Hinckford Hundred 1848 Whites directory – parishes in this Hundred
HINCKFORD HUNDRED.
HINCKFORD Hundred is the largest hundred in Essex, averaging about 15 miles in length and breadth, but of an irregular figure. It is bounded on the north and north-east (except for about three miles,) by the winding stream of the river Stour, which divides it from Suffolk ; on the west, by Freshwell and Dunmow Hundreds ; on the south, by Wi- tham Hundred; and on the south-east, by Lexden Hundred. The rivers Stour, Colne, Pant, (or Blackwater, ) and Brain, flow here through fertile and picturesque valleys, and receive in their courses many tributary streams. The Hundred is fertile, well wooded, and beautifully undulated, and it contains many neat villages and handsome seats, and the market towns of Braintree and Halstead ; and those of Sudbury, Clare, and Haverhill, in Suffolk, adjoin its northern borders. It is traversed by good turnpike and parish roads ; and railways are now constructing, from the Eastern Counties line, to Braintree, Halstead, and Sudbury. In various parts of it are about 300 acres of hop plantations . The Hundred is all in the Northern Parliamentary Division of Essex, and most of it is in Braintree and Castle Hedingham Polling Districts. It is in the Diocese of Rochester, and Archdeaconry of Colchester; and in the DEANERY OF HEDINGHAM, now divided into the Rural Deaneries of Belchamp, Bocking, Halstead, and Yeldham.
The HIGH CONSTABLES of Hinckford Hundred are- Messrs. J. H. Nunn, of Yeldham ; and O. Hustler, of Halstead. The Hundred forms two POLICE DIVISIONS ; and the superintendents are, Mr. John Hay, of Castle Hedingham, for North Hinckford ; and Mr. Samuel Malings, of Braintree, for South Hinckford. PETTY SESSIONS are held every alternate Wednesday, at Braintree, and every Tuesday alternately at Halstead and Castle Hedingham. The clerks to the magistrates are, J. Cunningham, A. C. Veley, and E. Stedman, Esqrs. The COUNTY COURT is held monthly, at Braintree, Halstead, and Sudbury, for different parts of this Hundred; but Felsted and Stebbing are in Dunmow Court District.
The following enumeration of the 46 parishes, three hamlets , and two extra- parochial places, of this extensive Hundred, shows their territorial extent, their population in 1841 , and the annual value of their lands and buildings, as assessed to the property tax in 1843.
PARISHES, Acres. Popuation in 1841
Alphamstone 1531 Acres, 314
Ashen 1452 Acres, 321
Ballingdon 813 Acres, 843
Belchamp Otten 1688 Acres, 389
Belchmp St Paul’s 2499 Acres, 731
Belchamp Walter 2080 Acres, 652
North Wood ex parochial , 17
Northend ex parochial , 29
Birdbrook 2330 Acres, 557
Bocking 4198 Acres, 3437
Borley 750 Acres, 188
Braintree 2242 Acres, 3670
Braintree and Bocking 1848 Whites directory
BRAINTREE AND BOCKING Gentry, Clergy 1848 Whites directory
BRAINTREE AND BOCKING 1848 Whites Directory Trades Farmers to Bankers
BRAINTREE AND BOCKING 1848 Whites Directory Trades Basket and Sieve Makers to Butchers
BRAINTREE AND BOCKING 1848 Whites Directory Trades Cabinet Makers to Grocers
BRAINTREE AND BOCKING 1848 Whites Directory Trades Hempen Cloth to Milliners
BRAINTREE AND BOCKING 1848 Whites Directory Trades Painters to Carriers
Bulmer 2705 Acres, 775
Bumpstead Steeple 3279 Acres, 1212
Bures hamlet 1520 Acres, 612
Felsted 5969 Acres, 1798
Finchingfield 8011 Acres, 2262
Foxearth 2012 Acres, 1582
Gestingthorpe 2609 Acres, 834
Gosfield 2966 Acres, 653
Halstead 5425 Acres, 5710
Haverhill hamlet 654 Acres, 299
Hedingham Castle 2431 Acres, 1343
Hedingham Sible 5248 Acres, 2322
Henny Great 1096 Acres, 417
Henny Little 409 Acres, 65
Kedington hamlet 723 Acres, 82
Lamarsh 1210 Acres, 404
Liston 631 Acres, 80
Maplestead Great 1892 Acres, 452
Maplestead Little 1063 Acres, 407
Middleton 896 Acres, 127
Ovington 700 Acres, 166
Panfield 1475 Acres, 299
Pebmarsh 1978 Acres, 614
Pentlow 1804 Acres, 364
Rayne 1649 Acres, 355
Ridgwell 1663 Acres, 753
Saling Great 1651 Acres, 349
Shalford 2407 Acres, 832
Stambourne 1840 Acres, 540
Stebbing 4143 Acres, 1458
Stisted 2967 Acres, 911
Sturmer 925 Acres, 333
Tilbury juxta Clare 925 Acres, 276
Toppesfield 3246 Acres, 1073
Twinstead 977 Acres, 196
Wethersfield 4101 Acres, 1685
Wickham St Paul 1225 Acres, 476
Yeldham Great 1793 Acres, 726
Yeldham Little 919 Acres, 333
Totals 106, 280 Acres, 43,215
|| The 28 parishes marked thus are in the Liberty of the Duchy ofLancaster, for which J. Mayhew, Esq. , of Coggeshall, is coroner.
