. - r.FORDHAM. 183. DIRECTORY.] \ . , ,., • King Charles, Rosenheath farm ' Ewen William Geo. draper &; prov. d1r Payne WaIter Joh~ builder & ins. agt Sedgwick Rev.· J'Ohn ,Edmund M.A. Hockley' Henry, cowkeeper " • Payne Lydia (Miss), Post office . (rector), Rectory" Moss Charles, farmer, Fobbing farm Baison Daniel, bricklayer ~ Dowson Ed-ward Elmhurst, farmer, Page George, coal dealer Shade Charles -Gentry, baker

Drv• Street farm ,Wood William, White Lion P.H . (or Forth End) is an ecclesiastical parish Waltham, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. > formed out of , 28 'March 1871, and· is The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay. The ohief crops are supposed to derive its name from a ford over a brook; wheat, badey, beans, oats and clover. The a'rea is 2,6II it is on the road from Dunmow to , 3 miles acres; and the population in 1901I was &]r.. north-west from Great Waltham and 5 miles south-east • from Dunmow station on the Bishops' Stortford. At NORTH END, 11 miles north, is a chapel of ease, Dunmow and Braintree line of the Great Eastern the property of trustees; it is a plain building of lath and railway, and 8' from Chelmsford, in the Mid plaster, tiled, and consists' of chancel, nave and a western divisioIl of· the county, Chelmsford hundred. petty turret, containing one bell. The poor of this part of tbl) parisb have about £15 yearly. sessional division, union and county court district and . in the rural deanery of (''helmsford, archdeaconry of LITTLEY GREEN, 2 miles east, with a mission room Essex and diocese of St. .Albans. The church of St. John built in 1895, and ROPHEY GREEN, lisouth, are also in the Evangelist, erected by subscription and consecrated this ecclesiastical parish. . in 1871, Is a· building of red brick with white stone Parish Clerk, J ames Cheek. ' ' dressings .in the Early English style and consists of chancel, nave of five bays, south aisle, south porch and a Post Office.-Robert Brown, sub-postmaster•. Letters. towel', with colossal figures of the four Evangelists at the arrive from ChelIDsford by mail cart &; are left at corners and surmounted by a spire; it contains a clock Hartford End, they are delivered at 7.30 a.m.; the box and 6 bells, two of which were additions in 188r, and one is cleared at 6.30 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, in 1883: in 1893 the chancel was rebuilt and a new organ . but not paid.. The nearest money.order &; telegraph chamber erected on the north side at a cost of £600, by office is at Great Waltham. North End & Rophey Green the Rev. H. E. Hulton, vicar of Great Waltham: the letters do not come by this bag & should be directed. chancel windows are stained and there are sittings for the former Felstead & the latter . Wall Letter 300 people. The register dates from the year 1871. The Box at North End cleared at 6 p.m. week days; 9.30 IJiving is a vicarage, average net yearly value £17°, with a.m. sundays -. residenoe, in the gift of Trinity College, OxfGrd, and held Church of Schools (mixed), built in 1872, with since 1901 by the Rev. Robel't Dutton Grindley M.A. of a tower &; spire &:; master's house adjoining; they were bhlllt college. 'There is a small Congregational chapel and enlarged in 1881 & will hold 156 children; average attendance, 134; Hen'ry Franklin, master - . a Particulllll' Bapt,ist chapel. W. N. Tufnell. esq. of Great Dowsett Phillip R. Ford End house Crozier Felix, farmer, Littley green Saunders Wm. Butchers' Arms P.H Grindley Rev. Robert Dutton M.A. Dowsett ,Philip R. farmer & landowner Smith Alfred, beer retailer &:; ~hopkp:r (vicar), Vicarage Everitt John, farmer Smith Thomas, shopkpro North end Raslar John, Appletrees Franklin Henry, organist Stokes William, thatcher ., Haslar William, Wall house Fry Henry, farmer, Absol Park farm 'l'hake Harry, farmer, North end . COM.l\1ERCIAL. Haslar William, farmer, Wall farm. Thompson WaIter, Spread Eagle P.H Bartrupt George, shopkeeper Ling &:; Driver, farmers, Park farm Woodiwiss Samuel, farmer, Graveley's Britton Charles John, farmer Martin John Wesley, farmer &; land- farm, Littley green . Brown Robert, grocer, provision mer­ owner, North End place Wright Con, Compasses P .H. Littley. chant, uraper & baker & post office Mascall WaIter S. blacksmith &; beel' green .. Britton Fred, farmer, Poulters retailer, Littley green Young Frederick, farmer & veterinary Coe Amos, blacksmith Root George, .carpenter surgeon, King's farm , FORDHAM (named from lit-s ford at Ford street, over Major- William Meese Dunn M.A. of Oxford University; the river Colne), is a parish on the high road from Here is a chapel of Lady Huntingdon's' Connexion, built to Cambridge, 4 miles north from Mark's Tey in 1790, with about 150 sittings, a residence for the station on the Great Eastern main line to Colchester and minister, and a burial ground. There are two manors. Ipswich, 3 east from Ohappel Junction station on the GeorgeFrederick Beaumont esq. of , who is Great Eastern and Colne Valley railways, 10 sQuth-east 1lord of the manor of Much Fordham and Earl Cowper from and 6 north-west f'rom Colchester, in the K.G.,P.C.lord of the ID'lnOr of Fordham Hall, Joseph Green North Eastern division of the county, Lexden hundred, and William Gwynne-Evans esq's. are the principal land­ Lexden and Winstree union and petty sessional division, ownen. The soil is mixed and good; subsoil, clay and Colchester county court district and in the rural deanery gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and of Dedham, archdeaconry of Colchester and diocese of St. beans. The area is 2,515 acres of land and 7 of water;. Albans. The church of All Saints, an edifice of stone in rateable value, £2,318; the population in 1901 was 661. the Later English style, consists of chancel and nave of . four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western Post Office.-Charles Mart:m, sub-P?stmaster. Letters tower containing 2 bells: in the chancel is a piscina and a from Colchester by foot post, arrIve at 8.20 a.m. & marble monument to John Pulley, capt. B.N. d. I715: are dispatch~d wt 5·35 p.m. sunday ~xcepted. Postal the east window is stained: the church was restored in orders Bre Issned here, but not paId. The nearest 1861-62; the organ, provided in 1884, was replaced in 1893 money ordelo office is at Ford Street & telegraph office by a larger instrument: there are 350 sittings. The at West Bergholt, 3 miles distan,t registers date from the year 1~61-2. The living is a National School (mixed), built in 1849, for 132 children; rectory, net yearly value £438, WIth 33 acres of glebe and avera"'e attendance 8~' Harry Rouse master residence, in the alternate gift of the Rev. Thomas Major eo , :>' , Dunn RA. rector of Ruan Lanihorne, Cornwall, und Carrier to Colchester.-Fredericlr Death, mono wed. fri. Earl Cowper K.G., P.C. and held since 1897 by the Rev. & sat • Dunn Rev. Major William l\Ieese M.A. Bunting WItI'. beer ret. F()Il'diham hth Neil Robert, farmer & landowner Rectory Olampin Frank Wm. bldr. & contrctr Partridge Christopher, coach builder, Green Charles _,Ufred, Fordham hall Cleary Edwd. farmer, Fordham heath wheelwright & undertaker Green Mrs. Thomas, Moat hall Cupping Joseph, cowkpr. Fordham hth Partridge Jubal, Shoulder of Mutton Gwynne-Evans 1Villiam, Penlan hall Crawford "Villiam, farmer, Houds P.H. & smith Jones Rev. D. H. McAlpine (Cong) Death Chas. Wm. brewer,Fordham hth Prestney Herbert, farmer Springett Miss . Francis William, farmer Rand William, beer ret.Fordham heath Worts Charles James, Fordham looge Green Joseph, farmer & landowner, Tawell George Harrisson, farmer, COMMERCIAL. Fordham hall Wash farm Beard WaIter, carpenter Knight Wm. John, frmr. Fordham pI Theohald ClitIaI'd, brick maker Brinkley George William, Three Horse- McClan James William, baker & Worts Charles James M.B.C.S.Eng. shoes P.H. & smith shopkeeper surgeon & medical officer &. public Broyd William, manager of brick yard M1l,rtin Charles, shopkeeper &; post oft: vaccinator, No. 9 district, Lexden &; Bullock Henry, beer retailer Morris Edward, farmer, Ram's Winstree union, Fordham lodge FOREST GATE is a suburb of London, and a ward Itlherefore included in the directory of Essex, but will be of the Metropolitan borough of West Ham; it is. not found in KelIy's London Suburban Directory.