White Notley 1848 Whites Directory
NOTLEY ( WHITE) is a village and parish on the west side of the small river Brain, or Guith, 3½ miles S.S.E. of Braintree, and N.W. of Witham. It contains 470 souls, and 2255A. 1R. 27P. of land , crossed by the Braintree and Maldon Railway, now constructing. It includes Bat Green, and near Leighs Priory it has two farms, called Great and Little Slamsey, formerly called the manor or hamlet of Slamondsey, and forming part of the endowment of Leighs Priory. About 6A. of land belonging to this parish lies at the distance of eight miles, in Langford parish, near Maldon. J. F. Wright, Esq. , of Kelvedon Hatch, is lord of the manor of White Notley Hall, now the pleasant seat of E. F. Brewster, Esq. , and formerly occupied by the Whitebread family, who intermarried with the Smiths of Cressing. Jonathan Bullock, Esq. , J. J. Tufnell, Esq. , and several smaller owners have estates in the parish.
The Church is an ancient Norman structure, which has recently been renovated, and consists of a stone nave, aisles, and chancel, with awooden belfry, containing three bills, and crowned by a spire. It was thoroughly repaired in 1639, by H. Smith, Esq. , then impropriator of the rectory, which was given to Thetford Priory by Roger Bigod, in 1103. In the chancel is a piscina, in the highly decorated style of the time of Edward III ., when the church is supposed to have been altered and enlarged. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £10, and in 1831 at £195, is in the patronage of the Bishop of London, and incumbency of the Rev. William Alder, M.A., who has a handsome new parsonage-house, and 9A. 3R.28P. of glebe. Rt. Horton and Thos. Burrow, Esqs. , are impropriators of the great tithes, which have been commuted for £248. 13s. 6d. , and the vicarial for £254 per For weekly distribution in bread, the poor widows and widowers of this parish have the rents of 2A. 3R. of land, and three cottages and gardens, left by Major Whitebread, and now let for £11 per annum
The poor of Cressing and White Notley have, in equal shares, the dividends of £666. 13s. 4d. three per cent. consols, left by Jeffrey Grimwood, Esq. , of Cressing Temple, in 1840. From this charity each parish has £10 a year.
Alder Rev. William , M.A. Vicarage Baker Thomas, bricklayer
Brewster Edward Fdk. Esq. Hall
Challis Thomas, beerhouse and shopkeeper
Challis Thomas Walford, veterinary surgeon
Easter Isaac, wheelwright
Easter Joseph , shoemaker
French Robert, shopkeeper
Goss Isaac, shoemaker and shopkeeper
Harris George, blacksmith
Harris Sus. & Andrews Mrs. schools
Hicks Joseph, shopkeeper
Prance Geo. vict. Cross Keys
Otley John, parish clerk
Tiffin Alexander, butcher
White John, carpenter
FARMERS.
Barnard Abm. and Osmond, Fambridge Hall
Burgess William
Challis Thomas
Davy Samuel, (and maltster)
Firmin William, maltster, Great Slamseys
Higham Edw. jun.
May Samuel
Rolfe Thomas. Clapton, Little Slamseys
Post, &c. from Witham