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Kelly's Directory - Essex 1899
Ardleigh mentioned in 'Domesday Survey,' is a parish situated on the road 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, Manningtree 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 embattled western tower containing a clock and 8 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' : in 1883 the church was rebuilt and the tower and south porch restored, at the cost, including fittings, furniture and decoration, was £4,600 and in 1892 the bells were rehung and 2 new bells added. The register dates from the year 1555. The living is a discharged vicarage, net yearly value £239, with 6 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held since 1897 by the Rev. Frederick Joseph Ball M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The cemetery here, formed in 1860, is one acre in extent and under the control of the parish council. The endowed charities amount to £52.6s yearly. 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. New Hall is a residence of Mrs. Impey-Lovibond and Ardleigh Park, standing in its own grounds of about 100 acres, is the residence of Captain Algernon Garrett Scriven. William Nocton esq. of Langham Hall and Messrs. Newman and Harper are lords of the manor. The Principal landowners are Lord Ashburton, Earl Cowper K.G., P.C . , Miss Cooper, William Nocton esq. John Fenn, Samuel Robert Blyth, Horace G Egerton esqrs, of Kingsford, Stanway and Edward Catchpool esqs, the Rev. Richard Cox-Hales M.A of 27 Cambridge Road, Brighton, William Herbert Dunnat. esq. of Stour Hour, Dedham, Charrington Nicholl esq. and James Round esq. M.P.,of Birch Hall. The soil is generally light gravel; subsoil, mild sandy bottom. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 5,057 acres of Land and 5 of water; rateable value, £12,085 ; the population in 1891 was 1,538 in the civil and 1,322 in the ecclesinstical parish.
CROCKLEFORD, a part of Ardleigh, 2½ miles south-west, has a small Mission church, originally built for a school: services are held on Sundays at 3 p.m.
ARDLEIGH CROWN, is a part of Ardleigh lying to the west, and is 3½ miles from Colchester, on a small brook falling into the Colne and on the turnpike road from Colchester to Langham.
Post & M. O. & T. O. & T.M.O., Express delivery, Parcel Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office - Frederick George Biggs, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Colchester at 7 am., & by train at 11:15 & 4;45; dispatched at 12. & 3;35 p.m. by train & 7;45 p.m. by mail cart. Letters for Crockleford Heath come through Elmstead.
Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages, James Mayer, attendance fridays 12.30 p.m to 1 p.m
National School (mixed) built 1875 for 250 children ; average attendance 200; Thomas Rous, master and Mrs. Rous, Mistress
Railway Station, Arthur Cockett, station master.
Carriers to;-
Dedham- 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
Ball Rev. Frederick Joseph M.A. The Vicarage
Fenn George Green, The Rookery
Fenn John, Ardleigh Hall
Griffiths, Miss, Rose Tree Cottage
Impey-Lovibond Mrs., New Hall
James Miss, Mill House
Kirby John, Holly Court
Miller Mrs. Monica House
Nicholl Charrington, Bovills Hall
Scriven Capt. Algernon Garrett, Ardleigh Park; Ary & Navy Club, Pall mall, London, S.W.
Williamson Rev. Herbert Jas. (curate)
Commercial
Abbott Edward, nurseyman, seedsman & Florist
Abbott Joseph, saddler
Abbott, Walter, butcher
Austin William Rogers, Farmer, Wadhouse Farm
Baker Chas. Rt, frmr. Hungerdown frm.
Biggs, Frederick George, baker, Post Office
Bird William, grocer
Blomfield Wm, farmer, Brick Hall Farm
Blyth Samuel Robert, farmer & land owner Ardleigh Wick
Bradley Charles, Red Lion P.H.
Buss William, boot & shoe maker
Catchpool Edward, farmer, Gate House Farm
Cemetery, (Edward Womack Colchester, Clerk)
Chamberlain Joseph, farm bailiff to Wm. H. Dunnett esq., Gods House farm.
Chisnall William, Miller (wind)
Clary Arthur, wheelwright, Ardleigh heath
Colchester Brewing Co. Lim , malsterers
Davey William, market gardener
Dennis Walter, farmer, Mose Hall
Denny Thomas, beer retailer
Dorlin Charles William, agricultural implement agent, Crockleford
Downes Jn, Fox & Hounds, P.H.& Carpenter
Downes, Frank, beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Downs William, farmer, Munson's farm
Everett Henry, farmer, Sand Pit Farm
Farthng, Miss, dressmaker
Fenn & Co. auctioneers, estate agents & surveyors, Ardleigh Hall & at Colchester
Fenn Mrs., grocer & builder
Fenn Walter, builder
Francis George, Wheelwright
Game, Silas Walter, grocer
Green T.M. farmer, Blomfield's farm
Hawkins James Emanuel, plumber & glazier
Hazell William. farmer, Guide Post farm
Hempson, George. Frederick farmer, Good Hall
Hobrough Henry Sizer, bricklayer. Crockleford
Hutton Geo. H.C. farmer, Redbury Farm
Jolly Willam, beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Joslin George Driver, farm bailiff to Edward Catchpoole esq. Gate House
Keeble Joseph , laundry, Burnt House
Keeble Robert, Crown P.H.& farmer
Lewis James, blacksmith
Lugar James. Marshall, farmer, Martell's Hall
May Edwin, farmer, Fenn Farm
Mayhew G. & H farmer, Blue Barn fm
Moy Thomas limited. coal merchants. Ardleigh station
Munson Robert, farmer, Plain's farm
Newberry Henry, King's Head, P.H.
Norfolk, George, farmer & builder
Page Alfred, farmer. Lodge & Malting & Hill farms
Parker Thomas, beer retailer
Pitchell Charles, boot maker
Pryke, Golden, farmer, Cherry tree Farm
Pryke, Samuel, Kings Head P.H., & Wheelwright
Richardson Robert, farmer, Badley Hall
Roberts Frank, farm bailiff to Wm H Dunnett esq, Bound's farm
Seaborn Firmin, farmer, Fountain Farm
Simson George, veterinary surgeon, Denton Villa
Smith Frederick jun. frmr. Whaley Farm
Smith John George, blacksmith
Smith John, farmer, Slough Farm
Smith Thomas, farmer, Park farm
Southgate, George, farmer
Southgate William, boot & shoemaker
Steel Charles, plumber
Vince John, farmer
Waller Frederick, grocer & wheelwright, Ardleigh Heath
Waller Henry, carpenter & shopkeeper
Went Alfred, farmer, Harvey's farm
Woodward Alfred, farmer, Holy Hill farm
Wyncoll Mark, Wheatsheaf P.H.& Shopkeeper, Bromley Road