North Weald Bassett 1863 Whites directory
NORTH WEALD BASSETT is a scattered village, partly called Weald Gullet, and situated from 2 to 3 miles N.E. of Epping. Its parish contains 842 inhabitants, and about 3000 acres of land, including the hamlets of HASLINWOOD and THORNWOOD, which are more than a mile W. of the church. The Common (300A.) was enclosed in 1860. The parish was called North Weald from its proximity to the northern woods of Epping Forest, and had the latter part of its name from its ancient owners, the Bassett or Basset family. C. H. Puller, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the parish, but here are two small manors, called Cawnes and Marshalls, the former belonging to Merton College, Oxford, and the latter to J. A. Houblon, Esq. Other estates, called Paris, Wheelers, &c., belong to several smaller owners. The copy-holds are subject to arbitrary fines. Weald Hall, now a farm-house, had formerly a free chapel and a large park. The site of the latter is still called Park Fields.
The Church (St. Andrew) is a small ancient building, with high bricktower containing six bells. It has a chancel, nave, and south aisle, and at the end of the latter is a small chapel. On a tombstone are some well executed brasses, on which are engraved effigies of Walter Larder and his lady, with their three sons and two daughters, who died in the 17th century. The church was appropriated by Cicely de Essex to Clarkenwell Priory, in London. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £13 6s. 8d., and in 1831 at £380, is in the alternate patronage of the Bishop of Rochester, and R. P. Ward, Esq.; and incumbency of the Rev. Hy. Cockerell, M.A., who has 11A. of glebe, and a handsome residence, in the Elizabethan style, built in 1829, at the cost of about £2000. C. H. Puller, Esq. , is impropriator of the rectory, which has 24A. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1842, the rectorial for £431. 10s., and the vicarial for £451.10s. Here is an Independent Chapel, built in 1826.
Simon Thorogood, about 1650, left £50 towards building the school, which he endowed with a yearly rent of £10 out of an estate called Hart-graves, in Barking. The school is now conducted as aNational School. In 1809, Anna Manning Burrell left £400, now £372. 15s. new 31 per cents. and directed the dividends to be given yearly, in equal shares, to four poor aged widows of this parish, by the vicar and churchwardens.
The value of 36 bushels of barley is distributed annually among the poor parishioners, as a charge on 6A. of land belonging to the impropriate rectory. This charity is supposed to have been given by a Dr. Searle.
Baker James, blacksmith & beerhouse
Blatch Samuel, carpenter & wheelwright
Broad Jacob, vict. Rainbow & Dove
Burton William Chas. shoemaker
Clark Charles, blacksmith, carpenter, and vict. Blacksmith’s Arms
Cockerell Rev. Hy. , M.A. vicarage
Hart Mrs Mary, Weald Place
Hemmings William, rate collector
Hornsby William, wheelwright
Lane Saml. and Mrs. National School
Leaversuch William, fellmonger and woolstapler, Gullet Farm
Marrable William, bricklayer
Marsh Josiah, gentleman
Mayhew Charles, victualler, Talbot
Olley Charles, parish clerk
Pain Isaac, vict. George IV.
Pain Mary, beerhouse
Pegrum George, beerhouse & shopkeeper – Queens Head
Rayment William, blacksmith
Sharp John, shoemaker
Smith James, carpenter
Smith John Thomas, auctioneer and builder, &c. , (now at Harlow)
Tyser Richd. baker and shopkeeper
Law Edmund
Leaversuch William
Pegrum & Hampton
FARMERS .
Brown Geo. blf.
Chaplin Philip
Crane George
Hart Geo. Canes
Hinson Joseph
Kirby William Cozens
Larter Wm. & Son
Law John
Perry Omega
Pyne Benj . Tpn.
Smith Charles
Stallibrass John
Tarling William
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