Southend, Prittlewell and Milton 1848 Whites directory
PRITTLEWELL, a neat and well built village with many modern houses, overlooking the estuary of the Thames, 1½ miles N.W. of Southend, and 3 miles S. of Rochford, has in its parish 3285 acres of land, and 2339 inhabitants, including the small hamlet of MILTON, and the handsome bathing place of SOUTHEND, the latter of which contains two-thirds of the population, and has many elegant houses, as noticed below. Prittlewell has a fair on the 15th of July, and its parish is fertile, and rises picturesquely in bold cliffs and swelling hills from the sea shore. Suene held it in the time of Edward the Confessor, but it is now in several manors. Those called Priors, Milton Hall, &c. , belong to D. R. Scratton, Esq., who has a handsome seat call Prittlewell Priory, on the site of a small convent of Cluniac monks, founded by Robert de Essex, son of Suene, in the reign of Henry II . This house was at first a cell to the alien priory of Lewes, in Sussex, but was made denizen in the reign of Edward III. On the dissolution, its revenues were valued at £194. 14s. 3d. per annum, and it was granted to Lord Chancellor Audley, who conveyed it to Robert, son of Lord Rich. It afterwards passed with the manor to various families. The manor of Temple Sutton, a mile N.E. of the church, held by the knights Templars of Cressing, and was granted in 1841 to George Harper, who sold it to Sir Richard Rich. It now belongs to the Earl of Mornington. Sir R. D. Neave, Bart., and G. P. Mason, Esq. , have manors and estates here, and part of the parish belongs to several smaller owners. Earl’s Fee with Polsted- Wic, on the north side of the parish, was anciently held by the Earls of Oxford, and afterwards by the Polsted, Arundel, Howard, Berkley, Rich, and Bristow families. The manor of Milton Hall includes Milton ham- let, which extends to the beach, and is said to have formerly been a parish, and to have had a church, the remains of which were visible some years ago, near low water mark, in the estuary of the Thames. This hamlet is now a pleasant western suburb of Southend. It was granted by Edward the Confessor to Holy Trinity Priory, in Canterbury, and after the dissolution, it was given to Lord Rich.
Prittlewell CHURCH (Virgin Mary,) is a handsome structure, in the later English style of architecture, and stands on the summit of the hill, commanding extensive prospects, and used as a sea mark. It is a large fabric, with a lofty stone tower, containing six bell, and having pyramidal corners. It had a chantry, founded in the reign of Edward IV. for two wardens, a master, certain brethren, and a priest. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £18. 13s. 4d. , and in 1831 at £345, is in the patronage of the Bishop of London, and incumbency of the Rev. Fredk. Nolan, LL.D. The rectorial tithes belong to Sir R. D. Neave, Bart. PRITTLEWELL FREE SCHOOL has been conducted on the national system since 1817. It was founded in 1727, when Daniel Scratton, lord of the priory manor, and the Rev. Thomas Case, then rector, granted a house and land for the use of a schoolmaster, to teach freely ten poor children. In 1739, a further grant was added to the endowment by the lord of the manor, and the number of free scholars increased to 16. The property now belonging to the charity consists of 20A. 2R. 25p. of land, let for £23 ; a house and garden occupied rent-free by the schoolmaster ; and two school rooms, one built by Rt. Scratton, Esq. , in 1817, and occupied by the boys ; and the other, which is the original school room, appropriated to the girls. Besides the rent of the land and the use of the school premises, the master, in consideration of his wife teaching the girls, has £30 a year, raised by subscriptionand church collections. They have generally 40 to 50 boys, and about as many girls, who pay 1d. each per week, except the 16 free scholars. The poor parishioners have 10s. a year from Joselyn’s Charity. ( See Rochford. )
In 1619, Thomas Brown bequeathed to his wife and brother for their lives, and afterwards to the parson and churchwardens, in trust, for the poor of this parish, a copyhold estate at Great Stambridge, now consisting of 17A. 2R. 7P. ofland and a cottage, let for £30, subject to a small deduction for land tax. The clear rent is distributed about Christmas, to all the deserving poor of the parish. In the village is an Infant School, built in 1839.
