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Barstable (hundred)
Barstable was a Hundred in the English County of Essex. Both the hundred and the manor with the same name are mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Several parishes in the western part of the Barstable Hundred are now in Thurrock. Location Barstable is bordered on the east by Rochford hundred; on the north by Chelmsford hundred; on the north-west by the Ongar hundred; on the west by Chafford hundred (with the boundary in part following the Mardyke) and on the south by the river Thames. The parish boundary between Grays Thurrock and Little Thurrock is also the hundred boundary between Barstable and Chafford. The interlocking boundary between these parishes suggests the existence of a common pasture originally shared, prior to the establishment of the hundred boundary. Name The name of the hundred was normally that of its meeting place. Barstaple hundred takes its name from a location or settlement that is now in Basildon, a new town. This is mentioned as the manor of Barstable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred (country Subdivision)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County, New South Wales, Cumberland County in the British Colony of New South Wales. It is still used in other places, including in Australia (in South Australia and the Northern Territory). Other terms for the hundred in English and other languages include ''#wapentake, wapentake'', ''herred'' (Danish and Bokmål, Bokmål Norwegian), ''herad'' (Nynorsk, Nynorsk Norwegian), ''härad'' or ''hundare'' (Swedish), ''Harde'' (German), ''hiird'' (North Frisian language, North Frisian), ''kihlakunta'' (Finnish), and ''cantref'' (Welsh). In Ireland, a similar subdivision of counties is referred to as a Barony (Ireland), barony, and a hundred is a subdivision of a particularly large townland (most townlands are not divided into hundreds). Etymology The origin of the division of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vange
Vange is a village in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. The village was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as having a population of 27. The London Road (B1464) is the main road through Vange and used to be part of the A13 road (England), A13 until it was bypassed in the 1970s. The population of the Vange ward within the Basildon Borough taken at the 2011 Census was 10,048. Until 1 January 1937, Vange was a civil parish; It had a population of 2,300 in 1931. Vange Hill Open Space is of former Plotlands (land development), plotlands lying next to Basildon golf course. Vange Marshes is a wetland habitat. Church The earliest parts of All Saints Church date from the late 12th century, with alterations from subsequent centuries. The last were in 1837. It is built of stone, flint and other masonry, with bands of brickwork alternating with tufa and rubble walling. A bellcote that was refashioned in 1816 adorns the roof at the west end of the church. Public hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutton, Essex
Hutton is an area of Brentwood, in Essex, England; Brentwood town centre lies 3 miles to the west. The area is split between modest housing estates and the largely affluent Hutton Mount. Hutton was formerly a civil parish, which was abolished in 1934 and absorbed into Brentwood. It has good transport links to Central London (around to the south-west) via Shenfield railway station which is just from Hutton. History The first police officer of the Essex Constabulary to be killed whilst on active duty was Robert Bambrough, who was drowned in a pond in Hutton by the criminal whom he was escorting from Billericay Magistrates' Court on 21 November 1850. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2,142. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Brentwood. Hutton Poplars Opened in 1905. The name given to the Training School or Residential Home situated near the village of Hutton for destitute children from the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in east London. Capable o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Burstead
Great Burstead is an urban settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great Burstead and South Green, in the Basildon district, in Essex, England. It is contiguous with the town of Billericay. History By tradition, the origins of the church, St Mary Magdalene, at Great Burstead are linked to Saint Cedd (d.664). Cedd, a missionary monk and later Bishop of the East Saxons, was trained by the Celtic Saint Aidan at Lindisfarne. Cedd's original chapel at Bradwell-juxta-Mare in Essex can still be visited. It is understood that at first he set up his wayside preaching cross on the present-day church site, and a well which he blessed, then after he converted Ebba, the Thane of Great Burstead. However, it is also reputed that the East Saxon King Sæberht (d 616) was buried nearby, a convert under the earlier Christian mission of Mellitus, the first Bishop of London. The area first having been settled by the East Saxons around 527 AD. Later, around 680 AD, the cross was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fobbing
Fobbing is a small village and former civil parish in Thurrock, Essex, England, and one of Thurrock's traditional (Church of England) parishes. It is between Basildon and Corringham, and is also close to Stanford-le-Hope. In 1931 the parish had a population of 734. Fobbing is one of seven conservation areas in Thurrock. History The place-name ''Fobbing'' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Phobinge''. It appears as ''Fobinges'' in 1125, and ''Fobbinges'' in 1227. The name means "Fobba's people", Fobba being a shortened form of the name Folcheorht. Fobbing was one of the main villages involved with the Peasants' Revolt. On 30 May 1381, the commissioner John Bampton summoned the Fobbing villagers, as well as villagers from Corringham and Stanford, to Brentwood to answer as to why they had not paid tax. The villagers told Bampton that they would give him nothing. Bampton then moved to arrest the villagers. A riot ensued in which the villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Tilbury
