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Saltmarsh, 36 New strMt; Ingatestone sub-district, Mission' Hall, Roman road,- 3 p.ill William John Nurse, Stock; deputy, A. Oottee, Stock; Mission Hall (Unsecretarian), Primrose hill, 7 p.m Great Waltham district, Fred Turner, Broomfield; Unitarian, Legg 'street, various; II a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; deputy, John Candler, Broomfield thurs. ,8.30 p.m Workhouse, Wood street, built of brick in 1837 (with in­ fectious ward added in 1877), was burned down Dec. SCHOOLS. 1886 &; rebuilt in 1889 at a cost of £16,000, &; will The Free Grammar School, formerly' in Duke street, hold 435 inmatoes; Henry Rowe, mas,ter; Rev. Hugh now occupies premises on the Bromfield road, built in 'fownshend Wilson M.IA.. chaiplaiill; medical officer, 1890 & including chemical &; physical laboratories, lec~ 'fheodore Harry WaIler L.R.C.P.Lond. Chelmsford; ture theatre &; gymnasium; the technical department Mrs. Susan Rowe, matron being under the patronage of the Essex County Council: the ·school was founded in 1551 by a charter of Edward School Attendance Committee. VI. who incorporated four persons by the name of Meeting every alternate tuesday at Union house at 10 a.m. governors of the possessions of the Free Grammar Clerk, William Ward Dnffield, 96 High st,. Chelmsford School of King Edward VI. in the parish of Chelmsford, School Attendance Officers, 1st di,strict, Herbert Wear, to be succeeded by their next male heirs. The school 42 New London road, Chelmsford; 2nd district, W. J. has a yearly income of about £300 & under the scheme of Nurse, Stock; 3rd district, Herbert Wear, Broomfield the Endowed School Oommissioners, 1873, was consti­ tuted a second grade school for the education of boys up PUB~IC OFFICERS. to the age of 19. The new buildings are intended to hold ISO boys; the present number is 120. Philemon .A.ssistant Overseer, Waiter Maryon, 29 New street Holland M.A., M.D. fellow of Trinity O:Jllege, Cam­ Clerk of the Peace for the County & to the County Lieut~nancy bridge, an eminent translator of r6th century, born in Council &; to the General Meetings of the Chelms·ford in 155r & Sir Walter Mildmay, also born of Essex, Henry Gibson, res. Ongar j office, Shire hall; here in or about 1522, knighted 22nd Feb. r546-7, Chan~ Clerk to the Clerk of the Peace, Geo. Fredk. Rarlow cellor of the Exchequer in the time of Queen Elizabeth, Clerk to Commissioners of Income &; Land Tax for divi­ & founder of Emmanuel College, , were both sion of Chelmsford & to Commissioners of Sewers educated at this school, as also was the late Ohief for Dengie &; for Fobbing Levels, Charles Bramston Justice Tindal. Governors, W. W. Duffield (chairman), Osborne Gepp, New street Rev. R. E. Bartlett, Col. Wood, Col. W. P. Gepp, Clerk to Commissioners of Sewers for Foulness Level, Mr. W. Dennis, Mr. oF. Wbitmore, Mr. F. A. Fawkes, Waiter Payne Gepp M.A. New street Mr. F. Wells, Mr. S. L. Brunrton, Mr. F. Chancellor County Accountant of Essex, Frank Howard Owers, 78 J.P.Rev. H. A. Lake, Mr. ,so Spalding, Rev. O. W. Duke street Tancock, Mr. C. Pert'Wee; Mr. Andrew Meggy, soli. County Architect, Frank Whitmore, 17 Duke street citor, 71 Duke s.treet, Chelmsford, clerk to the gover­ ChIef Surveyor for the Essex County Council, Percy J. nore; J<1rnnk 'Wm. Rogers M.A. head master; B. H. Sheldon Assoc.M.Inst.O.E. 78 Duke !'tteet Keall RA. second master; T. Hay M.A., B. Se. R. S. County Treasurer of Essex, Robt. Woodhouse, 78 Duke st Smylie B.A. Charles B. Hennah & J. Pike, assistant Corn Returns Inspector, George Mason, 69 Duke street masters; Miss M. Benson, head mistress of the Pre­ Diocesan Architect for St. Albans, Frederic Chancellor paratory school F.R.I.B.A. 2 High street Diocesan Surveyor for Archdeaconries of Essex, Colches­ The Technical School of the Eesex County Oouncil ter&; St. Albans, Frederic Wvkeham ChanceUor, 2 occupies the Old Grammar School buildings at 78 Duke High street ' street, which have been purchased by the Oouncil Distributor of Stamps, Julius Mark, 35 High street &; adapted for this purpose. The biological &; chemical Registrar of the Archdeacanries of Colchester, Essex &; laboratories are well equipped, & are used for St. Albans, &; Surrogate for Essex Archdeaconry, central county classes in chemistry', biology &; horti­ Walter Payne