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Kelly's Directory - Essex 1890
Ardleigh mentioned in 'Domesday Survey,' is a parish situated on the roaf from Colchester to Manningtree, with a station on the main line of the Great Eastern Railway, 5 miles north-east from Colchester, 3½ south-west from Manningtree, and 55½ from London, in the North Eastern Division of the county, Lexden & Winstree petty sessional division, Tendring Hundred and union, Colchester county court district, rural deanery of Ardleigh, archdeanery of Colchester and St Albans diocese.The church of St. Mary the Virgin, a fine structure of flint and freestone, consists of chancel, nave and aisles, south porch restored 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 , is this inscription: 'Orate : p' animabus Johis Hute: Willi: Hute' :The chancel, nave and aisles were rebuilt and the tower and south porch restored, in 1883; entire cost, including fittings, furniture and decoration, was £4,600. The register dates from the year 1555. The living is a discharged vicarage, tithe rent-charge £382 14s, 8d., with 6 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held since 1872 by the Rev. Thomas Walter Perry, hon, cannon of St Albans. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners as owners of the great tithes amounting to £1,370 18s 8d. grant £120 yearly as curate's stipend, until the intended increase of the endowment. . There is a cemetery of one acre in extent formed in 1860 and under control of a burial board of nine members. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The endowed charities amount to £52.6s yearly. A farm called Ragmarsh farm was devised by William Littlebury, in 1571, the rent for teaching poor boys in the parish at Dedham grammar school. 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, and Earl Cowper K.G., P.C John Fenn, Samuel Robert Blyth and Henry Egerton Green of Kingsford, Stanway , Edward Catchpool esqs, Durrant E Cardinall esqrs. the Rev. Richard Cox-Hales M.A of 18 Montpellier villas, Brighton, William Herbert Dunnat. esq. of Stour Hour, Dedham, Charrington Nicholl esq. and James Round esq. M.P., D.L., J.P. The soil is generally light gravel; subsoil, mild sandy bottom. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 5,062 acres; rateable value, £10,984 ; 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 & M. O. & T. O. & S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office - Frederick George 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.
Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, James Mayer, attendance fridays 12.30 p.m to 1 p.m
Schools -
National (mixed) built 1875 for 250 children ; average attendance, 148; Thomas Rous, master and Mrs. Rou, 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
Colchester - Bantick, mondays, thursdays & saturdays leaving at 1.30 pm
Private residents
Cardimall Durrant Edward, Holly Court
De-Romesten Rev. Eugene M.A.[Curate], Rose Cottage
Fenn George Green, The Rookery
Fenn John, Ardleigh Hall
Impey-Lovibond Col. Archibald R.E, J.P, New Hall
Kindred John, Monica house
Nicholl Charrington, Bovills Hall
Perry Rev. Thomas Walter, [hon. cannon of St Albans], Vicarage
Smith, Miss, Hill House
Wilson Wolstennholme Murrey Owen, Ardleigh Park
Commercial
Abbott Edward, farmer
Abbott Edward, nurseyman, seedsman & Florist
Abbott Joseph, saddler
Baker Chas. Rt, frmr. Hungerdown frm.
Barber Robert, carpenter & wheelwright, Ardleigh Heath
Biggs, Frederick George, baker, Post Office
Biggs James Bell, farmer & butcher
Bird William, grocer
Blyth Samuel Rt, farmer & land owner Ardleigh Wick
Bradley Charles, Red Lion P.H.
Bromley (Mrs.) & farmer, Mose hall
Buen, James , laundry
Buss William, boot & shoe maker
Cemetery, David Mustard, Manningtree, Clerk to burial board,
Chamberlain Joseph, farm bailiff to Wm. H. Dunnett esq., Gods House farm.
Clover, William, miller (wind)
Colchester Brewing Co. Lim , malsterers
Cooper Edgar, farmer, Rookery farm
Cross Henry, Railway Tavern
Curtis Philip, farmer & brick maker, Crockleford Hill
Downes Jn, Fox & Hounds, P.H.& Carpenter
Everett Henry, farmer, Sand Pit Farm
Everett, Samuel - pork butcher, Ipswich Road
Farthng, Miss, dressmaker
Fenn & Co. auctioneers, estate agents & surveyors, Ardleigh Hall & at Colchester
Fenn Geo. Green, farmer, Rookery farm
Fenn Mrs., grocer & builder
Fenner Walter William, farmer, Blue Barn Farm
Francis George, Wheelwright
Game, William, grocer
Hawkins James Emanuel, plumber & glazier
Hazell William. farmer, Guide Post farm
Hempson, Geo. Frederick farmer, Good Hall
Hobrough Henry Sizer, bricklayer. Crockleford
Hodley William, beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Jolly Willam, beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Joslin George Driver, farm bailiff to Edward Catchpoole esq. Gate House
Kebble Joseph , laundry, Burnt House
Keeble Robert, Crown P.H.& farmer
Lambert Robert, laundry, Crockleford
Leeks, Henry, beer retailer
Lester Thomas. farmer, Broomhanging farm, Crockleford
Lugar Jas. Marshall, frmr, Martell's Hall
May Edwin, farmer, Fenn Farm
Mead, Frederick, farmer, Blomfield's farm
Moy Thos. coal mer. Ardleigh station
Munson Robert, farmer, Plain's farm
Neal David, farmer, Brick Wall Farm
Osborn Jn, wheelwright, Ardleigh crown
Osborne Jane (Mrs.), farmer
Page Alfred, frmr. Lodging & Malting farm
Parker Thomas, farmer, Munsons Farm
Pettican George, farm bailiff to Mr Lindsay Brown
Pitchell Charles, boot maker
Pryke, Golden, farmer, Cherry tree Farm
Pryke, Sl, Kings Head P.H., & Wheelwright
Quinney George, beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Richardson Robert, farmer, Badley Hall
Roberts Frank, farm bailiff to Wm H Dunnett esq, Bound's farm
Robinson Thomas, miller (steam) & baker
Seaborn Edward, miller & farmer, Burnt Heath mill
Seaborn Firmin, farmer, Fountain Farm
Seaborne Nathaniel, drillman
Simson George, veterinary surgeon, Denton Villa
Skeet Edgar, farmer, Harvey's farm
Smith Chas. Hugh, frmr, Redbury farm
Smith, David, blacksmith
Smith Frederick jun. frmr. Whaley Farm
Smith John George, blacksmith
Smith John, farmer, Slough Farm
Smith Thomas, farmer, Park farm
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
White David, beer retailer
Woodward Alfrted, farmer, Holy Hill farm
Woolf James, farmer
Wyncoll Mark, Wheatsheaf P.H.& Shopkeeper, Bromley Road