History of Wennington in 1874

 

Wennington is a parish and village, near the shore of the Thames, in the Southern division of the county, Chafford Hundred, Romford Union, and county court district, rural deanery of Chafford, archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of Rochester, one mile and a half from Rainham station of the London, Tilbury and Southend railway, 7 miles south from Romford, 2 north west from Purfleet, 8 west from Orsett and 14 from London. The church of St Mary the Virgin is an ancient building, has a chancel, nave, aisle, with a square embattled tower, and one bell, and contains an old monument. The register dates from the year 1654. The living is a rectory, yearly value £421, and 4 acres of land, without house, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor; and held by the Rev William Hughes, MA, of St John’s College, Cambridge. R W Hall Dare esq, who is lord of the manor, and Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, bart, are the principal landowners. The soil is gravely and sandy; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and peas. The area is 1,301 acres; gross estimated rental, £3,545; rateable value, £2.989; and the population in 1871 was 199.

Parish clerk, William Taylor

Post Office – Mrs Sarah Nuttman, postmistress. Letters through Romford, arrive at 6.15 am; dispatched at 5.30 pm. The nearest money order office is at Rainham.

School, Miss Emily Turnpenny, mistress

 

Hughes Red William, MA [rector]

 

Commercial

Earps James, steward to R W Hall Dare, esq

Eve Richard, cattle dealer

Ingram james & son, India Rubber manufacturers

Joslin Clement, farmer

Reynolds James Church, shopkeeper

Rogers George, farmer, Wennington Hall

Warren Hillary, ‘Lennards Arms’

 

 

 

 

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