Bardfield saling, or Little Saling
Whites History, Gazetteer & Directory of Essex in 1848
Submitted and Transcribed by Essex Villages
Bardfield saling, or Little Saling, at the south end of this Hundred, 5? miles
N. E. of Dunmow, and N. W. of Braintree, is a village and parish, containing 381
inhabitants, and 1136a. 1r. 36p. of land, including roads and waste. It adjoins
Great Saling, and in some records it is called New Saling, and in others Little
Saling.
The Rev. B. A. Lampet is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the
soil; and the rest belongs to Wm. Sandle, Esq., Guy?s Hospital and a few smaller
owners. At Domesday survey, the parish was held by Richard Fitz-Gislebert, and
it afterwards passed to the Wastail, Wymer, and other families.
The Church (St. Margaret,) is a small ancient structure, with a round tower and
one bell, and was originally a chapel under Great Bardfield, from which it was
alienated in 1574. Wm. Sandle, Esq., is patron of the benefice, which is a
donative, valued in 1831 at only ?75, and now enjoyed by the Rev. R. S. Dobson,
M. A. The great tithes belong to Frederick Raikes, Esq., and were commuted in
1845 for ?270, and the small for ?100 per annum.
Two cottages and half an acre of land, called Patridge?s Tenements, were given
to the poor of this parish by an unknown donor, and are let for ?7 per annum.
They are at Carey?s Green, and are held of the lord of the manor of
Bardfield-with-Bardfield-Saling.
Branch James, shopkeeper
Dobson Rev. Robert Steward, M. A., incumbent
Phillips Henry, surgeon, Brook House
Turpin Pharaoh, blacksmith
Beer Houses
Byford Samuel
Reynolds Thos.
Staines Benj.
Farmers
Bretton Henry
Bright Samuel
Byford Samuel
Reynolds Thos.
Willis George
Wright John
Shoemakers
Byatt John
Mascall Thos.
Savill Wm.
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
BARDFIELD (LITTLE), a parish in Dunmow district, Essex: on Blackwater river, 11 miles NW of Braintree r. station. It has a post-office under Braintree. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £3,082. Pop., 429. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Valus, £590. Patron, the Rev. M. Barnard. The church is good. Almshouses and other charities have £89.
Transcribed by Noel Clark