Title:
RECORDS OF A SOLICITORS' PRACTICE RELATING TO SOUTH-EAST ESSEX
Level: Category
Estate and Family records
Level: Fonds
RECORDS OF A SOLICITORS' PRACTICE RELATING TO SOUTH-EAST ESSEX
Scope and Content:
Records relating to:

Akerman family of Southend and Billericay, publicans, c.1890, 1898 (D/DGs F33, 76)
Alston family of Corringham, farmers, and in particular Israel Alston (d. 1917), 1827-1965 (D/DGs E6-7, F5, 61, T78-82)
James Banyard of Shoeburyness, estate agent (d. 1938), 1879-1945 (D/DGs B167-215, F73)
Blyth family of Downham and Stanford-le-Hope, farmers and brewers, and in particular Thomas Worrin Blyth of Downham (d. 1902), 1820-1922 (D/DGs B5-8, E9-13, F75, P4,T89-94,,220)
Bosanquet family of Alnwick, Northumberland, chiefly relating to the Thundersley estate, 1631-1934 (D/DGs F2, 4, M49-57, 82-112, P1-2, T47)
J.R. Brightwell Ltd of Southend, linendrapers, furnishers, tailors, etc., 1885-1925 (D/DGs B268-286)
Walter William.Brown of City of London and Brentwood, solicitor, 1810-1892 (D/DGs B287-310
Browne family of South Benfleet, and in particular Joseph Augustus Browne of Reeds Hill (d. 1920), 1738-1939 (D/DGs E8, 152, F6, L10, T84-88, 204-204A)
Brunwin family of Wickford, Rayne and Great Bardfield, farmers, 1762-c.1950 (D/DGs F62-67)
Clark family of Stanford-le-Hope, farmers, mainly relating to urban estate development on Canvey Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Arthur Mayhew Clark of Stanford-le-Hope and Frederick Hester of Southend , estate agent, 1686-1960 (D/DGs E125-126, F68-70)
Clarke family of South Ockendon, farmers and victuallers, 1692- 1902 (D/DGs A84, E127-130, F77, T226-231)
William Clover of Boreham, brick and tile-maker (d. 1900) and the Hambro Hill Brickworks, Rayleigh, 1895-1904 (D/DGs E112-114)
Thomas Dowsett of Southend (d. 1906) and the Southend-on-Sea Estates Company, 1895-1928 (D/DGs T60, 62 67, 70, 74, 76, 169)
Fitzwilliam Sparling Dunnett of Southchurch, gentleman, and urban development on the Southchurch Corner Estate in Southchurch, 1899-1938 (D/DGs B72, F27-30, T144-152)
Emerson family of Billericay, drapers, 1719-1910 (D/DGs T212-218)
Finch family, 1632-1917 [for this family and its estates in Essex see F.G. Emmison (ed.), Guide to the Essex Record Office, 1969, p.149] (D/DGs M35-40, T13)
John G. Freeman of Southend, electrical engineer (d. 1959), 1833-1959 (D/DGs A72-83, B345-353, C1-2, F87-108, Z12-18)
Frederick Garon of Southend, ironmonger (d. 1899) and H. Garon Ltd of Southend, butchers, fishmongers, caterers, restauranteurs, fruiterers, greengrocers, bakers, ice manufacturers etc., 1880-1924 (D/DGs B46, 125-166, E24, F26, T125, 126)
Gibson family of Saffron Walden, bankers, 1872, 1875 (D/DGs E133, 134)
Goodchild family of Billericay, farmers and corn merchants, 1831-1934 (D/DGs F62, T261, 262)
Samuel Eugene Harwar of Southend (d. 1929), clerk to George Wood of Rochford, solicitor, 1863-1929 (D/DGs B354, E142-150, F78- 82, T222-225)
Hood family of Southend, and in particular Thomas Hood, solicitor (d. 1900), 1870-1932 (D/DGs B394, T52, 158, 221, 221A)
Howard family of Pitsea, Leigh and Prittlewell, dairy farmers, and in particular Harold George Howard, 1909-1963 (D/DGs E20-23, F22-25, T118-121, 219, 219A)
James Colbert Ingram of Southend, estate agent, c. 1905 (D/DGs T163)
Keyes family of London, merchants, 1823-1902 (D/DGs E153, 154, F71, 72)
Committee for management of Leigh Conduit, 1825-1888 (D/DGs Q1)
Markwell family of Billericay, 1741-1870 (D/DGs F74, 257-260)
Joseph Marriage of Lambourne Hall in Canewdon, farmer, 1919- 1926 (D/DGs A3-5, E18, T107-110)
Mead family of Great Burstead, farmers, 1706-1880 (D/DGs T205-211)
Daniel Miller of Royal Hotel, Southend, hotelier, 1804, 1825 (D/DGs B108, 115)
Henry Joseph Padfield of Rayleigh and Brentwood, farmer, 1918-1951 (D/DGs B10-15, E19, T111-117)
Ramuz family of City of London and Southend, land agents and property developers, and the Land Company, relating to urban estate development in SE Essex, 1897-1936 (D/DGs B95, 374, T49-51, 54, 61, 64, 69, 161, 166, 289, 290, 308, 318, 333, 344, 347, 351)
A.M. and H. Rankin Ltd, Stambridge, farmers and millers, 1898- 1954 (D/DGs B47-71, E25-34, L12-13, T127-143)
James Scott of Southend, builder, hotelier, property speculator and developer (d. 1882), 1864-1922 (D/DGs B216-267)
Scratton family of Prittlewell and Ogwell, Devon, landed gentry, 1717, c. 1780-c. 1920 (D/DGs A6-30, E36-111, F35-54, L15-17, 19, M144-203, P6, 10, T173-175 B105-108 111- 113, 115, 117, 357-372)
The Shrubbery, Southend, 1877-1919 (D/DGs A31-71, E115-124)
Somerset Garden Estates Company Ltd of WEstcliff, 1936- 1943 (D/DGs B125)
Southend Local Board, including Pier and development of Victoria Avenue, 1882-1891 (D/DGs P15-17, 20-25, 29)
Stallibrass family of Downham, and in particular Allen Stallibrass, farmer (d. 1948), 1693-1960 (D/DGs E14-16, F7, 8, M34, 62, 64-73, 113-143, T104, 105)
Robert Surman, deputy cashier of the South Sea Company, 1720 (D/DGs O1)
Thorne family of Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and Southend, 1877- 1926 (D/DGs F212)
John Toner of 11 Montague Street, Russell Square and Furnivals Inn, London (Middlesex), architect (d. 1909), 1789-1926 (D/DGs T153-156 E131, 132 F31 L14
Trigg family of Southend, licensed victuallers, 1882- 1945 (D/DGs B311-320)
Dr W.D. Watson of Leigh, medical practitioner, 1913- 1956 (D/DGs B321-344, T232-250)
Wood family of Hadleigh and South Benfleet, farmers, and in particular Jonathan Wood of Hadleigh (d. 1860), Henry Nash Wood (d. 1869) and the King family of Leigh, 1720-1937 (D/DGs B9, 355, 356, E135-137, F9-21, 55-60, T95-103, 106, 171, 251-256)
Woodard family of Billericay, and in particular Edward Woodard, solicitor, 1826-1875 (D/DGs E138-141)

