LAMBOURNE
White’s History, Gazetteer & Directory of Essex ~ 1848
Submitted and Transcribed by Essex Villages
LAMBOURNE parish comprises several scattered houses near the church, but the chief part of its population is a mile to the west, in the improving village of ABRIDGE, on the south side of the river Roding, 4 miles S. by E. of Epping, and on the London and Ongar road, 13 miles N.E. of the former, and 7 miles S.W. by S. of the latter town.
The parish contains 2415 acres of fertile land, and increased its population from 515 souls in 1801, to 904 in 1841; - many good houses, &c., having been built, during the last thirty years, at Abridge, which has its name from the bridge over the Roding, and has a modern chapel of ease, an Independent chapel, a brewery, and a fair for cattle, &c., on the 2nd of June. In 1050, the manor of Lambourne belonged to Leffi, a Saxon, but at the Conquest it was given to Eustace, Earl of Boulogne. It was afterwards held by the Lambourne, Lampet, Hatfield, Barfoot, Aland, and Fortescue families. In 1782, it was purchased of the latter by the Rev. Edward Lockwood, and it now belongs to Wm. Joseph Lockwood, Esq., who has a pleasant seat here, called Bishop’s Hall, but part of the parish belongs to Sir Charles C. Smith, Bart., Mr. Samuel Crane, Mr. John Jones, and a few smaller freeholders.
Lambourne Hall is an old farm house, which has been a large mansion, and near it was a handsome house, built by the first Lord Fortescue, but it was pulled down many years ago. A small manor or estate, called Shepes Hall, was long held by the Bishops or Norwich, among whom, the earliest who occasionally resided here, was the warlike Bishop Spencer, who held the estate of Richard II. In capite, as of the manor of Havering, by the service of making sixty perches of let for £6. 3s. 3d. The yearly rents, amounting to £48. 17s. 9d., are distributed in shoes, jackets, and fagots. Mr. D. Hicks and others are the trustees.
In 1669, Lewis Betts left to this parish two yearly rent-charges out of the Red Lion Inn, at Romford, viz., £1 for the four oldest labouring men, and £2, for apprenticing a poor child. The poor parishioners have a yearly rent-charge of 20s., out of Dycotts’ Farm, (belonging to Sir R. D. Neave,) left by an unknown donor; and eight poor persons, not receiving alms of the parish, have the dividends of £275 three per cent. Reduced Annuities, left by Elizabeth Prince, in 1796. The vicar and churchwardens are trustees.
Crouchman Jno. baker & shopkeeper
Ford Rev. James, B.D Rectory
Harris Jas. schoolmr. & parish clerk
Heslop Wm. carpenter
Hide James, blacksmith
Knightbridge Henry, butcher
Lash Lucy, vict. & shopkpr. Plough
Roach Richard, gentleman
Sadler Thomas, corn miller
Smith James, vict. Green Man
Stearn John, baker, &c.
Toulmin Hy., Esq. Dudbrook House
Turner James, shopkeeper
Wakeling Henry, blacksmith
Bull John, Hall farm
Fitch Cornelius II Dove John
Hicks Daniel II Mott John
Hicks John, Gold Hall
Jackson Robert, Hawlets Hall
Pratt Charles, Loft Hall
Pryor Joshua II Randell Thomas
Seal Charles II Seal Wm.
Tabrum Litchfield, Bois Hall
Tyrrell Henry II Weatherall Robert
(Post Town – Romford)
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
LAMBOURNE, a village and a parish in Ongar district, Essex. The village stands near Hainault forest, 1½ miles SE of the river Roding, 3½ E by S of Loughton r. station, and 5 NNW of Romford; is an ancient place, mentioned in Domesday book; and has a post-office under Romford. The parish contains also the village of Abridge. Acres, 2,440. Real property, £5,320. Pop., 890. Houses, 175. The property is divided among a few. Bishops Hall was the residence of Bishop Spencer of Norwich, who suppressed Keat's rebellion; and is now the seat of Col. W. M. Wood. Patch Park is the seat of E.E. Eliot, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Abridge, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £610. Patron, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and has a Norman door. There are a chapel of ease at Abridge, an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £20.
Transcribed by Noel Clark