190 EAST HANNIN GFIELD. ESSEX. [KELLY'S • e.ge tithe rent-charge .£423, net yearly ~alue £4r6, with BANNINGFIELD TYE is a little to the north; Clay. '40 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of trustees, don lies to the north-west. and held since 1892 by the Rev. Arthur Joseph Sa-ere, of Parish Clerk, John Rayner. University College, DurhaJll. In the rectory grounds is Post Office. John Rayner, sub-postmaster. Letters ar· an artesian well, 48o feet deep, said to be the oldest of rive from Chelmsford at 7.40 a.m.; dispatched at 6.ro its kind in the county, and the deepest but one. Lord p.m.; on sund~s no delivery. The nearest money Petre is lord of the manor. The landowners are Col. order & telegraph office is at Danbury. Postal orders Archibald Impey-Lovibond of Newhall, Ardleigh, and are issued here, but not paid several small holders. The soil is stiff loam; subsoil, National School (mixed), built in r865, for roo childre..'l; clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans, oats and barley. average attendance, 75 ; Harry Picking, master The area is 2,447 acres; rateable value, ,£2,203; the Carriers to Chelmsford. Joseph Blanks, tues. & hi.; population in r891 was 396. Richard Grange, tues. & fri . Kemble Commander Homtio Fraser Eaton Arthur, Windmill P.H Overall David, farm bailiff to Edward R.N. Great Claydons Gardiner Benjamin Channing Rouse, Randall esq. Rough Hill Park fa1m Sacre Rev. Arthur Joseph (rector), farmer, The Hill Ratcliff Joseph, farmer, Frenche's Rectory Gigney Jamef!, saddler & harness Rayner Henry, brick & tile makers, maker, ironmonger &c.; & at Wick- Bromley lodge (letters, Rettendon COMMEBCIAL. ford; & at St!!--nford-le-Hope. See common) Bacon Thomas, Plough & Sail P.H advert Rayner John, builder & wheelwright, Bird William, farmer, Balls farm Gilbey Edward, farm bailiff to Robt. Post office Cass William, beer retailer Woodley esq. Sailesfrith farm Reeves Frederick, blacksmith Clark William, grocer Harvey Wait. Jas. farmer, Rails frm Rosling Archibald, farmer, Great Cross Charlotte (Miss), shopkeeper King Tho'!. Clarke, farmer, Barnards Claydons farm Gardiner William (Mrs.) & Son, far- Mott Arthur, farmer, Papnols Smith Jn. Edwd. & Frank, fmrs. Lodge mers & landowners, Hall Muggleston Rt. frmr. Little Claydons Waae Jn. Rt. Three Horse Shoes l'.H SOUTH HANNINGFIELD is a sc!llttered village money, arising from the gift of Mrs. Ann Humphreys. and parish, 8 miles south~south-east from Chelmsford Lord Petre is lord of the manor. The principal land­ railway station, 3 miles north from Wickford and 32 from owners are the heirs of the late Admiral IT'indal and the London, in the Mid division of the county, Chelmsford trustees of the late John Wright esq. The soil and sub­ hundred, union, petty sessional division and county court soil are clayey. The principal crops are wheat{, beans and district, rural deanery of Danbury, archdBaconry of Essex oats. Th!'l._ area is r,537 acres; mtewble value, £),137- and diocese of St. Albans. The church of St. Peter is The population in r8gr was 204. a small edifice of rubble, in the Early English and Deco- Parish Clerk, Henry _Nevill. rated styles, consisting of chancel and nave"- and a western Post Office. Miss Ellen Eaton, sub-postmistress. Let- belfry of wood with spire and containing 1 bell. The ters by foot post from Chelmsford, delivered at 9 a.m. ; regist·er dates from the year 1654. The living is a box closes at 6. 45 p.m. The nearest money order & rect()ry, consolidated with West Hanningfield, average telegraph office is at Wickford. Postal orders are issued tithe rent-charge £874, joint net yearly value £645, with bere, but not paid 48 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of W. Kemble esq. and held since 188S by the Rev. Edmund Spenser Assistant Overseer, Ernes,t Boo.son Tiddernan M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford, who National School (mixed), built in 1874, for 40 children; resides at West Hanningfield. The poor have .