Havering atte Bower 1902 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 atte Bower, which included 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; consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle and an embattled tower on the south side containing six bells; 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: an organ was provided in 1902 at a cost of £500; there are 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1670. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £109, with residence, in the gift of Mrs Pemberton-Barnes, and held since 1902 by the Rev Ernest Barrington Woodman MA, of Pembroke College, Cambridge. 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 Park is the residence of Lady O’Hagan; the mansion, a modern edifice of brick, 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. Bower House, a brick mansion, standing in a park of about 120 acres, is now the residence of John W Docra esq. Bedfords, originally called “Bellfonts”, from its ample supply of water, and now the seat of Henry Jessop Stone esq, JP, 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, £4,172; and the population in 1901 was 407.

Post, M O & T O, T M O, S B & Annuity, Insurance & Express Delivery & Parcel Post Office – Miss Ellen Hance, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Romford at 5.10 & 9 am; delivered at 6 & 9 am; dispatched at 2.45 & 7.15 pm; Sundays 7.15 pm

Pillar Letter Box cleared at 7 am, 2.55 & 7.30 pm; Sunday 7.30 pm

National School (mixed), built in 1837, since enlarged, now accommodation for 126 children; average attendance 95; Arthur Montague Derrick, master; Miss Derrick, mistress

Docwra John W, Bower House

Hope Geo Palmer JP, Havering Grange

Lynch Misses, Ivy Holt

McDonnell George, Chase Cross

McIntosh Mrs, Havering Park

O’Hagan Lady, Pyrgo park

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

Pemberton Mrs, Round house

Pemberton-Barnes Mrs, The Hall

Raphael Herbert Henry JP, Rose Court

Smith Benjamin, Fernside

Stone Henry Jessop JP, Bedfords

Tween Alfd Augustus, Wyldburg Lodge

Woodforde-Finden Lt-Col W, Lower Bedfords

Woodman Rev Ernest Barrington MA, Vicarage

Commercial

Alston John, farmer, Upper Bedfords

Beckett Thomas, farm bailiff to Mrs McIntosh, Bower Farm

Bennett James Henry, MRCVS, veterinary surgeon

Bracken Ernest, beer retailer

Craig Hugh, farmer, Lower Park

Halsey Alfred, grocer & beer retailer

Goodwin Henry, baker

Knightsbridge Frank, butcher

Parrish Emily (Mrs), Orange Tree PH

Robson Geo, farmer, Old Park Farm

Suckling Arthur, fish dealer etc

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

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