Wicken Bonhunt 1848 Whites directory
WICKEN BONHUNT is a small village and parish, on the north side of a tributary stream of the river Cam or Granta, 2 miles W. by S. of Newport Railway Station, and 5 miles S.W. of Saffron Walden. It contains 158 souls, and 847 acres of land. In the Domesday Survey, it is comprised in the manors of ” Wicken and Bonhunt,” now belonging to W. C. Smith and Joseph Martin, Esqrs.; but part of the parish belongs to Miss Mary Webb, and a few smaller freeholders.
For several generations, the manor of Wicken Hall was held by the Barley or Barlee family ; and after them, by the Chatterton, Bradbury, and Hetherington families. That of Bonhunt passed from the Greens to the Bradburys, Nightingales, and Cranmers.
The Church (St. Margaret,) is a small stone fabric, covered with tiles, and having a wooden belfry. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £11 , and in 1831 at £228, is in the patronage of A. George, Esq. , and incumbency of the Rev. Chas. George M.A., who has a good residence, and about 50A of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1842 for £245 per annum.
Brooks John, shopkeeper
George Rev. Chas. , M.A. rector
Martin Joseph, gent. Brick House
Turner James, rope maker and beerhouse
Letters via Bishop Stortford
FARMERS.
Brooks James
Glasscock Thomas
Gayford Anthony, Wicken Hall
Miller Frederick (& miller,) Bonhunt
Stock Charles
Miller Joshua