Gepp M.A. New street culture; the instruction given being practical as well as Returning Officer for the Essex County Council, Charles theoretical; students from any part of thE> county may B. O. Gepp, New street attend the classes & the institution serves as a centre for Sheriff's Officers, Frederick George Smith, 84 Rainford affording advice & assistance as well as for training road &; WaIter Townend Feather, Nf;lw street teachere for work in the rural districts; J. H. Nicholas, Surveyor of Taxes, Alfred Matthews, 69 Duke street solicitor, sec. & organising sec Town Crier (appointed by the lord of the manor), Victoria National (boys), Church street, erected in 1886, George :Beadle, Cottage place for 370 boys; average attendance, 234; Frank Clist, Under-Sheriff, C. B. O. Gepp, New street; Acting master Under-Sheriffs, Gepp & Sons, New street Victoria National, New street, for 260 girls & 180 infants; average attendance, 270 girls & 175 infants; Miss PLA,CE,s OF WORSHIP, with times of services. Minnie Licence, girls' mistress; Mise Annie Stone, in­ St. Mary's Parish Church, Rev. Henry Ashton Lake M.A. fants' mistress . J;ector; Rev. George Edward Gerard Hoare M.A.; Rev. Catholic (mi~ed), New London road, for 80 children, Edward Penfold M.A.; Rev. A. L. de Mertens B.A. average attendance 63, Miss Ellen Coller, mistress; Miss curates; II a.m. 3 & 7 p.m.; weekly celebrations at Florence Coller, aseistant mistress 8 a.m. & twice a month at mid-day St. John's National, Moulsham street, built in 1840 &; St. Peter's Mission Church, Primrose hill (served from enlarged in r885, at a cost of £r,ooo j the infants' St. Mary's), II & 7.30 p.m.; fri. 7.30 p.m. school was built in the same year by Mrs. Tidboald St. John's, Moulsham, Rev. Rabert Wavers Saulez M.A. in memory of her husband; the school will hold 160 vicar; Rev. E. Morton Bartlett B.A. curate; 8 & II boys, 139 girls & 200 infants; average attendance, 176 a.m. &; 3 & 7 p.m. j daily at IQ a.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m. ; boye, 129 girls & 191 infants; William Henry Ripper, saints' days, 8 &; ro a.m. &; 4.30 p.m master; Miss Mary Elizabeth Taylor, mistress; Miss Immaculate Oonception Catholic Church, New London Sabra Franklin, infants' mistress . road, Rev. Joseph F. Padbury M.R. &; Rev. Cyril Shep­ St. Peter's National, Rainsford End (infants), formerly herd, priests ;8.30 &; IQ.30 a.m. &; 7 p.m.; daily mass, the Mission Church, erected in r882 for 135 children, 8 a.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m average attendance, 87; Miss Frances Davidson, mist Friends' Meeting House, Duke street; 10.30 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m. wed. 10.30 a.m. British (boys, girls & infants), Friars place, erected in St. Mary's District Mission Rooms, :Broomfield road; 1886, at a cost of nearly £3,000, for 250 boys, 200 thurs. 7.30 p.m girls & 200 infants; average attendance, 213 boys, r70 Baptist, New London road, Rev. Henry Samuel Boulton; girls & 197 infants; George Arthur Coulson, master; IQ·3Dt a.m. & 2.30 &6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.r5 p.m Miss Oharlotte M. Hull, girls' mistress; Mrs. Mary Ann Catholic Apostolic, Hall street; 10 a.m. &; 5 p.m.; Ward, infants' mistress sat. 5 p.m The Essex Industrial School & Home for Destitute Boys, Congregational, New London road, Rev. T. McDougall Rainsford road, was established in 1872: the cases Mundle; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m admitted are those of a voluntary character & of boys Congregational (Mission ball), Townfield street, various; unconvict~d of crime sent under a magistrate's order, 6.30 p.m in pursuance to the Industrial Schools Act of 1866 &; Congregational, Baddow road; IQ.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; the Elementary Schools & other Acts: the boys' time thurs. 7.30 p.m is divided between instruct·ion in school &' indus­ Primitive Methodist, Hall street, Rev. George Dowson; trial labour, such as house & garden work, shoe­ 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thure. 7.30 p.m making, tailoring, laundry, &; carpentering; the Wesleyan, High street, Rev. Thomae Orton; rQ,30 a.m. &; religious teaching is Protestant, but undenominational. 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 6.30 p.m The school wae originally carried on in Baddow road,