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Kelly's Directory - Essex 1871
Ardleigh mentioned in 'Domesday Survey,' is a parish and station on the Eastern Union Railway, in the Eastern division of the county, Tendring Hundred and union, Colchester county court district, rural deanery of Ardleigh, archdeanery of Colchester and Rochester diocease, 5 miles north from Colchester, 3½ south-west from Manningtree, 12½ south-west from Ipswich, 16 from Harwich steamboat station, and 55½ from London, on the road to Manningtree. The church of St. Mary the Virgin consists of a chancel, nave and aisles, with a very handsome tower containing 6 bells. The register dates from the year 1555. The living is a discharged vicarage, tithe rent-charge £382, with 6 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. James Todd. At Crockleford Heath, in this parish, is a school for boys and girls, supported by Lady Georgina Rebow. A farm called Ragmarsh was devised by William Littlebury, in 1571, for teaching poor boys in the parish. Here is a chapel for Wesleyans. A fair is held on the 29th September. Lord Ashburton and Edward Reeve, esq. are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Lord Ashburton, The soil is generally light gravel; subsoil, mild sandy bottom. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 4,905 acres; and the population in 1861 was 1,580; and gross estimated rental £10,310; rateable value, £9,046.
Ardleigh Crown is a part of Ardleigh, on a small brook falling into the Colne, and on the turnpike road from Colchester and Langham, 3½ miles from Colchester.
Parish Clerk, H. Waller.
Post Office - Benjamin Biggs, receiver. Letters arrive by mail cart from Colchester at 4.45 a.m.; dispatched at 8 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Dedham. Letters for Crockleford Heath come through Elmstead.
National School, Charles Atkins, master; Mrs. Emily Atkins, mistress.
Railway Station, Thomas Womack, station master.
Carriers to;-
Dedham-W.J. Page, to the Railway station, daily, arriving at 9 a.m. & leaving at 10.30 a.m
Manningtree, Harwich & Ipswich- Carriers for these places pass through here three times a week.
Private residents
Beales Mrs. Emma
Fenn George Green, The Rookery
Fenn James
Fenn John, jun. esq. Ardleigh Hall
Fenn John, Green, esq. Redberry farm
Nicholl Charrington, Bovills Hall
Osborne John Forster, Ardleigh park
Phillips Rev. George William
Robarts James Geo. Harben, New Hall
Todd Rev. James, Vicarage
Commercial
Abbott Edward, farmer
Abbott Edward, jun. seedsman & Florist
Abrey Samuel, farmer
Bacon Elizabeth Mary (Mrs.), Red Lion
Bacon George, seed farmer
Bacon John, farmer
Baker Charles Robert, farmer
Barber Robert, carpenter & wheelwright
Barker Samuel, beer retailer
Biggs Benjamin, baker
Biggs James, farmer
Biggs James, jun. butcher
Bloomfield William, farmer
Bromley John, farmer
Bromley Matthias, farmer, Mose Hall
Buss William, boot & shoe maker
Carrington Jonathan, farmer
Catchpoole Edward, farmer
Catchpoole Thomas, farmer
Clark William, Crown
Clarkson Charles, miller
Cooper John Hudson, landowner & farmer, Bounds farm
Cooper Samuel, landowner & farmer, Lodge Farm
Cox Ritcher Fryer, grocer & draper
Curtis Philip, farmer, Crockleford Hill
Daniels William, brick maker
Dorlin Joel , miller
Downes John, Fox & Hounds, & Carpenter
Eagle Albert James, farmer, Bradliss Hall
Eagle John, farmer, Badley Hall
Everett William, farmer
Fenn & Co. auctioneers, estate agents & surveyors, Ardleigh Hall
Fenn Geo. Green, farmer, Rookery farm
Fenn James, builder
Fenn James, farmer
Fenn John, farmer, Ardleigh Hall
Fenn John, grocer
Finch Samuel, beer retailer
Francis George, Wheelwright
Frostick James, grocer
Green William, farmer, Bloomfield's frm
Hawkins James, plumber & glazier
Herbert Wm. Fox, landowner & farmer
Hicks Herbert, miller
James Samuel, Poulterer
James William, brick maker & farmer
Kerridge Shadrach, cattle dealer
Kistrick Arthur, beer retailer
Lilley James, beer retailer
Luen Francis, King's Head, & collar & harness maker
Lugar James Marshall. farmer, Martell's Hall
Marchant Edward, thatcher
Miller John, farmer & poulterer, Fountain farm
Orriss William, harness maker
Osborne William, wheelwright
Parker Thomas, farmer
Payne Henry, farmer
Seaborne Nathaniel, drillman
Simpson George, veterinary surgeon
Smith George, blacksmith
Smith John, blacksmith
Smith John, farmer
Smith Thomas, farmer, Park farm
Southgate William, boot & shoemaker
Steel Charles, painter
Vince James, farmer
Vince John, farmer
Waller Frederick, grocer & wheelwright
Waller Henry, carpenter
Ware John, beer retailer
Webb Benjamin, shoe maker
Webb John, farmer, Crockleford
White John, tailor
Woolf James, farmer
Woolf Thomas, beer retailer
Wyncoll Spring, Wheatsheaf, Bromley Road
Youngs James, beer retailer
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