Great Warley 1848 Whites Directory
WARLEY (GREAT) is a long scattered village from 1½ to 3
miles S of Brentwood and its parish contains 596 souls, and 2653A 2R11P of land,
having a heavy soil on a clay bottom, and giving rise to two sources of the
rivulet which flows to Purfleet It includes Warley Street, Cley Tye, and Warley
Common, and is fertile and well cultivated. The surface is picturesquely
undulated, and the view from Warley Gap, is one of the most extensive in the
county. Lord Headley (a Scotch peer,) is lord of the manor, which belonged to
the abbess of Barking before the Conquest, and afterwards to the Gonsons,
Evelyns, and Harts. One of the latter sold it in 1669 to Rowland Winne, an
ancestor of the present owner. J.B. Sheridan owns Warley Franks, and other parts
of the parish belong to
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Bonham General Pinson, Burrows James, shoemaker Clay Mrs. Caton John, butcher Crossingham John, grocer, draper, etc. Eldred William, constable, blacksmith and wheelwright English Lady Agnes, Warley House Hesse Geo Agsts, grocer, etc., Jeggo M. William jun., assistant overseer Jowett Mrs Sarah Joslin Geo jun, assistant overseer Kerr James, victualler, Thatchers Arms Knight John, bricklayer, Common Robinson Rev. Hastings D.D., Rectory Rush W, parish clerk Seabrook William, baker Stokes James jun., grocer, Common Tate Rev. George Edward B.A., curate Wallis Mrs. P. Wevers Margaret, school |
Beerhouses. Foker Susan Hammod Joseph Kettley John
Farmers. Cross Jno (owner) Coppen Isaac, Cley-Tye Francis Fredk Francis Samuel Haywood Sarah Haws Joggins Samuel Joslin George Knightbridge Ts Packman Chas Parker James Shuttleworth A Springham Natl Weal Wm Wood Wm |
Post Office at J Crossingham’s. Letters, via
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