Rainham
(from ryne, a watercourse and ham, a village) is a village, parish, and station
on the London and Southend railway, in the Southern division of the county,
Chafford Hundred, Romford Union, and county court district, Chafford rural
deanery, Essex archdeaconry and St Albans diocese, 3 miles north west from
Purfleet, 12 by rail from London, 7 ½ north west from Grays, and 5 east of
Barking: the village forms a considerable
street on the London Road, and the Ingerbourne brook, over which is a bridge,
and has a quay on the creek, at its mouth, in the Thames. The church of SS Helen
& Giles (the only one in England dedicated to these saints jointly), is an old
Norman structure and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, porch and a low
massive tower at the west end containing 3 bells, one dated 1618 and the others
1670: the nave, six bays in length, is divided from its aisles by heavy arcades
of semicircular arches, resting on square columns, with circular shafts at the
angles, banded and showing extensive traces of red colouring: a grand Norman
arch, highly enriched with chevron moulding, opens into the chancel, the windows
of which have been greatly disfigured: the tower is constructed of coursed
rubble, with ashlar coigns and is entered from the nave by a plain semicircular
Norman arch, one tall lancet and three Norman windows lighting its basement. The
register dates from the year 1665. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £430,
with residence, built in 1701 and four acres of glebe, in the gift of the
trustees of the late John Godsalve Crosse, esq, and held by the Rev Henry George
Roche, LL B of St Johns College, Cambridge; the
Rev Mortimer Manley, MA of Queens College , Cambridge, is curate in sole charge:
the brilliant clerical satirist, Charles Churchill, was once curate here, and in
describing in verse the effect of his rural discourses, says: “Sleep at my
bidding crept from pew to pew”. In accordance with the directions of various
ancient benefactions, bread is given to the poor every Sunday; 10s for preaching
a sermon on Ascension Day and a smaller sum of 4s for the parish clerk on the
same day. R W Hall Dare, esq, who is lord of the manor, the trustees of the late
J G Crosse esq. and Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, bart, are the principal
landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gravely. The chief crops are vegetables,
great quantities of which are grown for the
Parish clerk, William Gentry
Post ,
Money Order & Telegraph Office & Savings Bank – George Mayhew, receiver.
Delivery commences at 7 &
Insurance Agent – Phoenix Fire, M Harvey, Lime Tree house
Railway Station, Frank Rowland, station master
Conveyance – Coach to & from Romford on wed only
Abbott Mrs, brick house
Brady Rev Nicholas MA [rector of Wennington], Rainham hall
Harvey William, Rainham ferry
Howell Thomas
Manley Rev Mortimer, MA [curate in charge], Vicarage
Robinson C F, Berwick house
Russell Robert, Brights
Wolton Thomas, South hall
Commercial
Barnes W J, manufacturing chemist
Blows Charles, baker
Bourne John Dupre, coal & coke merchant & general carman
Brooks Ainger, wheelwright
Church
James,
Circuit John Cubis (trustees of), farmer & market gardeners
Clapham Jane (Mrs), Three Crowns, Rainham Ferry
Daldy & Co, coal merchants
Farrow George, draper & boot maker
Farrow William Richard, shopkeeper
Gentry William, baker
Havis James, Angel inn & lighterman
Hennesey Thomas, shopkeeper
Hill Francis John, grocer & farmer
Hill Mary Ann (Miss), linen draper etc
Howell William James, builder
Humphreys Ardley John, farmer, Aylets
Kelley Arthur, saddler & harness maker
King Lucy (Mrs), smith & farrier
Manning Abraham, farmer, Moor Hall
Manning William, farmer, Berwick ponds
Maskell Jeremiah, draper & grocer
Mayhew George, sub-postmaster & assistant overseer
Mayhew Samuel, butcher
Miller & Johnson, chemical manure works, Rainham Ferry
Parker Charles, hair dresser
Parker Lewis, boot & shoe maker
Parsons John Wallace, tailor
Randall
James,
Rowland Frank, station master
Russell Robert, farmer & market gardener
Salamon
& Co, tar distillers,
Saxby George, lighterman
Swann Henry, manager to the trustees of the late John Cubis Circuit, farmers & market gardeners
Valentine John, beer retailer
Warner William, beer retailer
Wilson George Henry, chemical manure works, Rainham Ferry
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