Stanway 1863 Whites Directory
STANWAY is a pleasant village on the north- eastern bank of the small river Roman, and on the London road, four miles W. of Colchester, and about a mile E. of Marks Tey Station, on the Eastern Counties Railway. Its parish contains many scattered houses, 964 inhabitants, and 3368 acres of land, extending eastward to Bottle End, which is partly in Lexden parish, and now forms the ecclesiastical district of All Saints. The large Workhouse of Lexden and Winstree Union is here. Stanway has a small fair on the 23rd of April, and had its name from its situation on the Stone way, or Roman military road, leading from Bishop Stortford, through Dunmow and Braintree,to Colchester, and from which the London road diverges at Marks Tey. It was held by Earl Harold, in the Confessor’s reign, and was then in two parishes, called Stanway Magna and Parva, but they were consolidated some centuries ago. In Saxon times, Stanway was a very extensive lordship, but it is now all freehold, belonging to various families, except the Rectory Manor, which has a court baron and several copyhold tenants, subject to quit rents, amounting to 11s. 6d. per annum, and to customary fines at the will of the lord.
STANWAY HALL, the seat of George De Horne, Esq. , is a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, on the banks of the Roman river, near Heckford Bridge, more than 14 mile S. ofthe village, and 3 miles S.W. of Colchester. Sir John Swinnerton built a stately mansion on the site of the old hall, about 1610, but it was considerably reduced in size by Captain Thomson. OLIVERS, another pleasant seat, is about amile below the hall, on the same side of the river, and is the residence of the Rev. G. Harrison; and near it is LITTLE OLIVERS, the seat of T. J. Turner, Esq. Olivers estate was longheld by the Olivers, whose heiress carried it in marriag toWm. Dorewood, in the reign of Henry III. It afterwards passed to the Nauntons, and from them to the Eldreds. From the latter it passed to the Harrison family. Belhouse estate belongs to Fyske Harrison, Esq.; and Abbot Manor belongs to Thomas Burch Western, Esq. Shreb Manor was divided many years ago. G. H. Errington, Esq., and other freeholders have estates in the parish. In 1764, there were found in Stanway parish, on the south side of the London road, a number of large bones, vertebra, and tibie, with their joints, lying in a stratum of sea sand and small shells. This bed is about a yard thick, and above it is another of ooze, or river mud, three inches thick, over which are several veins of yellow sand, gravel, and mould. The tibiæ were much corroded, but the other bones were well polished. Stanway was formerly divided into two parishes, and had two churches.
The old church, dedicated to All Saints, was dilapidated before or duringCromwell’s usurpation, but the ruins of its nave and tower are still standing near the hall, about 1½ mile S. by E. of the village. The present parish Church is a smaller structure, dedi- cated to St. Ethelbyrth, or Allbright. It is a Norman fabric, with a wooden turret and three bells; and a small addition was made at the east end, in 1826-‘ 7. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £10 17s. 6d. , and now at £723, is in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, who purchased the advowson at the beginning of the 18th century. The Rev. Henry Jenkins, B.D. , is the incumbent, and has 79 acres of glebe, a small manor, and a large Rectory House, irregularly built at different periods. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge of about £700.
The National School was built by the Rector in 1856, at the cost of about £400.
BOTTLE-END, a pleasant village about two miles E.S.E. of Stanway, and W.S.W. of Colchester, includes the District Church of All Saints’. In 1845, this village and the adjacent parts of the parishes of Stanway and Lexden were formed into the ecclesiastical parish of Stanway All Saints, which includes Olivers, Little Olivers, Gosbecks, and Magdalen farms, &c.; and has about 520 inhabitants, who are at a considerable distance from their ancient parish churches. All Saints’ Church was built for them in 1845, and is now their parish church. It cost about £2950, raised by subscription, and is a handsome structure in the early decorated style, built of dark brick, with dressings of Caen stone. It has 286 sittings, of which 202 are free, and on the north side is a low tower, containing three bells, and crowned by a spire. A neat parsonage house was built in 1847, at the cost of £1010, and a school was erected in 1860 at the cost of £350. Admiral Tomlinson gave three roods of land for the site of the buildings and the churchyard. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued at about £110, inthe patronage of the Bishop of Rochester, and the Rev. J. S. Dolby, M.A., is the first and present incumbent.
STANWAY DIRECTORY.
(See also Stanway All Saints for Bottle- End, &c. )
POST OFFICE at Thomas Cresswell’s. Letters via Colchester.
Arthy Henry Bentley, veterinary surgeon
Bore George Henry, surgeon
Bright Samuel, wheelwright and blacksmith
Broyd Joseph, beerhouse
De Horne Geo. Esq. Stanway Hall
Gull Mr Daniel, Stanway Villa
Gull Daniel,jun. vict. White Hart
Holland Golden, vict. Swan Inn
Houlding Samuel, relieving officer and registrar
Hutton Thomas, carpenter
Jenkins Rev. Henry, B.D. Rectory
Kingsbury William and Mrs, master and matron of Lexden & Winstree Union Workhouse
Lithgow Mrs My.
Clay Mrs My.
Miller William, beerhouse
Nisbett William, butcher
Ramplin Thomas, boot & shoe maker
Rusher John Robert, shoemaker
Shearman Mr Robert Stanway Villa
Sterry Miss Eliza R. schoolmistress
Verlander Jacob, gent. S. Cottage
BAKERS.
Battram Mrs
Saunders George
FARMERS.
Bond Jas. Samuel
Bridge Geo. Kemp
Butcher William
Clary William
Cowlin Daniel
Farthing George
Finchen Joseph
Gull Daniel
Josselyn Charles, Belhouse
Lithgow George
Major Mrs
Maskell Mrs
Miles Misses Lucy and Sarah
Mirrington William
Southgate Benjamin
Wagstaff James
Wagstaff Thomas
Woodward Henry, Hallfarm
SHOPKEEPERS.
King John
Cresswell Thomas
STANWAY ALL SAINTS, Including Bottle-End, &c.
Dolby Rev. John S., M.A. incumbent
Harrison Rev. Goodeve and Miss M. J. , Olivers
Hunt Mr Robert
Keyes Mr Robert & Misses, Brickwall
King Joseph, shopkeeper
Ponder Edward, beerhouse
Ponder Richard, carpenter
Turner Thomas Joseph Esq. Lt. Olivers
Wagstaff Timothy, shopkeeper & miller
FARMERS
Folkard William, Wallnut Farm
Grimwood George, Shreb End
Prentice George A. Oliver’s Farm
Root John, Gosbecks
Sorrell Mrs. Magdalen Farm
LEXDEN ALL SAINTS.
Gonner Miss
Miller Mrs
Hankin Miss M.A. schoolmistress
Hockley William, bricklayer
Norfolk Eliz. vict. Berechurch Arms
Phillips George, farmer
Polley Mr James
Scott Robert, farmer
Smith William, vict. Leather Bottle
Tampion Samuel, blacksmith
Wade William, sexton, & W. jun. clerk