Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
DOWNHAM
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
, a parish in Billericay district, Essex; near the river Crouch, 4 miles E of Billericay, and 5 N of Pitsea r. station. Post-town, Wickford, under Chelmsford. Acres, 2,223. Real property, £3,047. Pop., 247. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £402. Patron, R.B. Berens, Esq. The church has a square embattled tower, and is good.
Transcribed by Noel Clark