Havering Atte Bower 1855 Post Office Directory
History of Havering atte Bower
Havering Atte Bower Liberty
[comprising Havering,
Romford & Hornchurch]
Havering
Atte Bower is a village seated on the Ingerbourn, 3 miles north from Romford
railway station, and 15 from
London;
gives name to, and is at the head of the liberty and peculiar of Havering Atte
Bower, which includes the parishes of Romford, Havering and Hornchurch. The
inhabitants claim freedom from toll throughout
England
for goods and cattle sold, and provisions bought; from shire rates; and from
serving on juries and inquests without their liberty. The lord of the liberty is
David McIntosh, Esq. Havering was once the seat of Saxon royalty. Saint Edward
the Confessor long dwelt here, and the remains of his palace are still shown
near the church; another palace, called Pyrgo, belonged to the Queens of
England; here jane, Queen of Henry IV, died. The parish contains 4,290 acres,
and the population in 1851 was 423. It is in the Romford Union and south
division of
Essex.
The church, dedicated to
St John,
is a brick building, and has a belfry of wood; there is a very old font. The
living is a perpetual curacy value £75, in the Diocese of Rochester,
Archdeaconry of Essex, Deanery of Epping, and gift of W P Barnes, Esq. the
incumbent is the Rev Richard Rowland Faulkner, BD, who is also the vicar of St
Sepulchres, Cambridge. Here is a National school.
Barnes
William Pemberton, esq, Round house
Faulkner
Rev Richard Rowland BD, [perpetual vicar of Havering & vicar of St Sepulchres,
Cambridge]
Field
Robert
Harper J
A W, esq, stockbroker
Hawlsley
J W, esq,
Bedfords
Hope
Steph Chas esq, Havering grange
Tomes
Mrs
Toulmin
Henry esq, Bower house
Traders
Aylett
Henry, shoemaker
Banks
James William, carrier
Bennet
James, blacksmith
Gardner
Samuel, brick & tile maker
Joslin
Charles A, farmer
Knox
James, bailiff to D McIntosh esq
Lester
Alfred, ‘Orange
Tree’
Mumford
William, shoemaker
Pain
William, cattle dealer,
Upper Bedfords
Playle
Thomas, saddler
Poston
William John, butcher
Smith
Samuel, farmer, Lower Bedfords
Taylor john, baker & brewer
Wynn
John, farmer
Post
Office – William Mumford, receiver. Letter arrive from Romford ½ past 6 am:
delivered at 8 am;
dispatched 7 pm. The nearest money order office is at Romford
Cattle
Insurance Company, Charles A Joslin
Church,
rev Richard Rowland Faulkner, vicar
National
School,
James Newland, master; Mrs Newland, mistress
Carrier
to
London
– James William banks, on Friday morning; returns Saturday evening
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