History of Romford, Hornchurch, Barking and Havering, Rainham, Wennington, Warley etc & Lots of Historical Essex & London Pubs
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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Updated in April 2008 by Kevan.
And Last updated on: Friday, 25-May-2007 16:41:45 PDT
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