For records of (i) Canvey Island Commission, 1792-1962, (ii) Southend Local Board of Health relating to Pier, 1817-1892, (iii) Southend Local Board of Health and Southend Borough Council relating to development of Victoria Avenue, 1861-1899, which originally formed part of Accessions 43 (Chelmsford Accession 884) and 1256, but which were catalogued separately for the convenience of users, see respectively (i) D/SZ 3-5, 21-58, (ii) D/HS 73-115, (iii) D/BC 1/1/12/1-105

Admin History:
Much of this accession comprises records accumulated by the firm of Thorne, Owles and Neale of Southend-on-Sea, which merged with the firm of Gregson and Golding c. 1967 to form the firm of Gregson, Golding and Owles. In its final form of Gregson, Owles and Roach, based at 3-5 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, the firm was closed by the Law Society in March 1995 (London Gazette, 27 June 2005).

During cataloguing brief notes giving information about the origins of Messrs Thorne, Owles and Neale were taken at random, and these are set out below. This firm had its origins in Billericay and London, whereas Messrs Gregson's origins were at Rochford, where William Gregson (b. 1811) joined Michael Comport c.1836, being taken into partnership in 1837 (see TS 325/1).

1830 Edward Woodard, Clerk to Mr Shaw of Billericay
1844-1855 Edward Woodard of Billericay
1855-1879 Edward Woodard of Billericay and 106 Fenchurch Street, City of London
1873, 1874 Thomas Hood, Clerk to Mr Edward Woodard of Billericay
1878 Thomas Hood, Clerk to Mr Edward Woodard of 2 Ingram Court, Fenchurch Street, City of London
1883-1897 Messrs Edward Woodard and Thomas Hood, 6 Billiter Street, City of London
1889 Messrs Woodard, Hood and Wells, 6 Billiter Street
1893-1896 Messrs Woodard and Hood of 6 Billiter Street, City of London, Billericay and Southend
1890 Arthur Thorne, 13 Cambridge Road, Mile End, Middlesex (private address), solicitor's clerk
1897-1906 Messrs Woodard, Hood and Thorne of 6 Billiter Street, City of London, Billericay and Southend
1910 Messrs Thorne, Mockridge, Limner and Wood, Southend
1926 Messrs Thorne, Owles and Limner, 10 Nelson Street, Southend
1928-1930 Messrs Thorne, Owles and Rawstorn, 5 Nelson Street, Southend