Thurstable Hundred 1848 Whites Directory
THURSTABLE HUNDRED
Is one of the smaller divisions of Essex, and is of an irregular oval figure, only about 10 miles in its greatest length, from east to west,
and from 3 to 6 miles in breadth. It is bounded, on the south and east, by the broad estuary of the Blackwater ; on the west, by the Borough of Maldon and Witham Hundred ; and on the north, by the latter and Winstree Hundred. At its east end, is the Salcott creek ; and at its west end is Maldon canal basin , communicating by short cuts with the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. Near the Blackwater is a large tract of flat but fertile marshes, from which the rest of the Hundred rises in bold and picturesque undulations ; and on its north- western side, is the now cultivated and fertile tract, called Tiptree Heath, extending into many parishes in this and two adjoining Hundreds. Thurstable
Hundred is in the Northern Parliamentary Division of Essex, in the Diocese of Rochester, Archdeaconry of Colchester, and Deanery of Witham. The following enumeration of its ten parishes shews their territorial extent, the annual value of their lands and buildings, as assessed to the property tax in 1843, and their population in 1841.
The whole Hundred is in Witham Polling District, except Tollesbury parish, which is in Colchester Polling District.
PARISHES. Acres. Population in 1841
Goldhanger 2110 520
+Heybridge 2226 1177
Langford 1076 257
Tollesbury 6780 1149
Tolleshunt D’Arcy 3142 733
Tolleshunt Major 2156 447
Tolleshunt Knights 1980 313
Totham, Great 3132 786
Totham, Little 1144 384
Wickham Bishops 120 544
4692 1520 544 3397 3264
Total 25,266 6310
Heybridge is in the Parliamentary Borough of Maldon .
† UNIONS :-Wickham Bishops parish is in Witham Union; and the other nine parishes of Thurstable Hundred, are in Maldon Union.
HIGH CONSTABLES. Mr. Henry Perry, of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, and Mr. William Goodday, of Great Totham. The whole Hundred is in Witham Police Division, and in the District of the County Court held at Maldon.