History of Rainham in 1862

 History of Rainham

 

Rainham, is a village, parish, and railway station on the London and Southend railway, on the Ingrebury brook, in Chafford Hundred, Romford Union, and county court district, Rochester diocese, Essex archdeaconry, Chafford deanery, South Essex, 3 miles north west of Purfleet steam-boat station, 13 from London, 7 ½ from Grays, 10 from Tilbury and 5 east of Barking. The area is 3,197 acres, and the population in 1861 was 987. The village forms a considerable street on the London Road, and has a bridge over the Ingerbury, and a quay on the creek, at its mouth, in the Thames. The living is a vicarage, worth £412 yearly, with residence, in the patronage of Henry Godsalve Crosse, esq, and held by the Rev Henry George Roche, BC L. The church of St Helen & St Giles is an old structure, , with nave, south aisle and porch; the arch separating the nave from the chancel is of Norman architecture. This is in the Eastern metropolitan postal district.

Crosse henry Godsalve, esq
Daavies Rev Stephen, DCL [curate]
Irish Mrs Elizabeth, Rainham Hall

Commercial
Blewit William, farmer
Brooks Ainger, wheelwright
Brown Samuel, farmer, Grove Farm
Circuit Thomas, farmer
Clapham William, Ferry House
Daldy Edward Mee, coal merchant
Ennever Robert, shopkeeper
Farrow John, shoe maker
Foard Edward, Angel
Gentry William, baker
Gurnett Isaac, market gardener
Hill John, shopkeeper
Holder William, draper
Howell William James, builder
Howell Thomas, Phoenix
King William, blacksmith
Lambert Thomas Wiliam, South Hall
Mayhew Samuel, butcher
Mitchell William, farmer
Parsons John Wallace, tailor
Pease Thomas, Bell
Surridge Thomas, farmer
Tyrrell David, shopkeeper
Wolton Thomas, cattle dealer

Post Office – Robert Ennever, receiver. Letters arrive 6 am & 1.30 pm; dispatched at 2 & 6 pm to post office, Romford. The nearest money order offices are at Brking & Romford.
Insurance Agents:-
Globe, William Holder
Unity, John W Parsons

Parish Clerk, William Gentry
National School, William Jennings, master; Miss Caroline Page, mistress
Conveyance – Coach to & from Romford on wed only
Railway trains to London, Tilbury & Southend

 

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