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40 BRBNTWOOD~ ESSEX: [KELLY'S

Grinstead •..A.. of St. Catharine's College,- Cambridge. A. The Congregational chapel in New road was built in 1847 vicarage house was erected in the year t878, in the Ingrave and enlarged and rebenched in 1872, at a cost (ilf [,1,000; road. a fine organ hu been since added at a oost of about. £Soo. The endowed grammar school was founded and There is a 8Chool, which was built in 1873 at a cost of over endowed by Sir Anthony Browne and Dame J08n his wife, [1,000. in the reigns of King Philip and Queen Mary and of Queen There is a Wesleyan chapel in Warley road and also a Elizabeth; this Sir Anthony Browne, sergeant-at-law at the meeting room for The Brethren on Primrose hill. time of the foundation, July 5, 1557, became afterwards, in The Mission Hall in Back street will hold about 250 per­ 1558, Lord Chief Justice of the CommonPleas; on the death 8Ons, and is also used for Temperance meetings. of Queen Mary he was removed, but Queen Elizabeth is said The Town Hall WIUl built in 18649 is situated in High street to have entertained so high an opinion of his talents that and has an illuminated clock; it contains committee rooms she permitted him to retain the office of pui8ne judge so and a large hall, 74 feet long by 37 feet wide, well adapted long as he lived; he died May 6, 1567 and was buried at for public meetings, lectures, bal18 and concerts. South Weald church. A year subsequent to the foundation The F. Company of the 1St Essex Rifle Volunteers, of the 8chool, Sir Anthony and his wife built and endowed numbering about 90 men, has its headquarters at the Town almshouses for five poor persons of the parish of South Hall. Weald and the hamlets of Brentwood and Brook Street, There is also a Young Men', Christian Association, with charging certain estates in Dagenham and elsewhere with premises in the New road. their support and in part with the support of the school: Brickmaking and brewing are carried on here. the revenue arising from these estates in time amounted to Fairs are held here on July 18th & 19th and October 16th nearly [1,500 a year, and a re-adjustment of the scheme and 17th. on the termination of a Chancery suit in 1851 became Gittan's charity of £1, left in 1711, is derived from land necessary. The school is at present conducted under a situated at Pilgrim's Hatch and supplies IS. each to 20 poor scheme from the endowed school commissioners and is people yearly. controlled by a body of governors, of whom some act MaSla's charity of £150, left in 1771, produces [,4 16s. e:e ojficio, others being representative and the remainder and is for coals. co-optative; the patron, Christopher Tower esq. during Martin's charity of £1,000 Consols, produces £30 yearly, his lifetime appoints the head master, who will afterwards and is for coals or wood. be appointed by the governors and in his turn appoints Newman's charities of £50, £115 and £121, produces all the assistant masters. The almshouses have been £8 121. 2d. yearly, which is distributed in various ways to rebuilt and now receive ten poor persons. The parishes the poor. comprised within the limits prescribed by the founders are: Mr. Robert Cr8SS left in 1879 £500in Three per Cent. Con­ -SOuth Weald, Great and Little Warley, Cranham, Childer­ sols, the interest of which is divided yearlyamongst six poor ditch, , East and , Ingrave, people (families or widows) residing in Brentwood or the Hutton, , Shenfield, , Romford, immediate vicinity. Brentwood, and Upminster. The scholars There is a monument at the top of the High street, erected number about 100 on the average. by public subscription in 1861 to William Hunter, a Pro­ A Catholic Gothic church was erected in 1860 and 1861, testant martyr and a native of Brentwood, who a.t the early at the cost of [2,500, raised by subscription: it has a lofty age of 19 was burned near this spot by order of Bishop spire and several stained windows. There are also schools Bonner, in the reign of Queen Mary, March 26th, t555. ..nd a convent in connectioB with this church and a small The area. is 1,730 acres; rateable value, [r6,5OO; and the orphanage for boys, supported by the Countess Tasker, of population in IS71 was 3,737. Middleton Hall, Shenfield. Vergerand Senon, Thomas Deverill, Alfred road. Official Establishments, Local Institutions, &c. POST, MONEY ORDER &; TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings County Fire ~ P,'ovident Life, R. Earthy, Pleasant house, Bank & Government Annuity & Insurance Office, High King's road street.