DIRECTORY'. 71 FEERING. (.] ·------:Bullock Jonatban, esq. Hall \ DtJTTant S. farmer 1Speakman Tboma'!, farmer Spurrell Rev. Frederick, M. A.. Rectory Love Horatio, farmer 1 Letters received tbroogh Wifbam, TltADERS. j Pooley WHJiam, farmer Iwhich is also the nearest money order Beards John, farmer Smith Frederick, farmer office .

:E'BBKJ:NG is a widely scattered village, pleasantly on the subject of the Crucifixion ; the wood earving i~ situated on the vale of the river Blackwater, 2 miles worthy of notice it was done by Mr. Jobn Barleyman, of south of Coggesball, and 9 miles south-west of Col- ; the panels of the pulpit, which are ancient, re­ chester, in the Hundred of Lexden, Unton, the present the taking down from the cros~, and the bearing archdeaconry of , rnral deanery of Coggeshatl the (}1"088, the scourging and the crown of thorns, and there and bishopric of Rochester. The Eastern Counties (Col- is an elaborately carved font. The living is a vicarage, cheater) railway rnns throngb 1he village on an embank- value £280 per annum, with a residence in the Elizabethan ment, 1~ miles from the Kelvedon statioD. The population, style, and 9 acres of glebe, in the patrona!{e of the Bishop­ in 1851, was 825, ebiefl.v dependin~ on agriculture; the of Roehester, and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Drum­ acreage is 3,232. The Bi9hop of London i~ lord of the rnond, M.A.; the Bib hop of London is the lay impropriator. manor. The church (All Saints) is an ancient building, The National school, containing about 50 children, is a new in a mixed style of Gothic architecture, with nave, chancel, and commodious red brick building in the Elizabethan north aisle, Elizabethan porch and ~quare tower, partially style; there is a small endowment for repairs. The prin­ obscul'ed with ivy, and contains 5 bells; the inside has cipallandowners are Lord Denhigh, Wm. Honywood, E~q., undergone complete restoration, Rfld the old eolorin~ of and Mr. J. Raven. The charities are '203. per annum to the walls has been restored undP.r the guidance of the widow communicants. Tbe land is chiefly light arable and present vicar.; the east window is filled with stained glass, undulating; subsoil, gravel. . GENTRY. Clack William, beer retailer Moss John, farmer Bond Benjamin, esq Everett Cowlin, miller Pettit Elijah, farmer Drummond Rev. Robt. M.A.. Vicarage Everett George, farmer Quilter Elijah, farmer Hanbnry Henry,esq. Warrens Prancis Isaac, builder Quilter John, f»rmer TRADERS. Grang-e Sophia (Miss), shopkeeper Quy Jonas, • Bell' Baileyman William, builder Harris Peter, hurdle IDaker Raven John Cornwell BakP.r Henry, shopkeeper Herrington James, boot & shoe maker Shed Thomas, hurdle maker Belsham Thoma:o, cattle dealer Hills Prancis, farmer Wilkinson John, master of National Bush Charles, maltster, brewer&corn dlr H utly William, farmer scl10ol & parish clerk . Cant William, farmer Hutlev & Son, blacksTDiths Letters received through Kelvedon, Catehpool Edward, farmer lmpey Bedford, farmer which is also the nearest money order Church John, farmer Metcalf Philip, farmer office . ..All Saints' Church, Rev. R. Drnmmond, M.A.. vicar National School, John Wilkinson, master; Mrs. S. Wilkinson, mistress PELSTED, or FELSTEA.D (Holy Cross), situated 4 miles chairman, and the Rev. A. H. 1Vratislaw. M.A., head east-south-ea<~t of Great Dunmow, comprehends the south­ master. Gross commutation of rectory and vicarag-e is west corner of Hinckford Hundred, and is a plea~ant and £1,488 17s. Id., which is in the g-ift of the Earl oi Mor­ healthful parish. The village, contain in!