Great Baddow – Chelmsford Hundred 1863 Whites directory
GREAT BADDOW, one of thehandsomest villages in Essex, is pleasantly situated nearly 2 miles E.S.E. of Chelmsford, on the Maldon road, and on the south side ofthe fertile vale of the Chelmer.
Its parish includes most of GALLEYWOOD COMMON, on which it has asmall village and chapel of ease about 24 miles S. of Chelmsford, near the Race Course. It also comprises many scattered farms and neat houses. It increased its population from 1445 souls in 1801, to 2061 in 1861; and comprehends 3621 acres of fertile land, skirted on the north by the river Chelmer. About two-thirds are arable, 30A. wood, 304. waste, and 1052A. in pasturage. J. A. Houblon, Esq. , is lord of the manor, which was purchased, in 1736, of the Paschals, who held it in the reign of Edward VI.
In Saxon times it was held by the Earls of Mercia. It afterwards passed to the Crown, andwas one of the manors granted by Henry VIII. to his Queen, Katharine of Arragon. A great part of the soil is copyhold, belonging to various owners. The farms called Great and Little Sir Hughes, and Sebright, had their names from Sir Hugh de Baddow and the Sebright family, who were seated here at an early period. The Church (Virgin Mary) is a large ancient structure, with amassive flint tower at the west end, finely mantled with ivy, containing eight bells, and surmounted by a tall spire. The body consists of a nave and aisles, and a chancel with a south aisle, and is a fine specimen of the decorated, or early English style, but has undergonemany repairs. The nave was restored and repewed about seven years ago. The south gallery, with 196 sittings, was erected in 1832. The benefice is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £18.6s. 8d. , and in 1831 at £445. It is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. A. W. Bullen, M.A. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £460, and the rectorial tithes for £567 per annum. The latter belong to J. A. Houlbon, Esq. There were formerly two chantries in the church, founded by Margaret Coggeshall and Thomas Kille.
One was valued at the dissolution at £20. 16s. 8d. , and the other at £14. 13s. 4d. In the parish was a free chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and its possessions were granted, in 1557, to John Drake and others ; and are supposed to have comprised lands called “Peirce at Mead and le Vynes.” Alexander Barclay, D.D., one of the most learned writers and translators of the 16th century, was vicar here in 1546. Subscriptions are raised yearly for the sale of coals, at reduced prices, to the poor parishioners, and in aid of their Clothing Club . Here is also a District Visiting Society for supplying the destitute with meat and groceries. The parish has a Free School, National Schools, and various charities for the poor. An annual pleasure fair is held here on May 14th.
The Free School was founded in 1731, by Jasper Jeffery, who built the school and purchased the master’s house. For the gratuitous education of 20 poor boys, and providing them with books, he bequeathed more than £1000, which was laid out in the purchase of Pynning’s Farm, 1214. 1R. 6P. , at West Hanningfield, nowlet for about £150. The charity has also a sum of £125 Three per Cent. Consols, purchased with savings of income, in 1835. Mr. Stephen Henry Sharman is the master, and teaches 30 free scholars. The Vicar and others are the trustees.
The National Schools, in Great Baddow, were built in 1830, and are attended by about 150 children. They are supported by subscription, and the dividends of £375 Three-and-a-half per Cent. Reduced Annuities, given by Mrs. Henrietta Pugh, for the support of Day and Sunday Schools in this parish. At Galleywood Common is a building used as a Chapel of Ease and a School.
The Church Land, 84. 3r. , is let for £35. 10s., and has been long vested in trust, for the repairs of the church. The overseers have a yearly rent- charge of 10s. , out of a field called Warren’s Hope, belonging to the lord of themanor. The Parish Clerk has a house and garden near the churchyard, and a yearly sum of £5 from the lord of the manor, in lieu of commonright. Five Almshouses, occupied rent free by poor families, were given, in 1773, in lieu of two copyhold tenements, which had become forfeited to the lord of the manor. In 1636, Ellen Sydner left a yearly rent-charge of £5. 4s. , out of the farm called Great Sir Hughes, for aweekly distribution of bread among the poor parishioners, who have, for the same purpose, the following yearly sums, viz.: £5 left by Roger Reader, in 1693, out of a house and land called Pitt Place ; £2.0s. 8d. given by an unknown Donor, out of property belonging to Chelmsford Grammar School; and £2. 12s. left by an unknown Donor, out of Peirce Farm, which is also charged with 20s. a-year for a sermon on Good Friday.
