Billericay history and accessibility
admin 1848 Whites directory Rettendon RETTENDON, or Rettenden parish contains many scattered houses, and most of the village of BATTLE BRIDGE, on the river Crouch, 4miles N.W. ofRayleigh, and 9 m. S.E. by S. of Chelmsford.The mill and houses on the north side of Battle Bridge, are in Rawreth parish. The bridge is of wood, and … Read more
1848 Whites directory Mountnessing MOUNTNESSING parish has a small village , or ” street,” on the London road, 2 miles S.W. of Ingstestone, and 4 miles W.N.W. of Billericay ; but it has many scattered houses, and its church is 1½ mile to the east, near the small river Wid, which receives here several tributary … Read more
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