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Smith WiUiam Henry, i'nsurance agent, Arbour lane 'Ward Joseph, pltlmber, see Hawkins &; Ward Somerset Raglan, deputy chief constable, Springfield crt Ward William, greengrocer, Church lane Spencer Henry, shopkeeper, Church lane Warner George, painter, Arbour lane Storrs Kenneth Simonds M.B. & B.C.Camb. surgeon, see Weight Fredk. Three Cups P.H. & builder, Springfield I'd Molson & 8torr8 Wells &; Perry, jun. lime burners & coal merchants, Steward Edward James, farmer, Horns farm Springfield wharf Taylor Geo. Jas. draper & milliner. 15 k 16 Springfield I'd White Joseph Henry, farmer & landowner, Pease Hall frm Taylo.r George, moto,r car manufacturer Willsher Henry, beer retailer, ,Springfield street Timson William Henry, painter, Springfield street Wray & Fuller, builders' merchants, masons & contractors,. Turner AlId. grocer & provsn. mer. 27 & 28 Springfield I'd Stone, Marble, Granite & Slate works, Springfield road VineI' Nurse, district nurse, Sprmgiield hill Yeldham J oseph Harry, beer retailer, Sprini:' hill is a village and pal'ish a little to the which, formerly devoted to the poor, have now (1902) llouth of the road from to Cambridge, 3 miles lapsed, the cottages being much dilapidated and untenant­ west from Yeldham station on the Colne Valley railway, able. l\1.Bssing's charity, left by Ann Cole, and amounting 7 south-east from Haverhill and IQ north-west from to about £9 yearly, is appropriated to the education of , in the Northern division of the county, poor children. '1'he Rt. Hon. Lewis Fry P.C. of Goldney Hinckford hundred, North Hinckford petty sessional house, Clifton, Bristol, who is lord of the manor and division, Halstead union and county district and Queen's College, Cambridge, are the principallando·wners. in the rural deanery of Yeldham, archdeaconry of The soil is heavy; subsoil,. blue clay; chief crops are­ Colchester and diocese of St. Albans. The church wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 2,203 acres; of St. Peter is an edifice of stone, in the Early rateable value, £1,338; population in 1901 was 361 in English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, the civil and 320 in the ecclesiastical parish. south porch and a massive embattled western tower of :r-.orman date containing a clock and 5 bells, one of which STAMBOURNE GREEN. I! mile south-west and is inscribed "Sancta Thoma, ora pro nobis": the. tower WESLEY END, half a. mile north, are hamlets of this had been pierced with loopholes for defensive purposes, parish. but these are now filled with plaster: the stained east Under the provisions of the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Ridgewell, known as Ridgewell Nort-on. window exhibits the arms of the MacWilliam familY,• who once resided in this parish; in the chancel is an inscribed was added to Stambourne. stone to Col. John Fairwell, deputy-governor of the Tower Post & :.\1. O. 0., S. B. -& Annuity & Insurance Office.­ of London under William Ill. who died at Stambourne, J."Jewellyn Watmough, sub-postmaster. Letters de­ 14 July, 1710: there are 200 sittings. The register dates livered at 8.30 &:, 4 p.m.; dispatched 4 p.m.; sundays.. from 1559 and is in good condition. The living is 8 10.45 a.m. Letters are received through H:llstead. rectory, net yearly value £200, with residence and 24 The nearest telegraph office is at Birdbrook, 3 miles acres of glebe, in the gift of the Chancellor of the Duchy distant of Lancaster, and held since 1896 ,by the Rev. James Wall Letter Box, Dyer's End, cleared 4.35 p.m.; sunday, Henry Brooks of St. Bees. Here is a Congregational 10.45 a.m chapel, of which the late Rev. James Spurgeon (grand­ father of the lato Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, of London) was National School (mixed). built in 1861. for 80 children; for many years pastor. There is a charity (donor un­ average attendance, 51; ~Iiss Sarah Garnham, mistress- known), consisting of two parish cottages, the rents of Carrier to Haverhill.-Samuel Hardy, mono wed. & sat Brooks Rev. James Henry, Rectory undertaker, painter, paperhanger, Ruffle Elizabeth Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Houchin Rev. John "\Vesley (Oongtnl) auctioneers' porter &c.; furniture Church farm . COMMERCIAL. repaired & upholstered Smee Jobn, shoe repairer & shopkoepr Ashby Isabella (Mrs.), frmr.Gt.Norton Hardy Joseph, shopkeeper, Dyers' end Smith William, farmer, Green &. Bedford, Barnard, farmer Hardy Samuel, carrier & shoe repairer New house Bedford Jane (Mrs.), Red Lion P.H Jarvi,s Joseph Chont, farmer, Hill farm Solomon Thomas C.