Havering atte Bower 1894 Kelly's Directory

Havering Atte Bower Liberty

[comprising Havering, Romford & Hornchurch]

Havering atte Bower is a pleasant village and parish, 3 miles north from Romford station, and 15 from London, in the southern division of the county, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Romford, 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, but this liberty was abolished by Order in Council, dated 9^th May, 1892. The church of St John the Evangelist, rebuilt by subscription, is an edifice of flint with stone dressings, in the Decorated style; it consists of chancel, nave, north aisle and an embattled tower on the south side containing one bell; the lower stage forms a porch: the church was re-consecrated 13^th April 1878; and contains an ancient font and a memorial by Wyatt to Sir John Smith Burges, bart, who died in 1803 and was buried in this church. The register dates from the year 1670. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £80, with residence, in the gift of Mrs Pemberton-Barnes, and held since 1892 by the Rev John Collier Barker MA, of Jesus College, Oxford. There is a coffee and reading room, principally supported by Mrs McIntosh. This is one of the few villages in England in which the ancient stocks may still be seen, and here they stand on the green facing the church. 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 this monarch frequently lived here in retirement.. Havering Park is the seat of Mrs McIntosh, lady of the manor of the liberty and principal landowner, the mansion, occupying part of the site of the old palace of the Confessor, is an elegant modern building with a tower and is pleasantly situated on an eminence, surrounded by extensive pleasure grounds and a finely wooded park of 250 acres. Pyrgo, a modern mansion of brick with stone dressings, in the Classic style, with a tower and portico, stands in an extensive park, commanding very fine views of the surrounding country and occupies the site of a house formerly belonging to the Queens of England, in which Joan, daughter of Charles II, King of Navarre and Queen of Henry IV, died 9 July 1437; it is now the residence of William Edward Gibb esq, JP. Bower House, a brick mansion, standing in a park of about 120 acres, is at present unoccupied. Bedfords, till recently the residence of the late Jas Theobald esq, MP, and originally called “Bellfonts”, from its ample supply of water, is a stone mansion, standing in a park of nearly 100 acres, commanding one of the finest views in the country and embracing the river Thames, the Knockholt hills in Kent, the Crystal Palace, St Paul’s and the towers of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and roots. The area is 2,088 acres; rateable value, £4,300; and the population in 1891 was 450.

Post, M O & T O, S B & Annuity, Insurance & Express Delivery Office – Philip Hance, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Romford at 5.30 & 9.20 am; delivered at 7 am & 9.20 am; dispatched at 2.45 & 7.15 pm

National School (mixed), built in 1839 for 100 children; average attendance of 95; --Derrick, master; Miss Derrick, mistress; Miss Celine Banks, assistant

Private Residents

Barker Rev John Collier MA, Vicarage

Ellis Herbert O, The Cottage

Gardner Mrs, The Lawn

Gibb William Edward JP, Pyrgo park

Hope The Misses, Havering Grange

James Rev Thomas, Vicarage

Lynch Misses, Ivy Holt

McIntosh Mrs, Havering Park

Matthews Charles P, JP, Bower House

Pemberton Rev Joseph Hardwick (curate of Collier Row, Romford), Round house

Pemberton Mrs, Round house

Pemberton-Barnes Mrs, The Hall

Raphael Herbert Henry, Rose Court

Smith Benjamin, Fernside

Commercial

Beckett Thomas, farm bailiff to Mrs McIntosh, Bower Farm

Bennett James Henry, MRCVS, veterinary surgeon

Burton Robt Wm, farmer, Nearles Farm

Coffee & Reading Room (Mrs Sarah De Vere, caretaker)

Goodwin Henry, baker

Knightsbridge Frank, butcher

Parrish Charles Alfred, Orange Tree PH

Robson Geo, farmer, Old Park Farm

Scotcher James, beer retailer

Standen Jas Wm, grocer & beer retailer

Suckling Arthur, fish dealer

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

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