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Kelly's Directory - Essex 1882
Ardleigh mentioned in 'Domesday Survey,' is a parish and station on the Great Eastern Railway, in the Eastern division of the county, Tendring Hundred and union, Colchester county court district, rural deanery of Ardleigh, archdeanery of Colchester and St Albans diocese, 5 miles north-east from Colchester, 3½ south-west from Manningtree, and 55½ from London, on the road from Colchester to Manningtree. The church of St. Mary the Virgin consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a fine western embattled tower containing 6 bells; the sixth bell cast about 1450, by Brazian, of Norwich, bearing this inscription, 'Sum Rosa Pulsata Mundi Maria Vocata'; over the porch, a fine structure of flint and freestone, is this inscription: 'Orate : p' animabus Johis Hute: at ye Wode et Alicie: uxoris ejus, Johis Hute: Willi: Hute' : the chancel, nave and aisles are about to be rebuilt and the tower and south porch restored, at an estimated cost of £4,000. 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 Rev. Thomas Walter Perry. The great tithes are the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and amount to £1,440. There is a cemetery of one acre in extent. A farm called Ragmarsh was devised by William Littlebury, in 1571, for teaching poor boys in the parish at Dedham grammar school. Here is a chapel for Wesleyans. A fair is held on the 29th September. Lord Ashburton and Messrs. Newman and Harper are lords of the manor. The Principal landowners are Lord Ashburton, John Fenn, John Hudson Cooper, Samuel Robert Blyth and Henry Egerton Green esqrs. the Rev. Cox Hales and Edward Catchpool esq. and Earl Cowper. The endowed charities amount to £33 yearly. The soil is generally light gravel; subsoil, mild sandy bottom. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 4,906 acres; rateable value, £9,890 ; the population in 1881 was 1,594.
Ardleigh Crown is a part of Ardleigh to the west, 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 & Money Orders Office & Savings Bank - Benjamin Biggs, receiver. Letters arrive by mail cart from Colchester at 4.10 a.m & 12.23 p.m.; dispatched at 12.23 p.m & 8 p.m. Letters for Crockleford Heath come through Elmstead. The telegraph office is at Dedham.
Burial Board, David Mustard, Clerk
Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, James Mayer, attendance fridays 12.30 p.m to 1 p.m
Schools -
National, Charles Homer Snelgar, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Phoebe Snelgar, mistress.
Crockleford Heath (mixed), with about 30 children & supported by Hector Rebow esq. ; Miss S. Chandler, mistress.
Railway Station, William 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 passes through here once a week.
Private residents
Abrey Samuel
Clowes Richard, Ardleigh Park
Crate Rev. Eustace Henry [curate & chaplin of Lexden & Winstree union], Rose tree cottage
Duckworth William N, The Rectory
Fenn Cooper, Goodhall
Fenn George Green, The Rookery
Fenn John, Ardleigh Hall
Fenning Robert, Denton Villa
James William
Nicholl Charrington, Bovills Hall
Osborne Major John Forster P, New Hall
Perry Rev. Thomas Walter, Vicarage
Webb, John Smith, Cherrytree, Crockleford
Commercial
Abbott Edward, seedsman & Florist
Abbott Joseph, saddler
Amos Robert, Police Sargeant
Archer James, farmer, Crockleford
Baker Chas. Rt, frmr. Hungerdown frm.
Barber Robert, carpenter & wheelwright, Ardleigh Heath
Biggs Benjamin, baker
Biggs James Bell, farmer & butcher
Bird William, grocer
Blyth Samuel, beer retailer
Blyth Samuel Rt, farmer, Ardleigh Wick
Bradley James, Red Lion
Bromley Hy. miller & farmer, Mose hall
Bromley John, farmer, Fen Farm
Buss William, boot & shoe maker
Chamberlain Joseph, farm bailiff to Wm. H. Dunnett esq., Gods House farm.
Cooper Daniel, farmer, Badley Hall
Cooper John Hudson, landowner & farmer, Bounds farm
Cross Henry, Railway Tavern
Curtis Arthur, farmer, Plains farm, Ipswich Road.
Curtis Philip, farmer & brick maker, Crockleford Hill
Dorlin Charles William, Miller & machinist, Spring Valley Mill
Downes Henry, beer retailer
Downes Jn, Fox & Hounds, & Carpenter
Elborne George, farm bailiff to Mr. Linsay Brown
Everett Henry, farmer, Sand Pit farm
Everett Samuel, beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Fenn & Co. auctioneers, estate agents & surveyors, Ardleigh Hall & at Colchester
Fenn Cooper, farmer, Good Hall
Fenn Geo. Green, farmer, Rookery farm
Fenn John, grocer & builder
Francis George, Wheelwright
Gardiner Charles, market gardener, Ardleigh Crown
Gough Thomas Henry, grocer & draper
Green Arthur, corn merchant
Green William, farmer, Bloomfield's farm
Hawkins Jas, plumber & glazier
Hazell William. farmer, Guide Post farm
Keeble Robert, Crown & farmer
Lister Thomas. farmer, Broomhanging farm, Crockleford
Lugar Jas. Marshall, frmr, Martell's Hall
Marchant Henry, thatcher
Mark William John, blacksmith
May Alfred, farmer, Monica House
Miller John, farmer & poulterer, Fountain farm
Moy Thos. coal mer. Ardleigh station
Newman Fredk. Richd. grocer & draper
Osborn Jn, wheelwright, Ardleigh crown
Osborne Jane (Mrs.), farmer
Osborne Susan (Mrs.), laundress
Page Alfred, frmr. Lodging & Malting farm
Parker Thomas, farmer, Munsons Farm
Pitchell Charles, boot maker
Pryke, Sl, Kings Head, & Wheelwright
Purkiss Moses, farm bailiff to C. Fenn esq. Home farm
Radmore Thomas, farmer, Hill House & Brickhouse farms
Robinson Thomas, miller and corn, coal & hop &c. merchant & frmr. Phoenix mill
Seaborn Edward, miller & farmer, Burnt Heath mill
Seaborn Firmin, farmer, Fountain Farm
Seaborne Nathaniel, drillman, Whaley farm
Simson George, veterinary surgeon
Skeet Edgar, farmer, Harvey's farm
Smith Chas. Hugh, frmr, Redbury farm
Smith Frederick jun. frmr. Colliers Wood
Smith Geo., blacksmith, Ardleigh Crown
Smith John George, blacksmith
Smith John, farmer, Slough Farm
Smith Thomas, farmer, Park farm
Southernwood William, farm bailiff to Edward Catchpool esq. Gate House
Southgate William, boot & shoemaker
Steel Charles, plumber
Vince James, farmer
Vince John sen., farmer
Waller Frederick, grocer & wheelwright, Ardleigh Heath
Waller Henry, carpenter & shopkeeper
Webb Benjamin, shoe maker
Webb James, farmer
Wyncoll Mark, Wheatsheaf & Shopkeeper, Bromley Road