Title:
'A survey of the Hundred of Rochford', volume 2
Level: Category
Parish history
Level: Fonds
'A SURVEY OF THE HUNDRED OF ROCHFORD'
Scope and Content:
Comprises manuscript title page, dated 1867;

list of contents;

Canewdon, Paglesham, Rawreth and Rayleigh: monumental inscriptions (ff. 3-16);

manuscript copy of sale catalogue and eight plans, 2 August 1867, of The Rochford Estate comprising Rochford Hall Farm (408a.) in Rochford and Eastwood, Brick Kiln Farm (121a.) in Rochford, various enclosures of meadow and arable land (total 152a.), house and cottage in Church Street, plot of garden ground called California (3r.), enclosures of meadow land called Potash Close (3a.) and Workhouse Mead (10a.), all in Rochford; Great Doggetts Farm (335a.) in Rochford and Little Stambridge; Little Doggetts Farm (121a.) in Canewdon; part of Swaines Farm comprising farm house, brewhouse and land (33a.) in Hawkwell; several enclosures of arable and meadow land (99a.), part of Swaines Farm, enclosures of arable land called The Fourteen Acres (14a.), Tapes or Stapes (6a.), Six Acres (6a.) and Long Four Acres (5a.), and enclosure of meadow land (6a.) with cottage and garden, all in Rochford; Little Stambridge or Rochford Mill comprising a water corn mill, flour mill and bolter, dwelling house, post windmill and several enclosures of land (38a.) in Eastwood and Little Stambridge; Coombes or Blue House Farm (91a.) in Rochford and Little Stambridge; enclosure of arable land (10a.) called Long Ten Acres, part of Blue House Farm, in Little Stambridge; enclosure of arable land (10a.) in Rochford and Little Stambridge; Lodge Field (10a.) in Rochford; brick field (8a.) in Rochford and Little Stambridge; two enclosures of arable land (16a.) in Great Stambridge; Sutton Temple Farm (353a.) in Sutton and Prittlewell; several enclosures of arable land (total 43a.) in Eastwood and Prittlewell, including Stopit Piece (3a.) in Stopit Lane, Prittlewell; Clements Marsh Farm (198a.) comprising a cottage in two tenements, arable and pasture land, oyster layings, and 'convenience for loading and unloading barges', in Hockley and Paglesham; enclosures of arable land called Little Hoyles (9a.) and Great Hoyles (15a.), both in Great Wakering (ff. 17-64);

printed item [?plan] opposite f. 65, torn away and lacking;

manuscript copy of part of sale catalogue, 13 June 1867, of East and West Grapnells Farm (282a.) and Allfleets Farm (259a.), both in Wallasea Island; in Paglesham, Eastwood and Little Wakering (ff. 65-71);

manuscript copy of pat of sale catalogue, with printed plan, 27 June 1867, of residence called Blossoms and land (6a.), and several adjoining enclosures of arable land (total 25a.), all in Hadleigh (ff. 71-76) [plan torn away and loose];

manuscript copy of part of sale catalogue, 16 July 1867, of advowson and next presentation to Rectory of Rayleigh (ff. 76-80);

Leigh, Paglesham and Southend: extracts from report of Sea Fisheries Commission, 1866, describing fishing tackle and methods of Leigh fishermen, return of shell fish brought to London market in the year 1862-1863, return of weight of sea fish carried by London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 1864, interrogations of four witnesses relating to the state of the local oyster fisheries, 1863-1866 (ff. 81-89);

Hadleigh: architectural description of church from G. [George] Buckler, [Twenty-two of] the Churches of Essex, early history, descent and description of castle, benefice and extract from census return, 1851 (ff. 89-95);

manuscript copy of part of sale catalogue and plan, 7 November 1867, of Blatches Farm (101a.) in Eastwood (ff. 96-98);

manuscript copy of sale catalogue, 7 November 1867, of two timber-built messuages and garden ground in Hawkwell, on the Ashingdon road (f. 99);

manuscript copy of part of sale catalogue, and printed plan, 13 November 1867, of Bamfleet Farm (137a.) in North and South Shoebury (ff. 100-104) [plan torn away and loose];

Southchurch, Leigh, Hadleigh, Little Wakering, North Shoebury, Rayleigh, Eastwood, Hockley: monumental inscriptions (ff. 104-146);

Southchurch and North Shoebury: copies of manorial boundary marks (f.147);

Great Wakering: note on National Schools (f. 148);

Little Stambridge: obituary of Rev. John Robert Barber and notice of institution of Rev. Henry John Hatch, 1867 (f. 148);

Hadleigh and Rayleigh: miscellaneous newspaper cuttings (f. 149);

Shoeburyness: gun-firing experiments etc. [as in T/P 83/1], 1867 (ff. 150-244).
Dates of Creation:
1867 (on spine)
Extent:
1 volume
Creator Name:
W.F. Noble
Physical Characteristics:
175 x 120 x 45 mm.
Tight original binding, such that some folded items are difficult to unfold without damage.
Original foliation, with reverse of each folio typically left blank.
Existence of Copies:
Microfilm copy (TS 5/1) available at the Archive Access Point in Southend Central Library.