SOUTHEND, in Prittlewell parish, is a handsome town and fashionable bathing place, delightfully situated near the mouth of the Thames, on the north side ofthe estuary of that noble river, which is here about five miles broad. The town stands picturesquely on the side and crown of a woody eminence rising boldly from the sands, opposite Sheerness, and is distant 4 miles S. by E. of Rochford, 22 miles S.E. by S. of Chelmsford, and 42 miles E. of London, to which steam vessels ply daily in winter, and five times a day in summer, from the wooden Pier, which here projects about a mile into the estuary, and was constructed under the powers of acts of parliament passed in 1835, and preceding years. Southend first began to attract visitors, as a watering place, about the close of last century, but continued nearly stationary for a considerable time, owing to the failure of the original proprietors of the principal buildings, which were sold by auction in 1800, to James Heygate and Thos. Hope, Esqrs. In 1804, it was visited by the late Queen Caroline and Princess Charlotte, and by several families of distinction, and since then several spacious hotels and many large and handsome lodging houses, &c. , have been erected, so that it now contains more than 1600 settled residents, and has often as many visitors, being now one of the favourite retreats ofthe wealthy inhabitants of the metropolis, and it is often thronged in summer, by numerous pleasure parties, who leave their pent-up offices, shops, and houses, for a day’s excursion on the Thames. The Assembly Room and the Theatre are fitted up in a superior style of elegance, and the latter was erected in 1804, and belongs to Thomas Trotter, Esq. The principal inns are the Royal Hotel, an extensive and commodious building, with elegant assembly and coffee rooms, standing at the east end of the terrace, in full view of the Thames, the pier, and the ocean ; the Ship Hotel, which besides every necessary accommodation for comfort and convenience, is supplied with hot and cold baths ; and the Hope and the Castle, both very respectable inns. The TERRACE, sometimes called New Southend, is an extensive range of large houses, ornamented with stone pilasters and cornices, and commanding, from their lofty situation, an extensive view, exhibiting the most striking features ofcoast scenery, with the ever changing prospect of the waters of the Nore, the Medway, and the Sea ; animated by a constant suc- cession of vessels of various descriptions passing and re-passing ; with the Isle of Sheppey, the fortress of Sheerness, and the hills of Kent in the distance. At high water the view is strikingly beautiful ; the river being five miles broad, and the cliff, on which the Terrace is built, being high enough to command the whole breadth of the estuary, as well as the broken woodland shore on each side of the town. The most agreeable walks are in front of the Terrace, both on the acclivity, and along the beach, upon the extensive and firm beds of smooth sand, left by the tide. The air is dry and healthy ; and the water, not withstanding its mixture with the Thames, is clear, and sufficiently salt. The bathing machines, baths, &c., are clean and commodious, and the neighbouring country affords many delightful walks and drives, and is highly cultivated and plentifully wooded.
A handsome Church (St. John the Baptist,) was built at Southend, in 1840, at the cost of £1500, raised by subscription. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, vested in the patronage of three trustees, (Rev. R. Eden, G. Tufnell , and General Strutt,) and now enjoyed by the Rev. G. Lillingston. Here is an Independent Chapel, built about 1812 , by a congregation formed in 1806, and now under the ministry of the Rev. W. Wager.
Southend Literary Institution, established in 1846, has already a valuable library of about 1400 volumes, and occupies a neat building on the cliff, with a semi-circular front and a spacious reading room, well supplied with London and provincial newspapers, popular periodicals, &c. Mr. W. R. Warwick is the honorary secretary. The gentlemen of the ” Southend and Rochford Hundred Steeple Chase, meet occasionally at the Ship Hotel, and the race is usually a sweep-stakes of £3 each, with £20 added.
SOUTHEND, PRITTLEWELL, AND MILTON.
Those marked * are in PRITTLEWELL, and the others in SOUTHEND, or where specified. Most of the tradesmen, &c. , have lodgings.
POST OFFICES at Mr. William Fox’s, Southend, and at Mr. Thos. Bell’s, Prittlewell. Letters despatched at 4 afternoon, via Rochford.
Arnold John, farmer
Barnes Charles, draper
*Bell Thomas, postmaster
*Bentall Joseph, farmer, Berlands
Bingham Mrs Admiral, 8 Royal ter
*Burge John, excise officer
Cadman Mr William
Cowland Joseph, bricklayer
*Crix James, farmer, Folly
Curry James, chemist and druggist
Dendy Mrs. 4 Royal terrace
*Dowsett John, hair dresser
Fox Miss Mary Ann
*Garon Wm. currier
Graffe George, draper, and agent to Phœnix Fire Office
*Gusterson William, bricklayer
Hennington Mrs
Heard Mrs. tap
Heygate Miss E. A.
Heygate James. U. Esq. Porter’s Grange
Hills Mr George (lodgings)
Ingram Thomas, bath proprietor, Royal ter
Jackson Mrs Mary, librarian
Jemson Mr Joseph.
Lingood Mrs
Kernot Mrs L. chemist & druggist
*Lacell George, farmer, Hamsells
Laver Miss Mary Elizabeth, seminary
Lazarus Davis & Co. brewers & spirit merchants (Jno. Hudson, manager.)
