Fingringhoe 1863 Whites directory
FINGRINGHOE is a pleasant village, on the south side of the Roman river, and the west side of the vale of the Colne, 4 miles S.S.E. of Colchester. It has a pleasure fair on Easter Monday, and its parish contains 670 souls, and 2863 acres of land, extending more than a mile eastward to the banks of the river Colne, where there is a ferry to Wivenhoe ; and southward to the salt marshes, bordering on two small creeks of the Colne Fishery, called North and South Geedon.
Sir Robert Affleck, Bart., is now lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to Thomas White, Esq., Mrs. Brock, J. G. Chamberlain, and several smaller owners, mostly copyholders, subject to certain fines. On the Wick Farm, old coins, foundations of buildings, and other ancient relics, have often been found; as well as beds of oysters, at a considerable depth below the surface.
The Church (St. Andrew,) is a fine antique fabric, with a nave, chancel, side aisles, and a tower of flint and stone. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £13. 7s. , and now at £175, is in the patronage of T. C. Brettingham, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. T. C. Brettingham, B.A. The rectorial tithes belong to Thomas and J. K. Hunt, Esqrs. The Church Lands, given by unknown donors, at an early period; and the Poor’s Land, given by Giles Sayer, in 1708, are copyhold; and the trustees for many years applied all the rents in repairing the church, but in 1832 the property was divided. That belonging to the church now consists of 10A. 2R. 8P. , let for £11; and that belonging to the poor comprises 8A. 1R. 20P., let for £10 10s. , and eight tenements, with gardens, let to the overseers for £10, and occupied by poor families.
There is also an allottment of 2A. 1R. 5P. , awarded at the enclosure, in 1816, and let for £2, which is divided equally between the church and the poor. For a weekly distribution of bread, the poor have a yearly rent-charge of 52s. , left by George Frere, in 1655, out of the manor.
POST OFFICE at Mrs. Fookes ; letters via Colchester.
Abrey William, gardner
Brettingham Rev. Thomas Clarke B.A., vicar
Crickmore John, wheelwright
CroydenJno. relieving officer & registrar
Durrant William, boot and shoe maker
Fookes Mrs Maria, blacksmith
Goody William, shopkeeper
Newman William, parish clerk
Pettican John, vict. Whalebone
Royce John, corn miller
FARMERS.
Shead William, carpenter and builder
Hellen Jas. Green
Page Benjamin
Pertwee Thos.
Sallow Edward
Barton Benj . S.
Bonner Charles
Frost Anthony
Green Daniel. Abbot
Green Mrs Mary Ann, Hall
Stone William Hy.
Tettrell Geo.
Wyncoll John