Wennington 1848 Whites directory

Wennington 1848 Whites directory

WENNINGTON is a marshland parish of scattered houses, on the north side of the river Thames, from 1 to 2 miles W.N.W. of Purfleet, 8 miles S.S.E. of Romford, and 14 miles E. of London. It contains 281 inhabitants and 1285A. 2R. 39P. of land ; and belonged to Westminster Abbey before the Conquest, and was afterwards held by the Moresco, Noke, Warner, and other families. The Trustees of the late R. W. H. Dare, Esq. , are now lords of the manor of Wennington and owners of the Hall, a neat brick mansion, occupied by a farmer. Sir T. B. Lennard is lord of the manor of Noke, which lies in the marshes, and was long the seat of a family of its own name. Part of the parish belongs to a few smaller owners, mostly freeholders . The western part of the parish, where a small rivulet falls into the Thames, is called COLD HARBOUR.
The Church ( St. Mary and St. Peter,) is an ancient structure, with an embattled tower, and stands on an eminence, above the marshes. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £8, and in 1831 at £373, is in the patronage of the Bishop of London, and incumbency of the Rev. George William Curtis, B.A., of Padworth, Berkshire, for whom the Rev. R. Battiscombe, of Hacton House, officates. Here is no parsonage house, and the glebe is only four acres. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for £440 per annum.
The advowson was held by Westminster Abbey, and was granted by Queen Maryto the Bishop of London. The poor parishioners have two yearly rent charges, of 10s. each, out of two houses, one in this parish , and the other at Rainham ; but the donors are unknown.
FARMERS-Rev. Hy. Cook Bourne (Independant. minister) Cold Harbour ;
Aaron Benton, East Hall
Thos. Heathcoat, Marshes
James Hill, Wennington Hall;
Thomas Mansford (owner,) Langthorpe House ; Wm. Julius Shepherd, Wm. White, and Richard Webb. Wm. Kendall is the parish clerk, and Elizabeth Convoy, schoolmistress.