Feering 1863 Whites Directory
FEERING, a small pleasant village, on the east side ofthe vale of the river Blackwater, and nearly half a mile north of the London road, is distant 14 mile N.E. of Kelvedon, and nine miles W.S.W. of Colchester. From Kelvedon Station, on the opposite side of the river, the Eastern Counties Railway runs between the village and the turnpike road, and is here crossed by three bridges. Feering parish is in Witham Union, and includes a suburb of Kelvedon, at Gorepit and the Bridge; as well as many scattered houses, and the small village of Feering Hill. It contains 804 inhabitants, and 3232 acres of fertile land, rising in gentle undulations from the river, and one of its tributary streams. At the Domesday survey, it was called Pheringas and Ferlingas, and was held by Ralph Peverell and the Abbot of Westminster. The latter held the larger manor of Feeringbury, which has been long held on lease under the Bishop of London, and has an old manor house, said to have been occasionally occupied by Bishop Ridley and his successor, Bishop Bonner, to whom the manor was given by Edward VI. and Queen Mary. J. C. Raven, Esq. , is lord of the manor of Prested Hall, which was formerly held by the Peverell, Weston, Tindall, and other families. Two farmhouses, called Chambers and Howchins, give name to small manors ; the former held by Mr. W. Arnold and the latter by Mrs. Honywood: The Everett and other families have estates in the parish. The Bishop of London is impropriator of the rectorial tithes. Gorepit House, near Kelvedon, is a handsome white brick mansion in the Tudor style, built in 1854 by the late Major Hamilton, and it is now the seat of his widow.
The Church (All Saints) is an ancient building, consisting of a nave, chancel, and north aisle, with a fine tower of flint and freestone at the west end, in the perpendicular style, containing five bells. The south wall of the nave and the porch are of fine red brick, in the style of the 16th century, and having a beautiful niche over the south door. The north side of the nave is formed by arches and handsome clustered pillars, in the decorated style. The chancel arch is in the semi-Norman style, and has recently been restored, the only remains of the original being the springings and parts of the capitals. The chancel is an example of the early, and the north aisle ofthe late decorated styles. The latter has some handsome windows filled with tracery, and in one of them is a fragment of stained glass. In the north wall is a tomb of red brick. The interior was thoroughly cleansed, and newly fitted up with open oak benches, in 1847. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £11, and now at £278, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Rochester, and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Drummond, M.A., who has about eight acres of glebe, and a neat white brick residence, commanding a fine view of the vale of the Blackwater river. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for about £536, and the vicarial for £253 per annum. Here is a National School, supported by subscription and the children’s pence. An ancient mansion, near Kelvedon Bridge, is now a beerhouse, and has some fine wainscoting in one of its rooms.
Bass Mrs Martha, Feering Lodge
Barleyman Geo. builder & wheelwright
Beardwell Mrs.school,Feering House
Bush Charles, brewer and maltster
Clark Samuel, shoemaker
Drummond Rev. Robert, M.A. vicar
Everett Cowlin, miller, Rye Mill
Green James, corn miller, Feeringbury; h Aldham
Hamilton Mrs. Gorepit House
Hutley William, blacksmith and assistant overseer
May William, carpenter
Miller Mrs Sarah
Cant Mrs E.
Moore Edward, gent. Little London
Parkinson James, wheelwright
Quy Jonas, shopkeeper. & vict. Bell
Raven John Cornwall, Esq. Feering Hill House
Shead Thos.W.broom & hurdle maker
Smith Rd. schoolmaster & parish clerk
BEERHOUSES.
Clark William
Finch William – Ship
Plastow Spsn.
FARMERS.
Appleby William Sutton
Batley Chas. Hy.
Cant Samuel
Catchpool Edw. Feeringbury
Church George and Joseph
Corder Wm. Start; h Kelvedon
Everett Geo. Sl Houchins
Hills Francis, Prested Hall
Ketley James
Medcalf Isaac
Moss John
Quilter Elijah
Quilter John,Hop green
Reeve Nathaniel
GARDENERS.
Church Mrs
Clark William
French Isaac
Newman William
Wiseman William
Wood Thomas
SHOPKEEPERS
Britton Albert Joseph
Dore Joseph
Grange Sophia
Quy Jonas
Post and Trains from Kelvedon