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Kelly's Directory - Essex 1917
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 , Clacton and Harwich joint county court district, rural deanery of Dedham, archdeaconary of Colchester and Chelmsford 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 1420 is inscribed, ''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, including 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 rent to be expended for the instruction of poor boys of this parish at Dedham Grammar School. There were originally four manor houses in this parish, viz,; Bovills Hall, the property of W.R. Newth esq.; Mose Hall the property of the trustees of the late Rt. Hon. James Round P.C; Martell's Hall the property of Mr. Acton Philips and Ardleigh Hall, the property of the Messrs H and E. Edwards. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late Lord Lucas and Dingwall (d. 1916), Messrs H and E. Edwards, Messrs E Abbott and sons, Robert Richardson esq. and F.J. Baker esq. 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, £16, 826; population in 1911 was 1,420 in the civil and 1,250 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.Office. -James Waller, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Colchester. Letters for Crockleford Heath come through Elmstead. Pillar Box at Station, Harwic Road & Bromley Road
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Charles Edward Pettitt; attendance thursday, 12.30 to 1 p.m
Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), built in 1875, for 145 mixed & 52 infants ; Thomas Rous, master; Mrs. S Rous, infants mistress.
Railway Station, Arthur Booth, station master.
County Police, Ernest Charles Monk, constable
Carriers to:-
Dedham - Norfolk, to the Railway Station, daily, arriving at 9 a.m. & leaving at 10 a.m.
Colchester - Creak, mon, wed, fri & sat. leaving at 1.30 p.m.
Private Residents
Abbott Alfred, Roselea
Archer Herbert Edward, The Croft
Ball Mrs. Frederick, Ardleigh Court
Bennett Col, Alfred Charles D.S.O. Ardleigh Park
Brandam Mrs. S. T. Holmesdale
Cranmer H.G. Cranmar House
Dennis William George, Hill Farm, Crockleford
Fenn Mrs. John, Ardleigh Hall
Garside Joseph Old Shields
Grubbe Rev. Reginald Hall, B.A. (Vicar), Vicarage
Hazel Miss, Guide Post Farm
Josselyn James Arthur, Waylen, New Hall
Judd Mrs. South View
Mayor Mrs. Bovills Hall
Newth Walter Raymond, Manor House
Philips Acton, sen. Martells
Silverlock Arthur John, Maltings farm
Stephens William James, Monica House
Wilson, Francis Harry Owen, Wolfdene
Commercial
Abbotts E & sons, nurseyman, seed growers, florists & bulb merchants, Railway & Burnt Heath nurseries & Home farm
Abbott Sarah Jane (Mrs.) farmer, Vince Farm
Abbott, Walter, butcher
Albon William, Crown P.H.
Andrews William, builder
Auston Robert, Bloomfield's farm
Bacon Frederick, carter & beer retailer
Baker Francis John, farmer Hungerdowne farm
Bibby Ernest, Railway Tavern
Bird John, farmer, Good Hall Farm
Blyth, James Sl, farmer, Gate House Farm
Blyth Samuel Robert, farmer & landowner, Ardleigh Wick
Bree Sidney M.B. Lond. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond. physician & surgeon (calls mon. wed. & fri.), Surgery
Carter Ernest E Red Lion P.H.
Cemetery
Church William, baker
Clark Wm. Beer retailer, Ipswich Road
Clover Thomas, miller (water), Spring Valley
Creak John Bromley, farmer, Whaley Farm
Downing Robert Walker, baker
Driver Sidney, photographer, Ardleigh Heath
Earle William Bevan, farmer, Vale View Farm
Edwards H. & E. fruit & vegetable merchants & farmers, Rookery farm
Edwards Mrs. , farmer, Harvey's farm
Everett Henry, farmer, Harvey's farm
Fenn Eliza & Fanny (Misses), shopkeepers
Fitch Elijah, blacksmith, & Fox & Hounds P.H.
Fleming David, farmer, Shaw's farm
Freeman Walter, farmer, Harwich Road
Gosling Robert, boot and Shoe repairer
Hadley Ernest, farmer, Rover's Tye Farm
Hadley John, farmer, Ipswich Road
Harvey Arthur, grocer & draper
Hazell Wiliam, farm bailiff to Allsep Brothers, Hull farm
Jaggard Nathan Driver, farmer
King Percy Jack, butcher, Rose cottage
Latta Matthew R., farmer, Redbury Farm
Lennox Robert, farmer, Collier's wood
Lownds James Richard B.A., L.R.C.P. & S,Edin & L.F.P. & S.Glas. physician & surgeon (calls tues. thurs. & sat), Surgery
Motum Arthur, saddler
Moy Thomas Limited, coal merchants, Ardleigh station
Newth Memorial Hall & Institute (E.H. Merchant, hon, sec.)
Norfolk George, farmer & butcher
Oakley Fergus, farmer, Crockleford Hall
Oliver Martin, boot & shoe maker
Page Alfred, farmer, Lodge farm
Pannell Will, farmer, Hall Farm
Parmenter Albert Charles, farmer, Moze Hall
Pearmain Hamo Edward Thos.grocer
Pentney Charles, builder
Philips Acton, jun, farmer, Chancery farm
Pollard Richard, King's Head, P.H.
Polley Geo., wheelwright, Ardleigh Heath
Pryke Arthur Charles, farmer, Plains Farm, Ipswich Road
Purkiss Arthur, farmer, Burnt Hill
Richardson Robert, farmer, Badley Hall & Bounds, Warlands & Charity Farms
Salmon William J, farmer, Slough Farm
Simson George, veterinary surgeon, Denton villa
Skeet Henry Edgar, farmer, Park Frm
Smith Abraham, farmer, de Bois Hill
Smith David, shopkeeper & blacksmith
Venn Leonard, farmer, God's House farm
Waller F & son, wheelwrights, Ardleigh heath
Waller Elizh (Mrs.), grocer, Ardleigh Heath
Waller George, builder & parish clerk
Waller James, carpenter, Post Office
Ward Ernest William, beer retailer, Burnt Heath
Wendon Maurice, farmer
Woodburn Geo, farmerm Blue Barn Farm
Wyncoll William, Willow tree farm
Young George, market gardener, Burnt Heath