HANNINGFIELD (EAST) a small pleasant village, scattered round a green, 6½ miles S.E. of Chelmsford, has in its parish 453 souls and about 3700 acres of land, generally fertile, and having a clayey soil. LordPetre is lord of the manors of East, South, and West Hanningfield ; but a great part of the soil belongs to various free and copyholders. They are called Haningfelda in Domesday Survey; and they afterwards belonged to the Montchensy family, whose heiress carried them, in 1260, by marriage to Hugh de Vere, second son of the Earl of Oxford, who had license to enlarge his park here. They afterwards passed to the Pembroke, Hasting, Beauchamp, and Neville families. About 1630, they were sold by Henry Neville, Lord Abergavenny, to Lord Petre. Claydons is a small subordinate manor in East Hanningfield, and in which J. Du Croz, Esq. , erected, about 20 years ago, a handsome mansioncalled Great Claydons, now the seat of John Dixon, Esq. The village is commonlycalledEast Hanningfield Tye ; and about a mile south of it is the Church (All Saints) which is anancient fabric in the perpendicular style, and was new roofed and thoroughly repaired in 1844, when the nave was newly fitted up with open benches, a new west gallery, &c. The interior has now a handsome appearance, and a small organ. At the west end is a new wooden belfry, containing three bells. The Rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 15s. 7½d., and in 1831 at £417, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. John Nottidge, M.A. Theglebe is 27A. 3R. 35P. , andthe tithes were commuted, in 1844, for £557 per annum. The Church Land consists of 12A. , at North Bemfleet. The poor widows of the parish have 25s. a-year from Lady Cæsar’s Charity, as noticed with West Hanningfield. Post via Chelmsford.
Brand Henry, parish clerk
Dixon John, Esq. Great Claydons
Eaton Rt. carpenter, & Stn. builder
Flack William, carpenter & builder
Hills Amelia, victualler, Three Horse Shoes
Myhill Richard, butcher
Nottidge Rev. John, M.A. rector
Ramsey Rachael, victualler, Plough & Sail
Shelley William, victualler, Wind Mill
FARMERS.
Beall Henry Clark, Hall
Bird William
Edwards James
Blanks Joseph
Garling Josiah
Hart George F. B.
Mott Charles
Ratcliff Joseph, Frenches
Southgate Thomas
Wells Henry
Wright Frederick
Stock Thomas
BEERHOUSES.
Cheek Mrs
Dowsett Joseph
Purkis Mrs
Wells Henry
SHOEMAKERS.
Bacon Thomas
Chapman Robert
Overall Joseph
SCHOOLS .
Abbott Mrs
SHOPKEEPERS .
Clark William
Cottee Charles
Dowsett Joseph
Grange Horatio
Stock Thomas