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daughters of Ralph Latham and ~Iary (Clarke) his wife; water Colonel Branfill is lord of the manor of here also are several shields with the arms of the Gold, Hall, formerly known as Waltham Hall, being one of the llmiths' Company, Latham, &c. and brasses with effigies 17 manors g-iven by Harold in 1062 to the abbey founded to Roger Deincourt or Dencourt, ob. 1455 and Elizabeth by him at Waltham: it was purchased by Capt. Andrew (de la Feld) his wife; and Nicholas Wayte, lord of the Branfill of the Earl of Gainsborough, in I685. Thomas manor of Gaynes, ob. 1544 and Ellen (Deyncourt) his Gibson esq. and Edward Alexander Heelis are lords of wife, ob. 1545 ; a few loose brasses, chiefly shields, were the manor of Gaynes. The principal landowners are Col. in existence in 1859; in the north window are the arms Benjamin Aylett Branfill and Henry .Joslin esq. High of Engayne, Dencourt and Latham; and there are various House was once the residence of Major Howard, killed other monuments in the church to the families of Es­ at Waterloo, and an intimate friend of Lord Byron, daile (1793-1838) and Branfill (1709-1873); two in the who refers to him in his "Childe Harold." The soil is nave to the Rev. .J. W. Hopkins, a former rector, d. loamy; subsoil, mixed. The chief crops are corn and 1780; and .J. H. Wharrie M. D. 1824; and another in the vegetables. The area is 3,203 acres; rateable value, chancel to George Hyla Holden, midshipman of H.M.S. £9,416; the population in 189I was 1,409. "Vesuvius," who, with a number of the crew, died of "CP~liNSTER COMMON is a hamlet, z! miles north of fever in the gulf of Mexico, August 18th, 1846, ret. 18. the village and I mile east of Harold ·wood station, on The register dates from the year 1543. The living is a the Chelmsford section of the Great Eastern railwav . . rectory, average tithe rent-charge £Box, with residence Here is a Congregational chapel. • and 23 acres of glebe, in the gift of R. William Holden esq. and held since 1862 by the Rev. Philip Melancthon CORBETS TYE, I mile south, and HACTO~, 1 mile Holden, Theol. Assoc. of King's College, . Dr. :south-west, are hamlets of this parish. William Derham F.R.S. author of "Physico and Astro­ Sexton, Samuel Gooden. Theology," was rector of this parish from 1689 to 1735 : Post, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity he was born at Stoughton, near 'Vorcester, 26 Nov. & Insurance Office, Upminster. Miss Emma Lee, post­ 1657, and became one of the most indefatigable and dis­ mistress. Letters arrive from Romford at 5.20 & tinguished members of the Royal Society : he was ap­ II a.m.& dispatched at 10.45 a.m. 2,25,7-IS & 9.15 p.m pointed Canon of Windsor in 1716 and died 5 April, 1735. Post Office, Corbets Tye. Edward Phillips, sub-post­ The Congregational chapel here was built in 1 Boo. master. Letters through Romford. Upminster is the Frith's charity of £4 xos. yearly is for bread. Upmin­ nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders ster Hall, the property of Colonel Benjamin Aylett Bran­ are issued here, but not paid fill, and the residence of George Palmer Hope esq. is Schools. an ancient timbered mansion dating from the reign of A School Board of 5 members was formed 30 Jan. 1885; Henry VI. and for over two centuries has been the seat W. Smith, Romford, clerk to the board; William Ag­ of the Branfill family : it stands in pleasure grounds giss, Upminster Common, attendance officer finely wooded and commands extensive views of the Board (boys'), opened March 25th, I85I, for l!o chil­ ~urrounding country, reaching into Kent and Surrey. dren; average attendance, 65; Geo. Fredk. 