History of Wennington in 1855
Wennington is a parish and village, near to the shore of the Thames, in Chafford
Hundred, Romford Union, South Essex, 2 miles from the Rainham station of the
London, Tilbury and Southend railway, 2 miles north west of Purfleet, 7 ½ east
of barking, 8 west of Orsett and 14 from London, with an area of 1,285 acres,
and a population, in 1851, of 177. The
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Traders
Benton
Aaron, farmer
Bodger
William, farmer
Bourne
Henry Cooke, farmer
Mansford
Thomas, farmer
Walker
William, farmer
Warren
Hilliary, ‘Lennards Arms’
Post
Office – Benjamin Nuttman, sub-postmaster. Letter through Romford arrive at ¾
past
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