( the pari-sh ch•ucb, nington, the rectorial tithes being enjoyed by him; the in which is a splendid monument of the family of Lord Rich. vicarage is in the incumbency ofthe Rev. Jeremiah Awdry, lies 10 miles north of CbeJmqford station, 4 south-east of M.A., and the number of acres in the parish is 6,'lt7, with a Dunmow, and 6 west-south-west of Braintree. A Free population of 1,715 inhabitants. In the school the Lord Grammar school for boys, natives of Essex, was engrafted Protector Richard Cromwell, and Oliver and Henry Crom­ on the charities of Lord Rich in the year 156!, which well, sons of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, were charities were first founded in the year 155!, the present educated, as also Dr. Isaac Barrow and Dr. John Wallis, yearly income of which is upwards of £2,000; it was the mathematicians. Here is an Independent chapel, and thrown into chancery in the year 1835, and settled uuder a almshouses for three poor women and three poor men, on scheme from the court in 1852, placing it under the control the same foundation as the school. of a board of eleven trustees, Archdeacon Burney being the Backhome Rev. John Harris, M.A Edwards Joseph, farmer Ridley John, miller & maltster Croker Rev. James Ellis Williams, wheelwright & cooper Ridley Thomas Dixon, brewer & miller Edwarils Joseph, esq French Thomaq, plumber &c Saundersl\Iary(Miss),straw bonnetmkr 1tlark Rev. John [Independent] Puller James, 'Three Horse Shoes' Sears John~ fanwright Parkerson James, esq Gladwin Thomas, clerk & collector to Sewell Henry, farmer Symonds Rev. George Edward7 :B • .A.. the Essex pro\"ident society Sewell Peter, farmer (curate] Gosling James, fanwrigbt Skill James, farmer Wratislaw Rev. Albert H. M.A. Hardy James, beer retailer Smith James, wheelwright TRADERS. Honlton Robert, grocer Snow John. farmer Abra11am John, fanner Livermore Charles, farmer Suckling Elias, tailor .Ardley Elizabeth (Miss), sbopkeE>per Mark John, day sehool Swallow Charles, boot & shoe maker Ardh·yMartha(Miss),straw honnetmkr Norris William, saddler Taylor E!ia<~, baker Barker James, boot & shoe maker Overall Wi!liam, farmer Thompson William, butcher Barker Josepb, shopkef'per Parkerson James, surgeon Wallis Edward, bPer retailer Bent<~ll Daniel, farmer Parker Wiiliam \'Vade, farmer Weaver James, 'Chequers' Bentall Mary pir~.), farmer Peachey Joseph, cBell' Wright Edward, farmer Bentall Robert, farmer Phillips Cheveley Frederic, grocer, & W right George, miller Brown John, farmer ag-ent to Royal Exchange fire & life Wright John, farmer Clarke Susan (Mrs.), corn dealer office Wright Mary (Mrs.), farmer Davey William, farmer Philpot William, 'Swan,' & bootmaker Young John, carpenter Digby Jo3eph, shopkeeper Pryor Henry, 1ailor Young John, wheelwright

PosT 0FFICE..-William Phllpot, postmaster. Letters ChelmsfOrd Prov,ident Society, Thomas Gladwin1 clerk & arrive by mail cart from Chelmsford at ~ past 6 a.m.; collector delivered at ~ pa!lt 7; dispatched at 7 p.m. The nearest Free G'rammar School, Rev. Albert Henry Wratislaw., monf'y order office is at Great Dunmow M.A. head master; Rev. John Harris Backhouse, M.A. 'INSURANCE AGENT.- Royal Exchange Fire ~ Life, W. Rotberham, €sq., B.A..; Mr. 0. A. l\tfaynard, & Mr. Cheveley Frederic Phillips G. Abel, masters . :E'!NCB:INGF:EBLD is a large village and parish in the incumbent.. William Kemp; of Spains Hall, as men• Hinckford Hundred and Braintree Union, 9 miles north­ tioned in his epitaph, for one inadvertence in speech, west of Braintree and 6 east of Thaxted. The parish punished himself with seven years' silence. There is a contains 8,387 acres, and had a population, in 1851, of Ineeting-house for Independents, and ao Infant school . 21594.. The church of S~. John the Eaptist is ancient, and connected with it. In 1841 a district church, dedicated has a to\\ er and 8 bells, and a nave and chancel, each with t;o St. John the Evangelist, w.as erected at .CoB:JUSH t"o aisles. The living is a ;vicarage, value £560 per HALL EN n, in this parish, 3 miles nortll. The living is aauum, of which the Rev. John Russell Stock, .x.A.., is a perpetual curacy, value £100, in the patronage of 'the