Ballingdon is in the Borough of Sudbury.
† Bocking return included 162 persons in Braintree Union Workhouse ; and Halstead 98 in Halstead Union Workhouse. Bocking and Braintree form one town.
§ The parishes of Bures, Haverhill, and Kedington, are mostly in Suffolk.
UNIONS :-
Alphampstone, Ballingdon ; Belchamp, Otten, St. Paul, and Walter; Birley, Bulmer, Bures, Foxearth, Gestingthorpe, Great and Little Henny, Lamarsh, Liston, Middleton, Pentlow, Twinstead, and Wickham St. Paul, are in SUDBURY UNION, which has 22,061 inhabitants in Suffolk, and 7987 in Essex.
Ashen, Birdbrook, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, Kedington, Ovington, and Sturmer, are in RISBRIDGE UNION, which has 3875 inhabitants in this county, and 13,565 in Suffolk.
Felsted and Stebbing are in DUNMOW UNION, and the other 22 parishes are in Halstead and Braintree Unions, as noticed below.
BRAINTREE UNION comprises the 14 parishes of Bocking, Braintree, Bradwell, Cressing, Finchingfield, Black and White Notley, Panfield, Pattiswick, Rayne, Great Saling, Shalford, Stisted, and Wethersfield, which comprise an area of 36,775 acres, and had 16,018 inhabitants, in 1841, consisting of 7742 males, and 8276 females, living in 3363 houses, besides which there were 129 unoccupied, and 36 building, when the census was taken.
The average annual expenditure on the poor of this district, during the three years preceding the formation of the union, was £13,448, but in 1838 it was only £9495, and in 1847 about £11,000. According to the old county rate assessment, the annual value of the lands and buildings, in this union, was only £36,522 ; but in the new valuation of 1848, it is increasedto £72,977. The Workhouse stands in Bocking, and was built in 1837, at the cost of £6966 ; and Wm. and Mrs. Malyon are the master and matron ; and the Rev. R. S. Dobsonis the chaplain.
Mr. John Cunnington is the union clerk and superintendent registrar; Messrs. Eli Tyler, R. C. Tomlinson, and C. Crawley, are the registrars of births and deaths. Mr. E. Tyler is registrar of marriages for the whole union.
HALSTEAD UNION comprises the 16 parishes of Earls Colne, Colne Engaine, White Colne, Gosfield, Halstead, Castle and Sible Hedingham, Great andLittle Maplestead, Pebmarsh, Ridgewell, Stambourne, Tilbury, Toppesfield, and Great and Little Yeldham, which extend over about 37,200 acres of land, and had 17,691 inhabitants in 1841, consisting of 8594 males, and 9097 females, residing in 3640 houses, besides which there were 139 unoccupied, and 18 building, when the census was taken. The lands and buildings in the 16 parishes are now assessed to the county rate, at the annual value of £71,439, but under the old assessment at only £37,402. Their total average annual expenditure on thepoor, during the three years preceding the formation of the union, was £16,821 , but in 1839 it was only £8472, and in 1847 about £11,000. The WORKHOUSE, a large building, in the form ofthe letter T, was built in 1838, at the cost of about £7500, and has room for 300 inmates. Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Johnson are the master and matron; and the Rev. R. W. Houghtonis the chaplain. Orbell Hustler, Esq. , is the union clerk and superintendent registrar; Messrs . Joseph. Curtis and Thos. Swindells, are the relieving officers ; Messrs. S. Rodick and J. Curtis are the registrars ofbirths and deaths; and Mr. Joseph. Spurgeon is registrar of marriages.