These bread charities are distributed by the churchwardens. Mrs. Henrietta Pugh, in 1804 and 8, gave £200 to the vicar, in trust, for the relief of poor parishioners not receiving aid from the poor rates. This sum was laid out in the purchase of £319. 17s. Three per Cent. Consols. In 1822, Marshall Straight bequeathed to the vicar and churchwardens £276. 10s. 10d. Three per Cent. Consols, in trust, to distribute the divi dends in bread among the poor on the 25th of March and 21st of Decem-ber. The dividends of £25 of the same stock, left by Thomas Trumble, in 1824, are distributed among poor women attending the church.
GREAT BADDOW PARISH. Those marked * are on Galleywood Common.
POST OFFICE at Chas. Stannard’s. Letters via Chelmsford. There is also a Sub-Post Office at Galleywood.
Aldred William, fruiterer
Bacon George, cooper
Bell Mrs Chtte.
Blanks Charles, wheelwright, &c.
Boggis James, Esq. Baddow Court
Brooks Wm. Esq. Baddow Lodge
Bullen Rev. Abm. Wm. M.A. vicar
Clarence Mrs
Crabb Richd. Hatley& Jno. Seabrook, brewers, & wine & spirit merchants
Dennis Thomas, assist. overseer, &c.
Douglas Mrs Mary, Baddow Court
Drake Rev. George James Assheton, Noakes Place
Gaywood Mr James
Gilson Misses Sophia & Alice Jane
Grave William, cattle dealer
Grove James, corn merchant, &c.
Hare Henry, M.D. and surgeon
Harward George, saddler & parish clerk.
Horth Thomas, tinner, brazier, &c.
*Lambirth Mr Henry Benjamin Letch Richard, swine, &c. jobber
McLachlan Mrs S. Baddow Hall
Parker Miss My. A. Chelmer Cottage
Pertwee Mrs &MrJph . BreweryHs
Ruffell Ts.Reeve, plumbr.paintr.&c.
*Sewell Peter, corn miller
Skinner Major Samuel Jas. R.A. Branwoods
Stevens William, corn miller
*Taylor Dd. Galleywood Post Office
Waters Francis, Esq. Albert Villa
Willis Miss Emma Jane, Vicarage
Farmers
Bewers George, Great Maskells
*Britten William
Brazier Richard
Copland Edm. Pledger, Gardner’s
Crabb Rd. H. & J. S. Hall Farm
Crozier James, Mead gate
Dixon John, & tanner, Pitt Place
Duffield James, Manor Farm
Goggs James, Baddow Park
Howard Robert, and cattle dealer
Leatherdale Joseph.
Mayhew John
Phillips Thos.
Little Sir Hughes
*Rayner Henry, (& brick maker)
Simmons Charles, Sebrights
*Spight Wm. & Hy. (& brickmakers)
*Stevens George, Galley Hall
Thomas Edmund, Great Sir Hughes
Wilkinson Charles, Little Maskells
*Yell William Lathcoates
Yell Thomas
INNS AND TAVERNS
*Bear, Thomas Brown
Beehive, Edw. Goodliff, cabinet mkr.
Bell Inn, Geo. Thos. Spurgeon
Blue Lion, William Rayment
**Blue Lion, John Newcombe
**Horse & Groom, Samuel Sewell
King’s Head, James Patten
*Running Mare, Charles Fogg
White Horse, John Jas. Holbrow, agent to Sovereign Life Office & British Economical Manure Co.
BAKERS,
*Brown George
Dowsett Henry
*Letch Rich. jun.
Robinson Abm.J.
Rumsey William
BEERHOUSES.
Beckett William
Dean George
Flexman James
*Mills Samuel
*Pilkington Abm.
Rudland Robert
- Scotcher James
*Taylor John
BLACKSMITHS
*Blanks Lazarus.
Blanks Mary
*Brown Thomas
Sparrow L. J.
Boot & Shoemakers
Carter Potter
Clarke George
*Dean Geo. Rt.
Eaton Robert
Hawes Thomas
BUTCHERS.
Davis Frederick
Finch Richard
CARPENTERS .
Beckett William
Blanks Charles
Crush Charles
Newcombe John
Pennack Charles
Bewers George, Great Maskells
Rudland Robert
Sorrell John
*Turner Charles
SCHOOLS.
Balls George
Callendar Mary
*Chandlar Miss
Sharman Stn. Hy.
SHOPKEEPERS, Grocery , Flour, &c. , Dealers .
*Bentall John
Cook Richard
Emberson Sarah
Fitch Samuel
Flexman James
*Judd William
Rogers Mrs
Stannard Charles
TAILORS .
Kidd W. Poulton
Rowland George
*Spight Henry
CARRIER.
John Guiver, to Chelmsford daily