'Vest, mstr Hill Place, a modern Elizabethan mansion, standing in Board 1._girls & infants'), built in 185o-5I, & enlarged in well-kept pleasure grounds, adjoining the High road, is x888, for I90 children; average attendance, 75 girls the residence and property of Edwin Sydney ·woodiwiss. & so infants'; l\Iiss Emma Davis, mistress; Miss Kate Gaynes Park is the property and residence of Henry Browne, infants' mistress Joslin esq. D.L., .J.P.; the mansion is a modern Eliza­ bethan building surrounded by extensive shrubberies Carriers &c. see & Romford and plantations, and grounds ornamented by a piece of Railway Station, Henry Edwards, station master UPMINSTER. Aggiss 1\Iiss, .Jessamine cottage 'Villis Edward A. High house Hook Wllllam. builder & road sur- Benn John Williams M.P., J.P. Hop- Williams Alfred E. Mavisbank veyor pea hall; & Gladstone house, Cable Woodiwiss Edwin Sydney, Hill place Humphr~y Wm. carpntr. & painter street, London E COMMERCIAL. Joslin Waiter, farmer, Hunts Carter Rev. Alfd. Morgan B.A. (Cong) Abraham Bros. millers (wind & steam) Lavender Thomas Nathanlel. Crawley Richd. Fras. Little Gaynes & coal merchant butcher Garner ·wm. George, Bridge house Abraham Sldney. baker Lee Emma (Miss), grocer, Post office- Hanbury Fredk. Barclay, Oak lodge Aggiss William, cab proprietor Marrable William, pork butcher Hayues Henry Shekell, New place Barnes John, farmer, Heath farm Mills Joseph, wheelwright Holden Rev. Philip Melancthon Th. Battson EdW'In. farmer & cab pro- Page Alfred, farmer, Bird's lane A.K.C.L. Rectory prietor Rowe Frank H. plumber & decort:r- Hope George Palmer, The Hall Bell Jacob, White Hart P.H. Rowe George, rate collector Huggins Henry Thos. Millfield house Brown Ernest, assessor of taxes RoW'e Wllllam Henry. grocer &. Irlam Alfred, Hacton house Brown James, brick & tile maker draper Johnson Matthew, Elmhurst Brown James, farrier, Hall farm Russell Peter, beer retailer Joslin Henry D.L., .J.P. Gaynes park Dale Waiter .Tames, grocer Shuttleworth Eliza (Mrs.), farmer Knight Waiter, Park corner Day Priscilla (Mrs.), Bell inn Stalnea .Jamea. baker Palmer George J.P. Hill house Eldred Samuel & Joseph, blacksmiths Wllaon Thomas LeW'Ia. builder & Rigby Miss, Hacton house Fra'nklyn William, boot & shoe maker undertaker, America lodge; funer- Rowe Lewis Gooderham William John, grocer & als furnished to suit the require- Way William R draper ments of all classes inclusive of Wheatley Edward S. Brook house Green Walter, nurseryman personal attention CORBET'S TYE. Buckley Gefferey .J. Loudons Eve Richard, farmer, Bramble farm Leech James, blacksmith Eve George, Fox hall Fassnidge .Joseph, George P.H Manklow Eliza (Mrs.), grocer & beer Goad Wm. Thos. Harwood hall Gay William, market gardener, Great retailer COMMERCIAL. Sunnings Phillips Edward, grocer & post oftice- Clark Richard, farmer & hurdle ma Hewett John William, Huntsman & Rogers Charles, farmer, Sullens Deari'ng Henry, shoe maker Hounds P.H Tween Charles, farmer UPMINSTER COMMON. Grant .John .Tames Hoy William, farmer Saltmarsh Frederick, Shepherd k Cressey John, blacksmith Mannings Edward, farmer I Dog P.H UPTON and UPTON PARK, populous suburbs of London, are given in Kelly's London Suburban Directory. VANGE (or Fange) is a village and parish, on a creek ing of stone and rubble in the Perpendicular style, con­ of the Thames, and on the high road from Grays and sisting of chancel and nave, south porch and a small Tilbury to Southend, nearly 2 miles south-west from wooden bell turret on the western gable, containing one Pit sea station on the London, Tilbury and Southend rail- bell: the east window is filled with stained glass of way, 9 north-east from Tilbury, and 12 south-east from ancient design. The register dates from the year 1558. Brentwood, in the Mid division of the country, Barstable The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £300, with hundred, Billericay unian, Brentwood petty sessional residence, in the g1ft of Major Spitty D.L., J.P. and division and county court district, and in the rural held since 189I by the Rev. Richard Henry Gash )LA. deanery of Orsett, archdeaconry of Essex and diocese of of the Queen's "Cniversity, Ireland. Robert L. Curtis St. Albans. The church of All Saints is a small build- esq. is lord of !he manor. The principal landowners are ESSEX 23