Havering atte Bower 1882 Kelly's Directory

Havering Atte Bower Liberty

[comprising Havering, Romford & Hornchurch]

Havering atte Bower is a village and parish, 3 miles north from Romford railway station, and 15 from London, in the southern division of the county, Romford union and county court district, rural deanery of Lambourne, archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of St Albans; this place gives name to the liberty and peculiar of Havering ate Bower, which includes the parishes of Romford, Havering and Hornchurch; for particulars of liberty, see Romford. The church of St John has been entirely rebuilt by subscription and is a Gothic edifice of flint with stone dressings, in the Decorated style; it consists of chancel, nave, north aisle and porch, with a square embattled tower, containing 1 bell and was re-consecrated 13^th April 1878; in the church is an ancient font: the late Sir John Smith Burges, bart, was buried in this church, to whom a memorial, designed by Mr Wyatt, was erected. The register commences in the year 1670. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £85, with residence, in the gift of Mrs Pemberton-Barnes, and held by the Rev Thomas James, of King’s College, London. The inhabitants of the liberty 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. Havering is believed to have been once the seat of Saxon royalty, for according to traditionary accounts, Edward the Confessor built a palace here, or improved one more ancient: the portions extant are not sufficient to determine the limits of the original building, whatever it may have been: it is certain, however, that Edward Confessor took great delight in this spot as a place for retirement.. Havering Park, the seat of Mrs McIntosh, lady of the manor of the liberty and principal landowner, is an elegant modern mansion, with a tower, pleasantly situated on an eminence, surrounded by extensive pleasure grounds and a finely wooded park of 250 acres and is built on part of the site of the old palace which was the residence of Edward the Confessor. Pyrgo, a modern mansion of brick with stone dressings, is an edifice of Classic style, with a tower and portico, it stands in an extensive park, commanding very fine views of the surrounding country and occupied the site of a house formerly belonging to the Queens of England, where Jane, Queen of Henry IV, died: it is now the residence if Lieut-Gen Fytche CSL, JP. Bower House, a brick mansion, standing in a park of about 120 acres, is the residence of C P Matthews esq, JP. The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and roots. The area is 2,092 acres; rateable value, £4,739; and the population in 1881 was 437.

Parish clerk, James Newland

Post, Money Order & Telegraph Office & Savings Bank – Mrs Mary Playle, receiver. Letters arrive from Romford at 5.50 & 9.45 am; delivered at 7.30 am; dispatched at 11.30 am & 7.15 pm

National School (mixed), built in 1839 for 100 children with an average attendance of 85; Henry William Webb, master; Miss Webb, mistress; Miss Banks, assistant

Private Residents

Conder Edward, Wyldburg Lodge

Fytche Lieut0General Albert CSL, DL, JP, Pyrgo Park

Honey Frederick, Cromwell House

Hope Mrs, Havering Grange

James Rev Thomas, Vicarage

Lynch Mrs, The Cottage

McIntosh Mrs, Havering Park

Matthews Charles P, JP, Bower House

Pemberton Mrs, Round house

Pemberton-Barnes Mrs, The Hall

Roynon John, Havering Park Farm

Smith Benjamin, Fernside

Theobald James, The Bedfords

Commercial

Abernethy David, farmer, Home Farm

Bennett Jas Henry, veterinary surgeon

Brookes Mary (Mrs), beer retailer & shopkeeper

Gardner Saml, brick & tile maker & farmer

Goodwin Henry, baker

Knightsbridge James, butcher

Livingston David, agent to Mrs McIntosh, of Havering Park, Clock House, Havering Park

Minter, farmer, Nearles Farm

Parrish Charles Alfred, Orange Tree

Roynon John, farm steward to Mrs McIntosh, of Havering Park, Havering Park Farm

Scotcher James, beer retailer

Smith William, farmer, Little Bedford

Wright Arthur Bentall, bailiff to Mrs Pemberton-Barnes, Bower Farm

Wright Benjamin, baker

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