& William,farmers, Bishop William, grocer & baker Mickley Almon, shopkeeper, Dyers'end Great Tag!ey Bonner John Thomas, Butcher's Mitson James, farmer Thomas Fredk. farmer, Great Norton Arms P.H.; carpenter, joiner, Pyman George, farmer I Unwin Elizh. (Ylrs.), farmer, Mill ha GREAT STAMBRIDGE, or Much Stambridge by the Rev. Francis Rashleigh Burnside. There is a (A.S. stan, a stone), receives its adjunct from a bridge clubroom with four acres of land attached; the room over the Rroomhill or Roche river: it is a village and was built by and is the property of the rector, and the parish, 2 miles north-east from station on the ground, belonging to the governors of the Charterhouse, Southend branch of the Great Eastern railway, 43 miles is laid out as a recreation ground for Great and Little-. from London, si north from Southend and r3 south from Stambridge. A horse trough and pump were presented to , in the South Eastern division of the county, the Parish Council, in r897, by the rector, to commemorate­ Rochford hundred, petty sessional division and union, the 60th year of the reign of her late Majesty, Queen Southend county cou.rt district, and in the rural dE'amry Victoria. The Governors of the Charterhouse are lords­ of Canewdon, archdeaconry of Essex and diocese of St. of the manor and own part of the land. Miss Mary Albans. In 1888, under the provisions of the Union of Blanche Leigh, of Woodchester Park, Gloucester, is lady Benefices Act, confirmed by Order in Council, 19 March, and owner of the manor of Barton Hall, otherwise Breton 1889, this parish was united, for ecclesiastical purposes Hall as well as of Hempton Barns, Mott and Springs. only, to that of Little Stambridge. The church of St. ,T. F. T. 1Yiseman esq. is owner of Biggins, and Zachary Mary the Virgin and All Saints, situated near the high Pettitt esq. of Canewdon, of Old and New Pool, in· road between Great and Little Stambridge, is a bui:ding Wallasea lsl:md. '1'he soil is heavy loam; subsoil, gravel of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, vestry, and clay. The crops are general. '1'he area is 2,444 and a western tower wit·h low wooden spire containing 4 acres of land, 3 of water, 8r of tidal water and 160 of ' 'bells, hung in 118'97, to commemorate the 60th year of the foreshore; rateable value, £2,318; the 'Population in reign of Queen Victoria; the walls o[ the original tower, 1901 was 329, including 12 in that part of 1rallasea belong­ assumed to be Saxon work, and constructed of Kentish ing to Great Sta.mbridge. There are 60 acres of oyster rag, still exist on the north side to a height of about 10 layings. feet: the u~per and later portion retains the remains Sf'xton. "\Yi]iam l\farven. of Norman light.. : the church was restored in 1881, and Post & 1\1. O. 0., S. B. .& Annuity & Insurance Office.- carved oak benches, executed at Bruges, erected, together 1ViIliam Barl,er, sub-postmaster. Letters from Roch- with a pulpit, reading and prayer desks: there are ford S.O: arrive at 7 a.m. Box cleared at 10.45 a.m. memorial windows to the rector's son, and to Mr. Alfred &, 4.40 p.m.; on sundays, 10.45 a.m. The nearest tele~ Mottram Rankin: tIle church affords 200 sittings. The graph office is at Rocbford, 2 miles distant registers date from r559. The living is a rectory, with A School Board of 7 members was formed 27 Feb. 1874, that of Little Stambridge annexed in 1889, joint net yearly for the united district of Great & Little Stambridge. value £54"6, with residence and 22 acres of glebe, in the with Canewdon made contributory at the same date gift for the next presentation of the Guvernors of the Char- I sf'nding 2 members; George 'Wood, Southend, clerk terhouse, London, and then the Lord Ohancellor; after to the board; C. E. JUdd, attendance officer, Rayleigh that the Governors take the 3rd.4th and 5th turns, but the Board School (mixed), enlarged in 1894 for 130 children; 6th turn and every 4th turn following will again fall to average attendance, 84; Charles "\Vm. Clarke, master; the Lord Chancellor: the living has been held since 19°0: Mrs. Edith Augustus Clarke, mistress . Burnside Rev. Francis Rashleigh agricultural implement agent, Bal- Benson Arthur, shopkeeper Wiseman Miss lards Gore Boosey Eleanor (Mrs.), Royal Oak P.H Dacon Harry James, coachbuilder &; Barker 'William, baker, Post office Bright Charles, farmer, Stewart's fro.