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ASHEN

White’s History, Gazetteer & Directory of Essex ~ 1848

Submitted and Transcribed by Essex Villages

ASHEN, a small village on the bold acclivity on the south side of the river Stour, 2½ miles S.W. of Clare, has in its parish 321 souls and 1452 acres of fertile land.  John P. Elwes, Esq., is lord of the manor and owner of Launds and Claret Hall; but Ashen House estate belongs to John Sperling, Esq., of Dynes Hall, near Halstead; and the estate of Ashen Hall is the property of King Viall, Esq.

The Church is an ancient tiled building, with a tower and three bells, and contains several monuments belonging to the Piper, Tallakarne, and other families.

The rectory, valued in K.B. at £8, and in 1831 at £304, is in the patronage of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and incumbency of the Rev. E. Squire, M.A., who has 17a. of glebe, and a good residence, built in 1836.  The tithes were commuted in 1838 for £390 per annum.

A yearly rent charge of 32s. is paid out of Stoke College estate, to 32 of the oldest married couples of this parish, but the donor is unknown.

Aylen Joseph, blacksmith

Bird Thomas, parish clerk

Bridge Thos. Esq. B.A. Prospect pl

Clark Allen, shopkeeper

Gayfer Thomas, miller; h Clare

Golding Henry, ironfounder

Hills Capt. George, R.N. Ashen Hall

Squire Rev. Edmund, M.A. Rectory

 

Farmers

Chickall Thomas, Claret Hall

Fox Thomas

Golding John

Golding Stephen

 

Beer Houses

Malton Charlotte

Wright Eliz. (& shopkeeper)

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866

ASHEN, a parish in the district of Risbridge and county of Essex; on the verge of the county, at the river Stour, 2 and ½ miles SW of Clare, and 3 and ¼ NNW of Yeldham r. station. Post-town, Bumpstead-Steple under Halstead. Acres, 1,498. Real property, £2,528. Pop., 344. Houses, 71. The property is sub-divided. An Augustine priory was founded here in the time of Edward II. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value £300. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church was repaired in 1859.

Transcribed by Noel Clark


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