£5 yearly in average attendance, 38 ; Miss Mary E. Wheeler, mist A.adison Mrs. Spencer, Bearmains .Algar Richard Jas. farmer, The Hall Dixon Charles J. farmer, Alberts Charsley-Thomas Col. Wm. Plantation Bull William, farm bailiff to George Hunt Eliza (Mrs.) & Thomas, Wind· Hayes Rev. Jn. William B.A. (curate) A. Brunwin esq. Great Prestons mill P.H Benson Charles, farmer & landowner, Eaton Ellen (Miss), shopkeeper & Smith Frederick, blacksmith Little Prestons post office Webster Thomas Henry, brick maker WEST HANNINGFIELD is a pleasant village a,nd 1327 is preserved here. Richard Cannon in r6o5 gave by parish, 6 miles east from Ingatestone station, 6 south will to the poor of West Hanningfield and Rettendon from Chelmsford station, and 29 from London, in the Mid about 19 acres of land and a cottage, the" rent to b~ division of the county, Chelmsford hundred, petty ses- divided equally between the two parishes and to be dis­ SiionaJ division, union and county court' district, rural tr.ibuted in bread. Mrs. Ann Humphrey, of Rettendon deanery of Danbury, archdeaconry of Essex and diocese of Hall, in r6o5 gave .£2 a year for ever to poor widows of St. .Albans. The church of St. Mary and St. Edward is this parish not receiving parish relief, to be paid out of a a crudforrn building of brick and rubble :in the Perpen- farm called "Helmons," on the green; there is also a dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, sum of ros. a year paid out of a farm in this parish south porch and a western tower with small spire, con· called "Tanfield Toy." Lord Petre is lord of the manor; 'liaining 4 bells, dtated 1770: in the south aisle is an the landowners are John Badeley esq. of St. Helens. ancient slab, formerly inclosing the half-length effigies of Pa.rkstone, Dorset, the trusrtees of Dr. Williams, Colin a man and woman; the former is missing, but the latter Benson esq. Thomas May Dunster esq. solicitor, of remains and has beneath it the inscrirtion following: Henrietta. street, Cavendish square, London W. and "Isabele Clovile et John son fils gisent 1ci lequele Johan others. The soil is stiff clay; subsoil, clav. The prin­ morust le 23 jour d.'Octobre, l'an de grace, 13{ir. Dieu cipal crops are wheat, beans, oats and barl~y. "The area de leur almes eit m'rc :" in the chancel, on the north is 2,838 acres; rateable value, ,£2,675; the population in side, is on altar ~()mb to a member of the same family, 1891 was 464. but the inscription is imperfect, and on the floor a ledger Sexton, Joseph May. stone, inscribed to John, son of John Erdeswicke esq. ob. Post Office. Alfred Vaughan, sub-postmaster. Letters Nov. r6o-. The interior of the churcli was restored and by foot post through Chelmsford. Letters arrive at g reseatea. in 1888, wt a cost of about .£400. The register a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. The nearest money commences in the year 1558. The living is a rectmy, order & telegraph office is at Stock. Postal orders are with &luth HanninP.eld annexed, joint average tithe issued here, but not paid rent-charge £874, JOint gross yearly value .£8so, net Wall Letter Box, near the 'Three Compasses,' cleared £645, with residence and 48 acres of glebe, in the gift of at 5.15 p.m W. Kemble esq. ,and held since r885 by tlie Rev. Edmund NationarSchool, built in 1893 (on a site of land presented Spenser Tiddernan M. A. of Worcester College, Oxford. by F. M. Dunster esq. ), for 6o children; average at- A list of the rectors of South and West Hauningfield from tendance, 45; Miss E. M. Judd, mistress Beadel Thomas Edward Glass Thomas, farmer, Temple farm Sewell James, beer retailer Tiddeman Rev. Edmund Spenser M.A. Hilliard George B. farmer, Twenty Smith Annie (Mrs.) & John Edward,. (rector), The Rectory Acre farm farmers, Link House farm COMMERCIAL. Holliday Thomas, farmer, Hicks farm Sparrow George William, baker Balls John Steele, Ship P.H Knightbridge Thos. fmr. Foxbury fro Sparrow William, boot & shoe maker­ Benson G'harles Jas. farmer, Hall frm Lilly William, bake:r Stacey Samuel, farmer, Toy farm Benson Colin, farmer & landowner, May John, beer retailer & shopkeepr Trussell George, farmer, Elm farm Helmons May Joseph, beet: retailer & shopkpr Tyler William J ames, blacksmith Benson William Colin, frmr. Pynnings Moore George Henry, farmer, Apps Vaughan Alfred, carpenter & wheei- Crabb Richard Hatley, farmer farm (letters Stock, Ingatestone) ~-right & post office Harris J ames, farm bailiff to Mr. Punt Arthur, wheelwright Wright George, farmer & landowner, Philip Cole, Bords farm Saunders SI. J. Three Compasses P.H Pattens (letters, East Hanningfield) .