BULPHAN, or Bulvan, is a village and parish, 3 miles N.W. of Horndon-on-the-Hill, and 7 miles S. by E. of Brentwood, containing 268 inhabitants, and 1651 acres of land, descending westward to a rivulet, where it has some low land, called Bulphan Fen.
Barking Abbey held the manor till the dissolution, after which it was given to Edward Bury.
William Hy. Clifton, Esq., is now lord of the manor, but the Petre, Stevens, Woollings, Bush, and other families, have estates here, chiefly copyhold. Garlesters farmhouse was for some time occupied by Dick Turpin, the celebrated highwayman.
The Church (Virgin Mary) is a small ancient structure, with a wooden belfry and spire. On the south side of the chancel are some remains of a chapel. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £23, and in 1831 at £345, is in the patronage of J. S. Hand, Esq. , and incumbency of the Rev. __
Ansell William shopkeeper & victualler, Harrow
Bloomfield Francis, shopkeeper
Gotts Mrs Sarah, Wick Place
Irvine John, wheelwright and smith
Jiggins Thomas, parish clerk
Mann James, shopkeeper
Straight Jno. & Jonth. wheelwrights
Waite Ann, beerhouse
Went Joseph, baker, &c.
FARMERS.
Bush George S.
Buckenham Hy.
Carver John
Cole Jas. Wick
Colles William
Gotts Jesse R. Mann Hy. Hall
Mann Jane, Hall
Stevens Daniel, Garlesters
Stevens William, Farren
Wallis Richard
Woollings Thomas
POST from Romford