1874 Kelly's Directory

 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, and 55½ from London, on the road to Manningtree. The church of St. Mary the Virgin consists of chancel, north and south aisles, and handsome south porch, with a very fine tower containing 6 bells. The register dates from the year 1555. The living is a discharged vicarage, tithe rent-charge £433, with 6 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. Thomas Walter Perry. The great tithes (which became the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1886), are held on a lease of lives, by Mrs. Webb, and amount to £1,440. 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, Cooper Fenn, esq., Egerton Green, esq., and the Countess Cowper. The endowed charities amount to £26 yearly. 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 gross estimated rental £11,513; rateable value, £10,003; the population in 1871 was 1,519.

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 4.10 a.m.; dispatched at 8 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Dedham. Letters for Crockleford Heath come through Elmstead.

National School, George Doubleday, master; Mrs. Ann Doubleday, mistress.

Railway Station, Wm. 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- John Thomas Wilson passses through here once a week.

Private residents    

• Fenn Cooper, Goodhall

• Fenn George Green, The Rookery

• Fenn John, Ardleigh Hall

• Gardiner Rev. Robert G.W. [assistant curate]

• Nicholl Charrington, Bovills Hall

• Osborne John Forster, Ardleigh park

• Perry Rev. Thomas Walter, Vicarage

• Robarts James Geo. Harben, New Hall

• Webb, Mrs. The Rectory

Commercial

• Abbott Edward, seedsman & Florist

• Abrey Samuel, farmer

• Bacon Frederick, farmer

• Bacon George, seed farmer

• Baker Charles Robert, farmer

• Barber Robert, carpenter & wheelwright

• Barker Samuel, beer retailer

• Biggs Benjamin, baker

• Biggs James Bell, farmer

• Bradley James, Red Lion

• Bromley John, farmer

• Bromley Matthias, farmer, Plains farm

• Bromley Thomas, farmer, Mose Hall

• Buss William, boot & shoe maker

• Carrington Jonathan, farmer

• Cooper John Hudson, landowner & farmer, Bounds farm

• Cross William, farmer, Brickhouse farm

• Curtis Philip, farmer, Crockleford Hill

• Daniels William, brick maker

• Dawson Samuel, beer retailer

• Dorlin Joel, Miller

• Downes John, Fox & Hounds, & Carpenter

• Eagle Herbert Jas., farMer, Bradliss Hall

• Everett Amelia ( Mrs.), farmer

• Fenn & Co. auctioneers, estate agents & surveyors, Ardleigh Hall

• Fenn Cooper, farmer, Good Hall

• Fenn Geo. Green, farmer, Rookery farm

• Fenn James, builder

• Fenn John, grocer

• Francis George, Wheelwright

• Green William, farmer, Bloomfield's farm

• Hawkins James, plumber & glazier

• Hazell Wm. farmer, Guide Post farm

• Heighoe William, beer retailer

• Herbert Wm. Fox, landowner & farmer

• James William, farmer

• Keeble Robert, Crown

• Lilley Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer

• Lister Thos. farmer, Broomhanging frm

• Luen John Francis, King's Head, & collar & harness maker

• Lugar James Marshall, farmer, Martell's Hall

• Lugar Jhn. Bromley, frmr. Redberry frm

• Marchant Henry, thatcher

• Miller John, farmer & poulterer, Fountain farm

• Moy Thos. coal mer. Ardleigh station

• Newman Fredk. Richd. grocer & draper

• Osborn John, wheelwright, Ardleigh crown

• Osborne William, farmer

• Ratcliffe George, Railway Tavern

• Robinson Thomas, miller, Ardleigh mill

• Seaborn Edward, miller

• Seaborne Nathaniel, drillman

• Simpson George, veterinary surgeon

• Smith George, blacksmith, Ardleigh Crown

• Smith George John, blacksmith

• Smith John, farmer

• Smith Thomas, farmer, Park farm

• Southgate William, boot & shoemaker

• Talbot James, grocer

• Thompson Thomas, miller

• Thorpe Henry, farmer & landowner, Lodge farm

• Vince James, farmer

• Vince John, farmer

• Waller Frederick, grocer & wheelwright, Ardleigh Heath

• Waller Henry, carpenter

• Webb Benjamin, shoe maker

• Webb John, farmer, Crockleford

• White Frederick, tailor

• Woolf James, farmer

• Wyncoll Spring, Wheatsheaf, Bromley Road

 

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