-Wm. Turner, postmaster. Dispatches: for In- Handpin-Hand, W. Crooks, High street gatestone, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester & Ipswich at uno Fi,", Postans & Landons 9 a.m.; for London, Billericay & Ongar at 10.50 a.m.; for Manchester Fi,'e, G. Burtwell, High street London at 3 p.m.; for Ingatestone, Chelmsford, C010 NfYI'wich Union Fire, J. W. Armour, Ingrave road chester, Norwich, Ipswich & London at 8 p.m.; for PluEnix Fire, A. Barnard, High street London &; Romford at 10 p.m. Deliveries: from London, ProtectfYl' Endowment, A. J. Thorne, High street Chelmsford, Norwich, Ipswich &C. at 7 a.m.; from London Queen, F. H. Gapp, 7 High street &; country at tI.50 a.m. &; 5 p.m. Money orders are R(}]Jal E:echange, C. J. Hollis, High street &; granted paid from 9 to 6 daily, sundays excepted Scottish Equitohle Life, F. Landon • POST &; MoNEY ORDER OFFICE &; Savings Bank, Warley S01Jereign Life, Postans & Landons road.-eharles Frederick Lloyd, receiver. Box cleared at Sun Fi"e, C. C. Lewis, New road 2·35 &7. 1 5 p.m PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE BRENTWOOD PETTY Oounty COU1't, Court house, New road, John Thos. Abdyesq. SESSIONAL DIVISION. T,L.D.; C. C. Lewis, registrar; C. Godfrey, Romford, bailiff. . The parishes comprising the district are the following :- O~tavIUS E. Coope esq. :M.P. Rochetts, South Weald .Bassildon, Billericay, Blackmore, Bobbingworth, Brent- LIeut.-General Albert Fytche C.S.I. Pyrgo park, Romford wood, Bulpham, Burstead (Great), Burstead (Little), Edward Ind esq. Coombe lodge, Wadey Childerditch, Corrmgham,Doddinghurst, Downham, Dun- Jo~ph F. Lescher esq. Hutton hall ton, Fobbing, FytieId, Greenstead, Horndon (East), Horn- Major W. J. Newton, Homewood, Shenfield, Brentwood don (West), Horndon-on-the-Hill, Hutton, Ingrave, Kel- Lord Petre, .Thorndon hall vedon Hatch, Laindon, Langdon Hills, Layer High, More- Hon. Fredenck Cha:les Edmund Petre, Oakhurst, Sth. Weald ton, Mountnessing, Navestock, Nevendon, Norton Mande- Joh~ Royds esq. Bnces park, Kelvedon Hatch ville, Ongar (Chipping), Ongar (High), Orsett, Ramsden Chnstopher J. H. Tower ~q. Weald hall, South Weald Crays, Ramsden Bellhouse, Shelley, Shenfield, South Clerk, Cha~les Carne LeWlS ... Weald, Stanford.le-Hope, StanfordRivers, Stondon-Massey, Petty ~esslons every thursd;ay un~er th~ Crim~nal Justice Theydon-Mount, Vange, WarIey (Great), Warley (Little) Act if necessary & of whICh notIce WIll be gIven b~ the Esse:e (1st) Rifle Volunteers (F company), head quarters, clerk & every alternate thursday for general busmess Town hall; Capt. Frank Landon, commanding; Rev. T. P. through.the year ..... Ferguson :M.A. hon. chaplain; J. C. Quannell, surgeon i The followmg places are mcluded I~ the dlVlslOn :.....Bassel- W. Smith, drill instructor don, Bentleet (North), Bowe.rs Gdlor~, Br~ntwood, ~ur- Police Station, Queen's road, John Dobson, superintendent, stead (Great), Burstead (LIttle), Chdderdltch, Doddmg- I serjeant &£ 6 constables hurst, Downham, Dunton, Cranham! Horndon (East), Stamp o.ffice, Alfred Barnard, High street Horndon (West), Hutton, Ingrave, Lamdon, Lee Chapel, Town Hall High street Richard Earthy secretary Mountnessmg, Nevendon, Pitses, Rainham, Ramsden ' PUBLIC OFFICERS Hellhouse, Ramsden Crays, Shenfield, Upminster, Vange, . .• Warley (Great), Warley (Little), Weald (South), Wen- ..4ssutant OM'seer, ~o~ph Wm. Armour, ShenfieldCommon • nington Wickford Clerk '10 the Commusttmers of Ta:cu 10'1' eh, Huruireds OJ J Barft8tapl, 4' Okaff01Y1, 00r07l.er f01' the Southern J)i'Uisim& INSURANCE AGENTS. oj ES8U ~ Clerk ~ Solicit01' to lirentttJood. School Cfl11JlYIVJ"' British Empire -"lfutual, J. Pilborough, High street ticm, Charles C. Lewis, New road