS PRIORY, which stood at the extremity of the parish, more than 1½ mile N.W. of the … Read more
1848 Whites directory Great Leighs LEIGHS, (GREAT) or Lees, is a parish of scattered houses, about 7miles N.N.E. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles S.S.W. of Braintree. It is intersected by the small river Ter, and contains 765 souls, and 3,125A. 3R. 30p. of land, of which, 564 souls, and 1,810 acres, are in CHATLEY hamlet, … Read more
1848 Whites directory East Hanningfield HANNINGFIELD, (EAST) a small pleasant village, scattered round a green, 6½ miles S.E. of Chelmsford, has in its parish 449 souls, and about 3,700 acres of land, generally fertile, and having aclayey soil Lord Petre is lord of the manors of East, South, and West Hanningfield; but a great part … Read more
1848 Whites directory South HanningfieldHANNINGFIELD, (SOUTH) a small scattered village and parish, 7 miles S.E. by S. of Chelmsford, and N.E. of Billericay,contains 226 souls, and 1,556 acres of land, partly a light clay, and including 98A. of wood, and 23A. ofwaste. Lord Petre is lord of the manor; but Sir W. B. Proctor, the … Read more
1848 Whites directory West HanningfieldHANNINGFIELD, (WEST) a pleasant village and parish , between two sources of the Sandon brook, 5 miles E. of Ingatestone,and 6 miles S.S.E. of Chelmsford, has 521 inhabitants, and 2,884 acres of land, including 196A. of wood, and 39A. of waste.Petre is lord of the manor; but a great part of … Read more
FRYERNING parish adjoins and includes more than a third of the small town of Ingatestone, which has a Post office, and a station on the Eastern Counties Railway, 23 miles N.E. of London. Its church, and some of its houses, are on an acclivity, about 1 mile N. W. of Ingatestone. It contains 807 inhabitants, … Read more
1848 Whites directory Danbury DANBURY isapleasant village, commanding extensive prospects, and seated on the highest hill in Essex, about 4 miles E. by S. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles W. by S. of Maldon. It is admirably adapted to the purpose of a military station, and from the remains of ancient works of that nature, … Read more
1848 Whites directory Chignal Smealey CHIGNAL SMEALY, or Little Chignal, is a very small parish near the source of a rivulet, 4½ miles N.W. of Chelmsford. It has only 94 inhabitants, and about 400 acres of land, belonging to Col. Austen, Mr. L. Lindon, and other freeholders. Dives Hall, an old manor house, partly encompassed … Read more
1848 Whites directory Chignal St JamesCHIGNAL ST. JAMES, is a small parish, 3 miles N.W. by W. of Chelmsford, containing only 252 souls, and about 909 acres of land, between two tributary streams of the river Can. It has been variously at the Domesday Survey. is in two manors, one called Chignal St.-Mary and St.-James, … Read more