East Tilbury is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock borough, Essex, England, and one of the traditional List of traditional (Church of England) parish churches in Thurrock, Church of England parishes in Thurrock. In 2011 the ward had a population of 6,363. History In Saxon times, the location on which St Catherine's Church (right) now stands was surrounded by tidal marshland. This is the probable location for the minster church established by St Cedd at ''Tilaburg,'' which is mentioned in Bede's ''History of the English Church and People''. In the 1860s, Coalhouse Fort was constructed on the bank of the Thames, close to the parish church. This fort was an active part of the defences of London up to and including World War II, having originally been developed as a precaution against French Ironclad warship, ironclads approaching London up the Thames it was refortified with new armaments as threats changed over the years. From 1894 to 1936 East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Horndon
East Horndon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of West Horndon, in the south of the borough of Brentwood in Essex in the East of England. It is situated just south of the A127 road near Herongate. The village Church of All Saints is located to the north of the A127, and is redundant, but in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. In 1931 the parish had a population of 440. History There were two manors in East Horndon, Heron to the north of the church and Abbotts to the south. By the fourteenth century the Tyrells of Herongate had been gaining influence, and became the patrons of the church. This family demolished most of the Norman church, rebuilding it in the present style. The chancel and south transept are late fifteenth century. There is a splendid limestone figure of Alice, wife of Sir John Tyrell, flanked by her children, all named. The south and north chapels were built for the interments of the family. Up the stairs is the south gallery, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunton, Essex
Dunton Wayletts or Dunton is a hamlet and former civil parish in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. It lies on the western outskirts of the borough's main town of Basildon, adjoining the suburb of Laindon. Toponymy The name Dunton has Saxon origins ("dun" meaning hill and "tun" meaning town). Wayletts is also derived from the Saxon ("Weylete") and Old English ("Weg-gelaetu") both meaning a place where ways or roads meet. There have been many reported names for Dunton, including: * Dantuna * Dunton * Dunton(a) juxta Herwardstoke * Dunton(a) Weylate * Duntune * Dont(h)on(e) * Dounton * Dounton Weylate * Dounton Waylate * Downton Waylate * Denton History The earliest reference to Dunton is found in the Domesday Book of 1086 when 'Dantona' was held by Bishop Odo of Bayeux (half brother of William the Conqueror). During the Middle Ages, the parish of Dunton was divided into two manors: Dunton Hall and Fryern Manor. In the 12th century Dunton came under the ownershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downham, Essex
Downham is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Hanningfield, in the City of Chelmsford district, Essex, England. It is located approximately south of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Rayleigh; however, the closest two towns are Billericay, west-south-west, and Wickford, south-east. In 1931, the parish had a population of 833. History There is evidence of Roman remains in the village suggesting it was originally of pre-Saxon origin, though it is not in the Domesday Book of 1086. The hilltop parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. The oldest section of the church is a 10ft by 11ft square redbrick tower from the late 15th or early 16th century. However, Christians have been recorded as worshipping on the site for over one thousand years. The nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doddinghurst
Doddinghurst is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood, in south Essex. It is 3 miles (5 km) to the north of Brentwood. History The village was recorded in the Domesday Book as Doddenhenc, an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "the wood of Dudda or of his people". The modern form of the village name was established by the 13th century. The Church, All Saints, and its associated Priest House are charming historical buildings, and are clearly visible on Church Lane. The Church has a 13th-century nave and south doorway with other aspects added or improved during the 15th and 17th centuries with a major restoration in 1886 including the rebuilding of the chancel. The Marriage Register in the church is dated back The village today The village is based around a pair of main roads, Doddinghurst Road (from Brentwood to Doddinghurst) and Church Lane (forming part of an overall road circling from Kelvedon Hatch which also runs through Hook End and Wyatts Green) int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chadwell St Mary
Chadwell St Mary is an area of the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is one of the List of traditional (Church of England) parish churches in Thurrock, traditional (Church of England) parishes in Thurrock and a former civil parish. Grays Thurrock, Grays is to the west and to the south is Tilbury. The area is sometimes referred to simply as ''Chadwell'', particularly before the 19th century. Geology and topography The southern part of the parish was originally a natural salt marsh adjacent to the River Thames which is tidal and saline at this point. Decaying vegetation together with mud and silt from the river were deposited from the end of the most recent ice age until the marshes were reclaimed sometime before the 14th century. These sedimentary deposits reach a depth of fifty feet or more and are interleaved with a number of peaty layers. About two miles north of the river, the land rises steeply to a ridge (extending from Grays to East Tilbury) about abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulphan
Bulphan ( ) is a village and former civil parish in the borough of Thurrock in Essex and one of the traditional (Church of England) parishes in Thurrock. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 774. History In 1931 the parish had a population of 455. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Thurrock. Bulphan's original village shop closed down in 2012. However, a new community-run shop and post office opened in early 2020, in a side extension of the village hall. Geography Bulphan forms part of the Orsett ward of Thurrock Council, and is part of the South Basildon and East Thurrock parliamentary constituency. It is located 21 miles (34 km) east north-east of Charing Cross in London. The Upminster post town forms a long, thin protrusion eastwards over the M25 motorway and the Greater London boundary in order to include the village. The main features of Bulphan are the Bulphan Village Hall and Park, St Mary The Virgin Church, and Bulphan Church Of Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
