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Kelly's Directory - Essex 1906
ARDLEIGH, mentioned in ''Domesday Survey'' is a parish 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, archdeaconary of Colchester and St Albans diocese. The church of St Mary the Virgin, a fine structure of flint and freestone, consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a fine embattled western tower containing a clock and 8 bells; the 6th bell, cast about 1450, by Brazien, of Norwich, bearing this inscription, ''Sum Rosa Puisals Mundi Maria Vocata;''over the porch is this inscription: Orate: p' animabus Johis Hue: at ye Wode et Alicie: uxuris ejus, Johis Hute: Willi: Hute:'' there is a memorial window to the Rev. Frederick Joseph Ball M.A. vicar 1897-1902; an organ was erected in 1905 at the cost pf £ 465; in 1883 the church was rebuilt and the tower and south porch restored, at a cost, including fittings and decoration, of £4,600, and in 1892 the bells rehung and a new bells added: there are 330 sittings. The register dates from the year 1555. The living is a discharged vicarage, net yearly value £500 with 6 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1902 by the Rev. Reginald Hall Grubbe, B.A of Trinity College, Cambridge. Here is a Wesleyan Chapel. The cemetery here, formed in 1860, is one acres 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 rest for teaching poor boys of this parish at Dedham Grammar School. A fair is held on the 29th of September. New Hall is the residence of James Arthur Josselyn esq. and Ardleigh Park, standing in its own grounds of about 100 acres, is the residence of Francis Harry Owen Wilson esq. There are four manor houses in this parish, viz,; Bovills Hall, the property of W.R. Newth esq.; Langham Hall , belonging to William Nocton esq, Ardleigh Hall the property of J. Fenn esq. and Birch Hall, owned by the Right Hon. James Round P.C. The principal landowners are Lord Lucas and Dingwall, Wiliam Nocton, John Fenn, Samuel Robert Blyth and Edward Catchpool esqrs., the Rev. Richard Cox-Hales, M.A. of 27 Cambridge Road, Brighton, William Herbert Dunnett, esq. of Stour House, Dedham and Rt. Hon. J. Round 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 5,058 acres of land and 4 of water; rateable value, £12, 448; population in 1901 was 1,426 in the civil and 1,214 in the ecclesiastical 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. These is also a Primitive Methodist Chapel.
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 road from Colchester to Langham.
Post, M.O. & T.O., T.M.O., E. D., P. P., S. B, & A. & I. office.-James Waller, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Colchester at 7 a.m. & by train at 11.15 & 4.45; dispatched at 11.50a.m. & 3.35 p.m. by train, & 7.45 p.m. by mail cart; Sunday, arrive 7a.m. ; dispatched at 7.45 p.m.. Letters for Crockleford Heath come through Elmstead.
Pillar Box at Station, cleared 11.40 a.m. & 3.20 & 7.30 p.m. ; no sunday collection
Pillar Box, Harwich Road, cleared 8a.m. & 8.15p.m. ; no sunday collection
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, James Mayer; attendance fridays, 12.30 to 1 p.m
Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1875, for 250 chldren; average attendance 200; Thomas Rous, master; Mrs. Rous, mistress.
Railway Station, Arthur Booth, station master.
County Police, Ernest Ryder, constable
Carriers to:-
Dedham - Page, to the Railway Station, daily, arriving at 9 a.m. & leaving at 10 a.m.
Colchester - Bantick, mon, thurs & sat. leaving at 1.30 p.m.
Residents
Curtis, Philip, Riddlesdale House
Fenn Edwin, Broughton M.D. Charlton House
Fenn John, Ardleigh Hall
Flynn Rev. Robert Francis A.K.C.L. (curate)
Harvey Mrs. Holmesdale
Josselyn James Arthur, New Hall
Kirby John, Holly court
Newth Walter Raymond, Bovills Hall
Stevens William James, Monica House
Wilson, Francis Harry Owen, Ardleigh park; & Oriental club, London W.
Commercial
Abbotts E & sons, nurseyman, seedsman, florists & bulb merchants, Railway & Burnt Heath nurseries
Abbott & son, saddler
Abbott Sarah Jane (Mrs.) farmer, Martells
Abbott, Walter, butcher
Andrews William, builder
Austin William Rogers, farmer, Wadhouse farm
Bacon Frederick, carter
Baker Charles, Rt. farmer Hungerdowne farm
Blomfield William, farmer & cattle dealer, Brick Hall farm
Blyth, James, farmer, Gate House Farm
Blyth James Wiliam, beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Blyth Samuel Robert, farmer & landowner, Ardleigh Wick
Boggis Charles, Red Lion P.H.
Bree Sidney M.B. Lond. physician & surgeon (calls mon. wed. & fri.), Surgery
Bromley & Willis, millers (steam)
Bruce William, wheelwright (Francis & Bruce)
Cemetery (Edwin Womack, Colchester, clerk)
Church William, baker
Clover William, miller (steam & water)
Cottee Frederick William, farmer
Creak John Bromley, farmer, Whaley Farm
Dennis Walter, farmer, Mose Hall
Denny Thomas, beer retailer
Diss Alfred, brick maker
Dorlin Charles William, agricultural implement engineer, Crockleford
Downes John, Fox & Hounds P.H. & carpenter
Downing Richard W, baker
Edwards H. & E. fruit & vegetable merchants & fruit growers
Everett Henry, farmer, Sand Pits farm
Farthing Miss, dressmaker
Fenn & Co. auctioneers, estate agents & surveyors, Ardleigh Hall; & at Colchester
Fenn John, farmer, Ardleigh Hall
Fenn Phoebe Mrs. grocer & draper
Francis & Bruce, wheelwrights
Frost George A, farmer, Slough & Cherry tree farm
Girling Herbert, farmer, Bounds farm
Gosling Robert, bott and Shoe repairer
Hales Hezekiah, farmer, Blomfield's farm
Harvey Arthur, grocer & draper
Hempton George Frederick, farmer, Good Hall
Hutton, George, farmer, Rookery Farm
Joslin George Driver, farm bailiff to Edward Cathpool esq. Gate House
Keeble Percy, cooper, insurance agent
Keeble Robert, Crown P.H. & farmer
Latta Matthew B.farmer, Redbury Farm
May Edwin, farmer, Martell's Hall
Moy Thomas Limited, coal merchants, Ardleigh station
Munson Robert, farmer, Plain's farm
Norfolk George, farmer & butcher
Oliver Martin, boot & shoe maker
Page Alfred, farmer, Lodge farm
Parker Thomas, beer retailer
Pentney Charles, builder
Pitchell Charles, boot maker
Pryke Golden, farmer, Colliers Wood farm
Purkiss Arthur, coal dealer
Richardson Robert, farmer, Badley Hall
Robinson Cephas Arthur Railway Tavern
Seaborn Firmin, farmer, Fountain farm
Simson George, veterinary surgeon, Denton villa
Smith David, blacksmith
Smith Thomas, farmer, Park farm
Southgate George, farmer, Clarke's farm
Thurton Edward Jas. grocer & draper
Waller F & son, grocers & wheelwrights, Ardleigh heath
Waller James, builder, Post Office
Willis William, miller, see Bromley & Willis
Woodward Alfred, farmer, Holly Hill farm
Wrycroft Ernest, King's Head P.H.
Wyncoll Mark, Wheatsheaf P.H. & shopkeeper, Bromley road.