[.] COLD NORTON. 84 (POST OFFICE Lexden. Box Misses, Heath lodge CO:.JMERCIAL. MajorHoratio Nelson, coal mer.Bowcot Bridge Mrs Barker Charlotte (Mrs.), beer retailer MerryGeo.E.mlr.cpr.&shpkpr.Btle.end Deed John Simpkin, SummerhiJI BibbeyWm.ft·m.blff: for Mr.Geo.Cooper Newman William, beer retailer Eaton Rev. Jolm :-!later, B.A Bird J ames, boot & shoe maker NorfolkEizh.L.(Mrs.), BerechrchArm11 EningtonGeorgeHenry,J.P. Lexden pk Bright&Bullock,whlwrghts.& blksmths Orpen Roht. farmer, \Yest Houl\6 tarm Grimwood Miss, Upper Hill house Rucke John Betts, bricklayE>r OrpenArme(Mrs.),farmer,Sheepen farm Gunnell George William Carnie J !l,Leslie,inlnd.rev.oft: Church la Phillips Alfred, farmer, Lexden lod~re Hawes Mrs. Oak cottage Shrub end Chaplin Ramuel, seed crusher, Oil mills PhillipsEdmd. S. farmer, l\laltingfarm Hayward Miss, Lexden cottage Clark Alfred, carpenter, Shrub end Phillips Geo. farmer, Cooper'::~ farm Hurnard Jame!!, Hill house Eade John, builder PlaneG .frrr.r.&crn. mer. Brswck.Ldgfrm J osselyn Charles, Braiswick lodge Fwner Wtlliam, cattle draler Polley Jarnes, farmer Keyes Misses, Shrub end Folkard William, farmer, :-ihrub end Rain11by haa<', heer retailer Keyes Roberr, Shrub end Garrad Isaac Beardwell, Sun inn Ricllardson Fr• derick, boarding school Laing- Arthur Louis, Braiswick Geernaert Joseph John, tailor Tarn plin Samuel, blacksmith, Bottle end PavillonRev.Jhn.B.A. [rctr.&rural dn] Gibling J ames, bricklayer Taylor J oseph, grocer & draper Papillon Philip Oxenden, ;r .P.Manor ho Harsant Freeman, grocer&shoemaker Vince George, miller & tarmer, ~fill ho Roberts Edmund, Burghsted Hockley William, bricklayer, Shrub end WadcHenry, Leather Bottle, Bottle end Round Edward August us, Lexdt:n house H utley William, blacksmith Wale Thomas, wheelwright Ulph Mrs Kindred George P. baker Wright Caroline (Miss), shopkeeper • Mile End. Eradhrook George, Myland villa DennisWm.Gentry,fimner, My land ball Scoffield James, baker & grocer Hall Rev. Edrnund, M.A. Rectory Dines William, beer retailer Scrivener Robert, 1armer Hall Mrs. Holymead house Garwood~aml.beerretailer & hricklaver• Smith John, farmer .Staines Captain Robert Hawes Edward, Dog~ Pheasant • Sparrow J nhn, wheelwright&blacksmitb Elyth Thomas, farmer, White hall Leach Thomas, farmer Studd Daniel, farmer Cant George Harvey, 1armer, Tubswick MatthewsBenj.wbeelwright & blcksmth Studd J oseph, farmer Cant Herbert, cattle dealer Munson Henry, butcher Studd Phcebe(Mr:~.), Railway tavern Cant William, seed grower, Myland lug N evard John, carpenter Warner George, plumber & glazier Cartwright Charles, shopkeeper ParkerRubt.Chri11topher,miller&farmer W estoby Harriett ( M r s.), grocer Cutler Joanna (Mrs.), shopkeeper Prior David} nurseryman W yncoll Thomas, farmer COLD NORTON is a parish, in the Eastfrn division of mistress, was erected in 1842, and is supported by suhscrip· the county, Dt>ngie hundred, Maldun union and county tion. 'l'he Governors of the Cbarterhouse, who are the court db.trict, Mal don rural deanery, Essex archdeacor1ry, lords llf the manor, Edward Blore, esq., the trustees of and Rochester diocese, 6 miles south fi·om station, Butler's Charity, and Miss F. Parker, are the chief land­ and 12 south·east from . The churt'h of St. owners. Tho soil is strong clay; subsorl, strong clay. The Stephen was erPcted in 1855: it has a chancel and nave, chief crops are wheat, beans, oats, barley and mango cl­ with an open belfry at the west eud. The register dates wurtzel. The area is I,ool acres; gross estimat..,d re11tal, from the year 1594. The living is a rectory, tithe rent- £1,798; rateable value, £1,593; population in 1871, ~21. charge £397, with about 43 acres of glebe, in the gift of Parish Clerk, George Hatch. the governors of the Charterhouse, , and held by Letters through Maldon, which is the neare~t money order the Rev. George Frederick Noad, u.c.L., of Worce8ter office. 'l'he nearest post office is at College, Oxford. The National school, with a house for the National School, Miss Sarah Ann Peck, mistress Clarke Charles, The Rise Crabb Mary Ann {Mrs.), farmer Pond William, Fly~ Bullock Clarke William, 'l'he Hall Harvey John & William, farmel'8 Stol'k William, fa•·mer & shopkeeper Noad Rev. Geo. Fredk. n.c.L. [rector] Harvey Joseph, farmer Whitin~ Samuel, farmer COMMERCIAL. Hatch Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Willis John, farmer Clarke Charles, farmer, Tbe Rise PartridgeGeorge Edward, farmer

