Hornchurch 1874 Post Office Directory
History of Hornchurch
Hornchurch is a village and parish,
pleasantly situauted on the road from Romford to Upminster; it is within the
liberty of Havering atte Bower, in the southern division of the county, Romford
union and county court district, rural deanery of Barking, archdeaconry of Essex
and diocese of Rochester, 2 miles south east from the railway station at Romford
and 14 from London, bounded on the east and west by the rivers Ingrebourne and
Rom. The church of St Andrew is an old spacious stone building, having a
chancel, nave, aisles and porches, with a large square tower, turreted and
embattled, and surmounted by a spire, the whole 170 feet from the base; there is
a peal of 6 bells, an organ, and a clock: the chancel was restored in 1869, and
a stained window added to the memory of Thomas Mashiter esq. The register dates
from the year 1576. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £740, with residence,
in the gift of New
College,
Oxford,
and held by the Rev Thomas Henry Griffith BCL, of that College, who was
presented in 1863. There are twenty five charities connected with this parish,
distributes at various times, according to the directions of the donors.
There are three almshouses, founded by
Dame Appleton in 1587, rebuilt in 1838; and two others by John Pennant, in 1587,
restored by Thomas Mashiter esq, in 1837. Here is a
foundry, manufactory of steam engines and boilers, and agricultural
implement works; brick and tile and drain pipe making, brewing, and malting are
carried on. A priory of St Nicholas
and St Bernard, subordinate to the
hospital of
Monte Govis,
was founded here in the reign of Henry II, and purchased by William of Wykeham
and by him given to New
College.
Hornchurch Hall, Great Nelmes, Ardley Lodge, Harrow Lodge, Fair Kytes, Langtons
and Britons, are seats within the parish. David McIntosh, esq is the lord of the
liberty, but most of the land belongs to
New
College,
Oxford.
The soil is of a light nature; subsoil, gravel. The area is 6,874 acres of
arable, grass and marsh lands; gross estimated rental £20,551; rateable value,
£17,704; in 1871 the population was 2,476.
Havering Well, 1 mile north of the
village, is a hamlet of Hornchurch
Parish Clerk, Benjamin Lazell
Post & Money Order & Telegraph Office &
Savings Bank – Mrs Eunice Hampshire, post mistress. Letters arrive from Romford
at 5.30 and 11.30 am;
dispatched at 3.40 &
6.20 pm.
Insurance agent :–
Atlas, G Beckett
Liverpool
& London & Globe, F Stratford
National school, Frederick Jenvey,
master; Mrs Emily jenvey, mistress
Carrier to
London –
John Munt, from his own house, on tues, thurs & sat, returning same days
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