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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