Little Clacton 1848 Whites Directory
CLACTON, ( LITTLE) a pleasant scattered village, occupies a level site, nearly 2 miles N. of Great Clacton, and 12 miles E.S.E. of Colchester. It has a fair on the 25th of July, and its parish contains 547 souls, and 2908A. of land. W. F. Nassau, Esq., is lord of the two manors, but a great part of the soil belongs to P. Bennett, Esq., the Naval Knights of Windsor, Miss Harding, Miss Freeman, and several others . The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. The manor of Geddy Hall has been held by the Cary, Webb, and other families; and that of Bovils, by the Dovell, Travers, and Holditch families.
The Church (St. James,) is a small ancient structure, which was re-pewed in 1847. It was appropriated to St. Osyth Priory, and the great tithes now belong to the principal landowners. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6. 13s. 4d. , and in 1831 at £120. It is in the patronage of W. F. Nassau, Esq. , and incumbency of the Rev. J. L. Kirby, B.A., who has a good residence, built in 1839, and £156 a year in lieu of tithes. A legacy of £100, left for the poor by Wm. Hubbard, in 1596, was laid out in the purchase of 22A. of land, at Saint Osyth, now let for £34, which is distributed in blankets, coals, meat, and small sums of money, except £1 carried to the Sunday school account.
Barham Charles, swine dealer
Eldred Hannah, blacksmith
Funnell James, basket maker
Kirby Rev. John Lance. B.A. vicar
Fisher William Woods, grocer & draper
Large Mr Robert
Francis William, carpenter, &c.
Rashbrook Ray, vict. Blacksmiths’ Arms
Fisher John, Bovils Hall
Taylor George, parish clerk
Thorrington William, grocer, &c.
FARMERS. ( * are Owners. )
Brown Thos.
Budds William
*Blundon George Mead
Evans Thomas, Geddy Hall
Funnell Nathaniel
Frost George
Hicks Thomas, Grove House
Lott William
Lott John
Orpen Daniel
Rashbrooke Joseph.
*Sparling John William sen. and jun.
Thorrington James
Winterflood Isaac.
Welham John, Clacton Lodge