Downham 1863 Whites directory
DOWNHAM, a parish of scattered houses on the north side of this Hundred, 4½ miles E. by W. of Billericay, has 247 souls, and 2152 acres of land, rising in bold undulations. It is not named in Domesday Book, and is now in three manors, viz.:-Downham Hall and Berne Hall, belonging to R. B. Berens, … Read more