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Kelly's Directory - Essex 1922
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 Harwich division of the county, Manningtree petty sessional division, Tendring Hundred and Union, Colchester , Clacton Harwich & Halstead 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 of £ 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 7 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 Arthur Crowther esq., Mose Hall the property of Oscar Watling esq. ; Martell's Hall the property of Rev. James William Green M.A. 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. 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, 915; 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 motor 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 ; Arthur P Stokes, master & Mrs S Rous, infant's 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.
Private Residents
Abbott Mrs., Roselea
Ball Mrs. Frederick, Ardleigh Court
Brandam Mrs. S. T. Holmesdale
Crowther Arthur, Bovills Hall
Edwards Henry, Ardleigh Hall
Elim George H, Ardleigh park
Everett Gerald, The Croft
Green Rev, John William, Martells
Grubbe Rev. Reginald Hall, B.A. (Vicar), Vicarage
Haddingham Alfred, Cranmer house
Hazel Miss, Guide Post Farm
Josselyn James Arthur, Waylen, New Hall
Judd Mrs. South View
Newth Walter Raymond, Manor House
Norfolk Geo. Hill Farm, Crockleford
Silverlock Arthur John, Maltings farm
Stephens William James, Monica House
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
Bacon Frederick, beer retailer
Balls Ambrose, farmer, God's House Farm
Bibby Ernest, Railway Tavern
Bird John, farmer, Good Hall 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
Bultitude & Howe, farmers, Harwich Road
Carter Ernest E Lion Inn
Cemetery
Church William, baker
Clover Thomas, miller (water), Spring Valley
Constable Amelia (Mrs.) shopkeeper
Cooling Thomas William, farmer, Crockleford Hall
Copping Thomas, farmer, Plains farm
Creak John Bromley, farmer, Whaley Farm
Dipman Geo. H, farmer, Gate House farm
Downing Gilbert A, 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, Clarke's farm
Fenn Eliza & Fanny (Misses), shopkeepers
Fenn Rowland, threshing machine proprietor
Fitch Elijah, blacksmith, & Fox & Hounds P.H.
Gosling Robert, boot and Shoe repairer
Gould Frank, farmer, see Polley & Gould
Hadley Ernest, farmer, Rover's Tye Farm
Hadley John, farmer, Ipswich Road
Harrington John, cycle dealer
Harvey Arthur, grocer
Hazell Wiliam, farm bailiff to Allsep Brothers, Hull farm
Jaggard Nathan Driver, farmer
Johnson William Henry, farmer, Bloomfield's farm
King Percy Jack, butcher, Rose cottage
Latta Matthew R., farmer, Redbury Farm
Lownds James Richard B.A., L.R.C.P. & S,Edin & L.F.P. & S.Glas. physician & surgeon (calls tues. thurs. & sat), Surgery
Lyon Andrew, farmer, Colllier's farm
Motum Arthur, saddler
Moy Thomas Limited, coal merchants, Ardleigh station
Newth Memorial Hall & Institute (E.H. Merchant, hon, sec.)
Nicholls Harold, farmer, Chancery farm
Norfolk Fred, farmer, Park farm
Norfolk George, farmer
Oakley George boarding house, The Gables
Page Alfred, farmer, Lodge farm
Pearmain Hamo Edward Thos.grocer
Pentney Charles, builder
Polley & Gould, farmers, Old Shields
Polley Geo., wheelwright, Ardleigh Heath
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
Smith Abraham, farmer, de Bois Hill
Smith David, shopkeeper & blacksmith
Thorogood Harry, baker
Waller F & son, wheelwrights, Ardleigh heath
Waller Elizh (Mrs.), grocer, Ardleigh Heath
Waller George, builder & parish clerk
Waller James, carpenter, Post Office
Warner Edward, farmer, Badley Hall
Warren Ernest, beer retailer
Watling Oscar, farmer, Moze Hall
Whittle Clifford, boot repairer
Woodburn Geo, farmerm Blue Barn Farm
Wyncoll William, Willow tree farm
Young George, market gardener, Burnt Heath