EARLS COLNE is a town as ancient as the time of village from Ha1stead. The Priory is erected on the site Kiug hdward the Confessor, and derives its name from the of the ancient priory, and is the stat of John Carwardine, river Colne and from its andent occupation hy the De esq., J .P., lord of the mauors of Earls Col ne and Colue Vert>s, Great Chamberlains of , Earls of Oxford, and l'riory. ln llOOAubrey de V ere foundt!d lrere a priury, in Dukes of Dublin, who had a st>at here, called Hall Place, which he became a monk, and of which some remains ar-e to with a park ofabout 700 acres attached, and which stood on be seen near the river. In an aneit'ut church within the one side of the church : the town is situate near the banks priory grounds hav~ been buried 13 Earls of Oxford, of the of the Colne, in the Eastern division of' the county, Lex den princely house of De V ere: there art' several a11Cit'nt monu· hundred, Halstead union and county court district, Colne ments of the family preserved in a. cloister attached to the rural deanery, Colchester archdeaconry, and Rocbt'ster present priory: at the Dissolution its revenues were esti­ diocese, on the road from Halstead to Colchester, 1 mile mated at £175 J4s. 8~d. per annum. The principal land­ from Colne station on the Colne Valley branch of the Great owners, Mrl!. Honywood, Mrs. Meyer, J. Carwardine, e!'q., Eastern Railway, 48 miles from London, 3~ east-south-east Lieut•• Col. Marsden, William Mattl1ews, esq .• and there from Halstead, 10 north-west from Colchester, 4~ north are several smaller owners. The soil is a stron~ loatn from Coggeshall. The church of St. Andrew has a chancel, and brick earth; subsoil, various. 1'he chief crops are nave, south aisle, aud large embattled tower, with the De wheat, oats, barley and turnips. 'l'he area is 2,!)59 acres; V ere Arms carved in stone on the east and west side, with gross estimated rental, £6,731; rateable value, £6,448; and a peal of 6 bells : it was erected in 1532, and restored in the pop<1Jation in 1871 was 1,481. 1864, with an additional north aisle, and a memorial stained Coi.NEFORD HILL is on the other biue of the Colne. glass window, given by the parishioners, in memory of the Pm·ish Clerk, Abraham Crooks. late vicar, the Rev. Robert Wilkinson; also an organ: there are several ancient monuments. The register dutes PosT & MONEY ORDER OFPIC'E, Post Offirt~ Saving11 from the year 15J9. The living is an endowed vicara~P, Bank & Telegraph Otfice.-Joseph Farrants, postmaster, tithes commuted,ofthe yearly value of £616, in the gift of Earls Colne. Letters from Hahtead arrive by foot post at John Carwardine, esq., .r.r., and held by the Rev. Samuel 7 a.m. ; delivered at 7.16 & dispatched at 6 p.m. Ho.x: lUackall, M.A •• of 8t. John's Coll"g-e, Cambrid~e. An closes at 5.55 p.m ancient Grammar school, founded by the Rev. Christopher INSURANCE AUENTS :- Swallow, is in the village, and i~ under the management of County Fire ~ Provident L~fe, J. S. Far.ants eight trw~tees: the income is about £240. There are Liverpool~ London ~ Globe, J. A. Tawdl National and Infant schools. Here are places of worship Sttn Life, C. Tatham for .Baptists and the Society of Friends. 'fhere are six alms­ ScHOOLS:- houses, erected by the late Henry H. Carwardine, esq., and F1·ee Grammar, ·waiter Mutimer m'1ster supported by John Carwardine, esq.; also charities of £:14 .National (boys& girls),Altred John 8mith, ma11ter; Mis& annual value. Here are the extensive agricultural imple­ Lucy Martin, mistress ment works of Messrs. Hunt & Tawell: bricks and tiles are Infants, Cogl,reshall road, Miss Bertha Fdton, mistress also made here. On the river are mills. The Institute and CARRIERS TO:- ltPauing Room is a neat and commodious building. Earls COLCII ESTER-Cook, frCim Halstead, calls at tJJe ' Lion & Col ne House, the :Jeat of Lieut.-Col.Marsden, c.B., J .P. is a Boar,'wednesday&saturday,at ll a.m. returning nt 7 p.m mot.lern mansion, pleasantly situated at tlJC entrance of the LONDON-James Pudney, mon. &fi'i. returning wed.& sat