Witham Hundred 1848 Whites Directory

WITHAM HUNDREDIs one of the pleasantest and most fertile divisions of Essex, and is of an irregular circular figure, averaging about nine miles in length and breadth. It is watered by the rivers Blackwater, Brain, and Ter, which flow southward through fertile valleys ; and on its southern border, the Chelmer runs eastward to Maldon. … Read more