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CHAFFORD HUNDRED - WHITES 1863 Directory

Aveley 1863 Whites Directory , Childerditch 1863 Whites, Cranham 1863 , North Ockendon 1863 , South Ockendon 1863 ,  Rainham 1863 ,  South Weald 1863 ,  Brentwood 1863 ,  Brentwood Residents in 1863 , Brentwood Commercial Traders part 1 ,  Brentwood Commercial part 2 , Stifford 1863 ,  Grays Thurrock 1863 Directory , West Thurrock & Purfleet ,  Upminster 1863 ,  Great Warley 1863 ,  Little Warley 1863 ,  Wennington 1863 Directory , Havering Atte Bower 1863 ,  Hornchurch 1863 Directory , Hornchurch Commercial & Residents Directory,  ROMFORD 1863 directory ,

Extends about eight miles along the north hank of the river Thames, opposite Erith Reach, Long Reach, and St. Clement's Reach; from Hornchurch Marsh to Grays Thurrock. It extends about 12 miles northward, but decreases from 7 to 2 miles in breadth. The small river Ingerbourn flows along its western boundary to the river Thames; and other rivulets flow through it, and unite their waters with the Thames at Purfleet and Cold Harbour. It is crossed near South Weald and Brentwood by the Eastern Counties Railway; and, on the banks of the Thames, by the Tilbury and Southend Railway. It is in the Southern Parliamentary Division of Essex, in the Diocese of Rochester, Archdeaconry of Essex, and Deanery of Chafford. It has a fertile soil, and picturesquely undulated and well-wooded surface, with many handsome seats, some of them commanding fine views of the busy Thames and the Kentish hills. The following enumeration of its fourteen parishes, and four hamlets, shows their territorial extent and their population in 1851.

Parish Acres Population in 1861
Aveley parish * 2,862 811
Childerditch parish 1,570 209
Cranham 1875 331
Ockendon North 1703 338
Ockendon South * 2872 1021
Rainham * 3160 868 
South Weald * 4,650 1,383
Brentwood chap 460 2,205
Stifford parish 1,547 320
Thurrock (Grays) * 1,332 1,713
Thurrock (West) 2,863 754
Purfleet hamlet    
Purfleet Barracks   81
Upminster parish 3,157 1,228
Warley (Great) 2,653 952
Warley (Little) 1,651 344
Warley Barracks   644
Wennington parish 1285 177
Totals 34,180 13,379

 

* Those marked * are in the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
+ UNIONS:- Aveley, N. and S. Ockendon, Stifford, Grays and West Thurrock, and Purfleet, are in Orsett Union; Cranham; Rainham, Upminster, Great Warley, and Wennington, are in Romford Union; and Childerditch, South Weald, Brentwood, and Little Warley, are in Billericay Union.


The CHIEF CONSTABLES are Mr. S. R. Francis, of Cranham, and Mr J E Joyner, of West Thurrock. PETTY SESSIONS are held at Brentwood, and County COURTS at Romford and Brentwood.

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