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DIRECTORy.j ESSEX. ROYDON. 247 Smith John, farm bailiff to Robert Margaret Roothing. :Boosey Abraham, farmer. LuC&S • Marsh esq. Tarvet's farm Britton Charles, blacksmith Smith Samuel, farmer, Gower's farm Shepherd Rev. Francis Burlon K,A. Brown Denbam, carter ~ Rectory Staines Goorge, Black Lion > , Dawkins George, bricklayer .. Staines Sophia (Mrs.), farmer, 'Porters Gooday Joshua, farmer, Marks hall Dawkins James, bricklayer SweetingElizbth. (Mrs.)Jrmr.Warefrm Maylen Henry (exors. of), miller k far Green Edward Davis, grocer & dra~\" Tanner Mary (Mrs.), miller & beer retlr mer; Waplesmill Groves Edmund, farmer, Kingstons Thurley Robert, bncklayer Millbank Thomas, farmer, Garnish hall Groves Frederick, farmer. Walkers. · West James, farm bailiff to Mrs. Smith, & Whitehall Morrell Roothing , High Trees & Dugates Roots Mary (Mrs.), grocer &c Halls Thomas, farmer, ColTille hall Wilson Geo. (exor~. of), farmer,New hall Smith Peter, farmer, Brick house Josling Robert, farmer, Manwoods Witham Samuel, shopkeeper & tailor White B.oothing~ Mann Sargeant, Whalebone Matthams WaIter, farmer, Graylands Leaden Roothing. Bacon Miss Elizabeth . Monck John, wheelwright Colton Rev. Wm. Charles B ..... [rector] Ford Rev. James Madden [curate] Newell John, shoe maker Allen William, grocer & draper Morgan George . Newton John, mason Boosey Hannah Bridgett (Mrs.), King Morgan Miss . Oliver Alfred, farmer, Marks hall William IV North Rev. Jacob Hngo M.A. Rectory Parris Edward, farmer &; landowner Dawkins William, beer retailer &farmer Parris Edward, Mascall's bury Mascall's Bury JO!;lling Abraham, farmer, Langland Roast John' Roast Benjamin, miller Monk J onathan, butcher Roast Mrs . Savill Hrbrt. Smith, beer rill'. &; grocer Mott John, carpenter Smith Mrs. Emma, Kingstons Scott WaIter, Black Hwse Nunn Frederick, 'wheelwright COMMERCIAL. Staines Albert, farmer, Warwicks Reed William, farmer, Granary farm Bott Joseph Fennell, farmer, Cammas Vale Henry, machinist Thurley James, bricklayer hall, Morell, Roothing , ROXWELL is a parish situate on the Can, a feeder of 1558. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £250, with the Chelmer, in the Western division of the county, Chelms- residence and 7 acres of glebe, in the gift of New College, ford union, hundred and county court district, Roding rural Oxford and held by the Rev. Thomas John Heam M.A. deanery, Essex archdeaconry and St. Albans diocese, 4i Iformerly Fellow of that college, rural dean of Roding and miles west from Chelmsford station,9 east from Ongar and surrogate. Skreens Park issituate about It mile west from 30 from London. The church of St. Michael, an edifice in the village; the mansion is an old square brick building, the Late Decorated style, was enlarged and thoroughly re· the property of Colonel Thomas Harvey Bramston and paired in 1854; it consists of a chancel and nave, with a occupied by Edward Gibson esq. Lord Petre, who is lord of · north aisle, porch and a wooden turret containing 3 bells: the manor, and Col. T. H. Bramston are chief landowners. in the south angle of the chancel is a marble mural monu- The soil in some places is of a clayey nature and in others ment to Chief Justice Sir John Bramston,who, in 1635, pur- gravel and produces excellent corn. The area is 4.755 chased the manor of SkreensofThomas,secondsonofRichard, acres; rateable-value, [,7,014 IOS.; and the population in l:st Earl of Portland: Sir John was the eldest son of Roger 1881 was 814- Bramston,of MaIden and, bec~ming a barrist,er of t~e.Mid~le CHALK END is 2 miles north-east; BLACKWALL is I mue Temple, "Y'as afterwards appo~nted counsel.to the UmversIty south-west; BOYNTON half a mile north. ()f Cambndge .and m8:de ser]eant-at-la~ ID :£623: ~e sub-, Parish Clerk William Cheek. sequently received vanOU8 other promotIOns and arrived at ' .... the dignity of Lord Chief Justice of England in 1635; he is POS1: ?FFICE.