DIRECTORY. 101 LEYTON • [ESSEX.] purpose a discovery which was accidentally made in ropes (which was sold by order of the Poor Law Commis­ 1690 by a fisherman throwing some oysters into the sioners), aTso an acre of land to find a load of pea-straw to water. There is a church and Wesleyan chapel: the litter the church in winter. A Dissenting chapel bus been former is dedicated to St. Clement; it has a large nave erected at the sole expense of Joseph Tritton, Esq., of and chancel, with north aisle in the perpendicular style, Norwood, Surrey. CHATLEY is a hamlet of Great Leigbs, 2 miles north­ and an ivy-mantled tower, with 6 bells. The chancel is west, containing, in 1851, a. pr>pulation of634:. handsome, has two painted windows, carved oak stalls, STONAGE is 1! miles south-west. FULLER STREET is brasses, &c., and an excellent organ, the gift or the rector. half a mile north-west; W AKERING, three-quarters of a St. Clement's National school, for 250 children, consisting mile south. of boys, girls and infants, have been established by the LITTLE LEIGHS, or Lees, lies close to the side of the rector. In the parish Roman coins have been occasionally Chelsmford and Sudbury road, and on the river Tt!r, in the found. There are excellent springs for the use of the same jurisdiction, 7 miles north-east of that station, and 6 inhabitants. Leigh has a custom-house. south-west of Braintree. The area is 1,080 acres, and the GREAT or MucH LEIGHS, or Lees, wbichi~ mentioned in population, in 1851, was 164. The living is a rectory, value "Domesdav Survey," lies on tbe river Ter, in Chelmsford £400, in the patronage of tbe Rev. John Cheale Green, and Union and Hundred, South Essex, 1 mile east of the road from incumbency of the 'Rev. John Green, l\I . .A.. The church, Chelmsford to Sudbury, and 7 miles north-east from Chel ms­ dedicated to St. John, is small, with a wooden spire. Leighs ford station, 6 south-west from Braintree, 7 west from Priory, 2 miles south of Felstead, was founded by Ralph Witham, 9 south-east from D1mmow, and 36 from Vmdon. Gernon, in 1229, in the reign of Henry Ill.; at the Disso­ The area is 3,125 acres, and the population, in 18.51, was lution it was granted to Sir Richard RiclJ, who con­ 240, exclusive of Chatley. The church of tbe Virgin Mary verted it into a magnificent mansion. After being the is very ancient, with a round tower of flints and stones, seat of the Duke of Buckinghamshire, it pa~sed into the and 5 bells to the north-ea8t of the church, and a Norman possession of Guy's Hospital, to wbich it 10till belongs; very door and window. The living is a rectory, value .£800 extensive portions of it remain, and are ju~tly admired. ST.. yearly, subject to rates and land tax, and in the gift of ANN's CASTLE is half a mile north-east; CH.A.TH.A.Jc... Lincoln College, Oxford. Here is a .X ational school. There GREEN, 1! miles south; LITTLY GREEN, 2 west. is also a British school. A house has been given to buy bell- Leigh. Churchyard George, blacksmith Plumb John, oyster merchant GENTRY. Codlin Richard, tailor Robinson Abraham, shopkeeper :Brand Capt. William Henry, R.N Fairchild George, baker Sudbury & Sons, builders & undertakers Harrison Rev.ChristopherRobt.[rector] Fretton George, shoemaker ~· ;Surridge Benjamin, shopkeeper Mountague David, esq Gillson John, baker iSurridge Henry, baker TRADERS. Goldstone Henry, farmer & beer retailer· Surridge John, butcher Alien John, farmer Harridge John, beer retailer · Thompson Golding, broker .Archer Alfred, farmer Harvey Geo. plumber, painter& glazier Thompson Henry, grocer & draper, & .Bammon J ames, farmer Hicks Frank, farmer agt. for Ea~t of England life insurance :Barnard George, baker · Hipsey Solomon, shopkeeper Thompson John Basly, shopkeeper .Bayford John, 'Smack,' & coal dealer James LewiE, shopkeeper & ironmonger Thompson William, shopkeeper :Bentall Arthur, farmer Joscelyne James, blacksmith Thorn Richd. bricklayer & beer retailer Bradley Thomas, beer retailer& surgeon Joscelyne John, butcher Thorp William, carpenter & undertaker :Brewer Samuel, butcher & beer retailer .Joscelyne Sarah, 'Bell' Threadgold John, farmer :Brewitt John, baker Kemp William, bricklayer & plasterer Utton John, • Peter Boat' :Bundock Thomas, boat builder Lamprell Edmund, farmer Wade John, farmer .Busby Thomas, shopkeeper Mitchell James, boat builder Watts Isaac, 'Crooked Billet' Foster William, 'King's Head,' corn Mountague David, potter,farmer&coal Wilkin Mary Ann (Miss), broker dealer, coal & salt dealer, agent for dealer, brickmaker & lime burner Willisson Williarn, shoemaker Professional life, Unity fire & Na- Osborne John, farmer YoungWilliam, 'Ship' tionallive stock insurance, & farmer Osborne Joseph, butcher PosT OPFICE.-John Bayly Tbompson, receiver. Letters arrive :1 to 8 a.m. ; dispatched 45 min. to 4 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Southend lNSURANCE AGENTS.- Assistant Water Bailiff, William Green National Live Stock, Unity Fi.re, ~ Professional Life, National School, Frederick Wheatley, master; Miss William Foster Harriet Wat;;on, mistress .East of England Life, Henry Thompson Principal Coast Officer, James Cockett PuBLIC OFFICERs:- CARRIERS TO LONDON.-Hayes & Surridge's van, to &; Chief Officer in command of the Coast Guard, William from the 'Three Nuns,' Aldgate, daily Gowlland Great :Leigbs. Stokes Thomas, blacksmith Rust John, farmer GENTRY. Valentine Williom, carpenter Si mons Richard, f11rmer, Lylands Jenkins Rev. Clarke, n.n. [rectorl Cbatley. Smith PeterPorter,farmer,Gubbinshall Jenkins Rev. Jenkin, M.A. {curate] TRADERS. Smith William,boot&shoe ma.&beerrtlr Perkins Rev. J ames [minister of Dis- Adams Elizabeth Emily (Mrs.), miller 'l'ay lor Geo. wheelwri;zbt & parish clerk senting chapel] Arnold Henry, farmer Taylor Will iam, wheelwright TRADERS. Brown John,'farmer, Mulsham ball · Thorn Jose ph,' St• .Ann's Castle' Butcher Saml. shoemaker & shopkeepr Brown Samuel, f~umer, New house White. John, carpenter Dear1:1ley John, farmer, Saunders Collard Thomas, shopkeeper Letters received through Chelmsford. Ely John, farmer, Wakerings Fewel William, shopkeeper The nearest molley order office is at Gladwin William, farmer, Lyons Gooday Thomas, farmer & maltster, Braintree llarrison Francis, farmer, Lyons hall Fulbornes Little Leigbs. Hawkes Eliza (Mrs.), mistress of Hempsted Thomas, blacksmith Green Rev. Jobn, M.A. Rectory National school Lewin William, bricklayer TRADERS. Rawkes George, carpenter Neville Williarn, shoemaker Archer Thomas, farmer Lewin Robert, farmer,Wbitehousefarm Newman Henry, beer retailer Barnard Mary (Mrs.), farmer May David, farmer, Hole farm Newman William, shoemaker Butcher Samuel, farmer Quilter George, farmer, Allsteads Redhead Sarah (Miss), mistress of Holland Henry, shopkeeper Smith John, farmer & corn factor British school M ann Benjamin, baker Smitb Joseph, farmer & grocer Ricbardson Daniel, farmer Porter John, farmer, Priorv Snow Peter, farmer, Breams Rust George, farmer, Coles Simons Hugh, farmer, Lit: Leighs hall 'LBYTON, or :r.ow :r.BYTON, and LBYTON- been discovered-as foundations of buildings, a subter- STONE. ranean arched gateway, coins, &c. It takes its name LEYTON, or Low Leyton, is in the bishopric of Loo- from the river Lea, on the east bank of which it is seated, don, South Essex, Beacontree Hundred, West Ham embosomed in trees, and adjoining Walthamstow. It is Union, andthejurisdictir>n of theCeotral Criminal court. 5~ miles from London, and is a station of the Eastern .It formerly belonged to King Harold II., a~d was a Counties Railway. The area of this suburban parish ··Roman establishment, and many Roman antiquities have is 21241 acres; it had a population, in 1851, of 3,901 (in· .