Lillingston Rev George, incumbent of Southend
Loosley Mrs M. lodgings
*Lucking John, beer seller
*Lindsell Thomas, coach builder, &c
Mends Capt. William Bowen, R.N. Royal terrace
Mountain Robert, coach, &c . proprietor
Murrell Samuel, fishmonger
Nixon John, Esq.
*Nolan Rev Frederick, LL.D. vicar
Nutman John, veterinary surgeon
O’Reiley Capt. John, Milton
*Page William, beer seller
Parsons Mrs. 12 Royal terrace
Pattison Mr John, lodgings
Price John, gardener
Robinson Mrs. lodgings
Scallon Captain Robert, R.N.
Scott Mrs. lodgings
Scratton Daniel Robert, Esq. Prittlewell Priory
Scratton Mrs J. B. Milton Hall
Seeney John, horse and gig propr.
Sharpe Lady H. 5 Royal terrace
Silvia Mrs
Skinner Mrs Mary
*Stert Rev Arthur Richard, curate
Swaine William, solicitor Milton & Rochford
*Tabor James, Esq. Earl’s Hall
Thackeray Rev Fredc. M.B. vicar of Shopland, Royal terrace
Tonson Major General, Royal ter
*Trigg James, beer seller
*TrumperGeo.farmer, Chalkwell Hall
*Trower Robert, watchmaker
Vandervord James William, hoyman
Vandervord George, hoyman
Vinicombe Henry, bookseller, &c
Wager Rev William (Independent min.)
Warwick William Rollinson, surgeon and registrar
Watson Thomas, sail maker
White Mrs Lydia, lodgings
Woosnam Mr Joseph
Wykeley Miss Harriet
HOTELS AND INNS.
Blue Boar, Isaac Francis
Castle Inn, Francis Clark
Hope Tavern, Sus. Brazier ( boat owner. )
*King’s Head, William Wild Raven
Royal Hotel, Henry Choules
Ship Hotel, Charles Woosnam (and bath proprietor )
*Spread Eagle, George Hart
NATIONAL & INFANT SCHOOLS.
*Baker John & Mrs. & Miss Brooks
Cole Mary Ann & Humphreys Jane
BAKERS .
*Bragg Thomas
*Dawson William
*Garrard Alfd. L.
*Laver George
Lovett John
Madams Edw. W.
Million Henry
Noone Fdk. Joseph.
*Price Peter
*Price William
Pritchard Joseph
BLACKSMITHS .
*Adcock Hmphy.
Clark Thomas
Cousins Joseph
Gibbs James
*Lindsell Thomas
*Wolf Samuel
BOAT BUILDERS .
Cadman Joseph.
Madams Edward.
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS.
Bedwell George
Bugg Wm.
Deer Joseph
Dowsett Cphr.
*Dowsett Henry
*Dowsett James
*Garrard Edward.
*Gray William
Havers John
Truss John
BUTCHERS.
*France George
*Hart William
Perkins William
Steward William
Thomas James
Thorn John
Wade James Potter
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
*Bell Giles
*Bragg William
Coolbear James
Scott James
COAL MERCHANTS.
*Bragg Thomas
Madams G. W.
Pritchard Joseph
Truss William
GROCERS & DRAPERS.
*Bell Isaac
*Bragg George
Clark Thomas
Fox William (agent. to Royal Exchange Insurance Co.)
Graffe George
Livermore Thomas Hardwick
CORN MILLERS.
*Going Eliz.
Lazarus and Co. Milton
*Threadgold G.
MILLINERS, &c .
*Bragg Eliz
*Garrard Sophia
Jemson Cath.
PLUMBERS, &c.
Cooch George
Garon John
Morton William
SADDLERS .
*Ayton Mrs
*Goodman John
SHOPKEEPERS.
*Cable William
Church & Glasscock
Fox George
Smith Alfred
Staff Elizabeth
Walker Samuel
Weidner Eliz.
STRAW HAT MAKERS.
Ayton Mrs
*Garrard Sophia
Jemson Cath
Way M. and A.
TAILORS.
Glass John
*Harridge William P.
*Johnson James
*King William
Stoker Jno. & William
Truss William
CONVEYANCES.
COACHES several times a day to London, in summer.
STEAM VESSELS to London from the Pier, daily in winter, and five times a day in summer.
SAILING VESSELS to London weekly, viz . , J. W. Vandervord’s, every Saturday, to Lower Pickle Herring Wharf, and G. Vandervord’s, to Stanton’s Lower Wharf, every Friday.
A RAILWAY is projected from Southend to form a junction with the Thames Haven and Blackwall lines, and the work will be commenced in 1848-9.
CARRIERS, T. and W. Pease, from the Spread Eagle, Prittlewell, to London, Thursday and Saturday