-Mrs.Mary M. Knight! receIver. Letters aye said to have been a man of profound learning, solid judg- receiVed through Chelmsford, arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dlS- , ment, integrity of life and gravity of manner: he died in patched at 6 p.m. & on sundays at 9.30 p.!U. T~e nearest September, 1654, (Pt. 78 and was buried here: along Latin ~oney ()~der & telegraph. office & post pffice savmgs bank inscription records his careel' and recounts his virtues: in IS at Wnttle ! the chancel is also a mural monument with a bust and in- Assistant Overseer, John S Ray I• scription to the Hon. Mary Byng, wife of the Hon. Edward National School, built in 1834 by T. W. Bramston esq. for Byng and daughter and co-heiress of John Bramston: 170 children, with an average attendance of 140;' J ames she died March 31,1744, lEt. 37: here also is an inscription Webb, master; Miss Sarah Jane Sibley, mistress to Thomas Younge, of Niviland and Roxwell, gent. and ICARRIERS TO & FROM: CHELMSFORD The Willingale carriers his wife Katheren, 1593. The register dates from the year pass thl'ough on monday, wednesday & friday • Abbot Mrs . Christy James, farmel', Boynton hall Perry Thomas, boot & shoe maker. Christy James, Boynton hall Cogdale James, bricklayer Cooksmill green Cooch Mrs Cogdale John (Mrs.), blacksmith Ram William, farmer, Newland hall Gibson Edward, Skreens park Crouchman Martha (Mrs.), butcher Ray In. Shepherd, milleT, steam, water Hearn Rev. Thomas John M.A. [rural Darby George (Mrs.), shopkeeper && wind mills, & collector of poor'srates dean & surrogate], Rectory , beer retailel', Radley green Simons Charles, farmer, Broadgates Webb James, Roxwell house Fogg Samuel, beer retlr. Boynton cross Simons Hugh, Chequers . Gandy George, wheelwright Stokes William, Hare if Hw,nds ' COMMERCIAL. Knight Mary (Mrs.), baker Tippler William &; Waters, landowners. Ball Geo. 'Wm. grocer & provision dealer Lucking James (Mrs.), beer retailer, farmers & brick makers, Duke's Boyton Henry,farmer,Hoe street, Lord's Cooksmill green Warren John, Cherry Tree land & Christopher's Metson Robert, farmer, Pooty pools Wiffen Chas. Sydney, farmer, Hill farm Buries Wm. (Mrs.),frmrl. Armswick frm Metson Samuel, farmer, Radley green Wright Henry, shopkeeper &; farmer Butler George, farmer, Bolden hatch Millbank Charles, farmer, Blow's farm Young Michael, farmer, But.t hatch 'Challis James~ farmer, Elms farm Oddy Frederick, boot & shoe maker Young Solomon, farmer, Thatchesfarm ROYDON (or WOODREDON) 1&1 an old town, parish and Alfred Pyne B.A. formerly fellow of St. Peter's College, station on the Great Eastern (Cambridge) railway, on the Cambridge. The old schoel house, pleasa':Itly situate on borders of Hertfordshire, in the Western division of the The Green, has been repaired by James Goddard esq. and county, Harlow and Waltham hundreds, Epping union, in it are now held a workman's club and a penny savings Waltham county court district, Harlow rural deanery, Essex bank. There is a Congregational chapel.. Nether Hall, archdeaconry and St. Albans diocese; it is 22 miles from near here, an ancient ma.nsion, of which only the gate London, 5 south-west from Rarlow, 5t east from Hertford way now stands, formerly belonged to the Colte family, 'and -7 north-west from Epping; itis on the Stort naTigation, whose remains are deposited in the chancel of the church .""vel' which is a bridge; it was formerly a market town. and commemorated by Beveral Tery handsome bra.sses: The church of St. Peter, repaired in 1854. consists of the existing gateway is CODstructed of brick,. with a semi chancel, naTe and an embattled western tower, with a small hexagonal tower on each side of the entrance and bears spire containing a clock and 6 bells: in the church are the arms of the family supported by ~ colts; the whole brasses to Thomas Colte esq. '4 Edwardi regis consul honorio- pile when complete was surrounded by a moat and -.a tlcus," 1471 and Joan his wife; to John Colt esq. 1521 and wall: the property is now in the possession "Of John Archer his wives, Mary and Elizabeth; to Elizabeth, wife of John Houblon esq. of Hallingbury Place. Roydon Lodge, now Stanley ~ent. J:589, with 5 children and the figure -of a nnoccupied, is a modern building, pleasantly situate. with civilian, c. 1580. The register dates from the year .1567. pleasure grounds sloping to the river Stort and close to the The livingis a discharged vicarage, yearly value'£150, with railway station. Earl Cowley is lord of the maner and the residence, in the gift of Earl Cowley and held by the Rev. principal landowners are James Goddard, Hen1"1 Cox -.