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Prittlewell

PIGOT'S DIRECTORY OF ESSEX 1823-4

A DELIGHTFUL village situated about 3 miles from Rochford, and forty-three from London, is small but neatly built; has a good church proportioned to the size of the parish, and an excellent free school on the pronciples of Dr. Bell. Prittlewell is a large parish, including Southend; the inhabitants are employed chiefly in agriculture. The population of the whole parish, according to the census of 1821, was 1922. Fair is held for toys, &c. on the 15th of July.

POST OFFICE.--- Letter box kept by Wm. Nichols. Letters arrive seven o'clock every morning, & depart at half past four--- Sunday at half past three.

Pigot's Directory of Essex ~ 1828 - 9

Submitted by Ian Hunter (Essex Pubs) and Transcribed by Essex Villages

A delightful village, situated between Rochford and Southend, distant three miles from the former, one and a half from the latter, and forty-three miles from London; it is neatly built, and has a good church proportioned to the size of the parish, with a handsome tower, containing six excellent bells; it has besides an excellent free school, conducted upon Dr. Bell’s system.  Prittlewell is a large parish, and includes part of Southend; the inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture, and the country is fertile and pleasant.  A fair is held for is held for gingerbread, toys, &c. on the 15th July.  The population of the whole parish, according to the census of 1821, was 1922.

Post Office. William Nicholls, Post Master.  Letters arrive at seven in the morning, and are dispatched at half past four in the afternoon, and on Sunday at half past three.

Gentry & Clergy

Aspin Jonas, M. D.

Nolan Rev. Fred.

Prentice Golden, esq. Earls hall

Scallon Captain

Scratton John, esq. Priory

Sopwith Henry, surgeon

 

Inns & Public Houses

Blae Boar Inn, Thos. Roff

King’s Head, Stephen Saunders

Spread Eagle, Evan Hart

 

Traders & Shopkeepers

Bell Thos. saddler

Blake Duncan, tailor

Bragg Thos. carpenter

Bragg Wm. carpenter

Brown Ann, draper, &c.

Clay Stephen, boot & shoe mkr.

Deer Joseph, boot & shoe maker

Dowsett Thos. boot & shoe mkr.

Francis George, butcher

Francis Richd. tailor

Garon John, plumber & glazier

Gooding Robt. brewer, grocer, &c.

Goodman John, saddler

Hardwick John, schoolmaster

Hardwick Wm. currier

Heard Wm. parish clerk and master of the free school

Henley Thos. bookseller & straw hat maker

Howes Philip, plumber & glazier

Kemp John, miller

Lacell George, tailor & draper

Lindsall Thos. wheelwright & smith

Livermore Cath. draper & grocer

Lovatt J. baker

Mascall Mary, baker

Middleton Ts. plumber, glazier, &c.

Noone Jno, hair dresser & perfumer

Pond Peter, tailor

Price Peter, sen. baker

Price Peter, jun. baker

Sopwith James, grocer

Thorne Wm. butcher

Trower Wm. watch maker

 

Coaches and Carriers

See Southend

 

KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF ESSEX 1862

PRITTLEWELL, an ancient village, known in the reign of King Edward the Confessor, is the mother parish of Southend, in Rochford hundred and union, Rochester diocese, Essex archdeaconry, and Canewdon deanery, South Essex, on the road from Southend to Rochford, 1 mile north of Southend, 3 south of Rochford, 15 south-east of Billericay, and 40 from London. It receives it's name from a well at the Priory, which feeds several fishponds. The whole parish contains 5,248 acres; the population in 1861 was 3,334. There is a fair on the 15th and 16th of July in each year. The village consists of two streets on the slope of a hill, at right angles to each other, and having the church at the junction, on the top of the hill. The church of the Virgin Mary has a nave, and aisle, with a lofty tower in the Perpendicular style, which is a good seamark. The living is a vicarage, tithe commutation £323, per annum, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester, and held by the Rev. Frederick Nolan LL.D. There is an endowed Parish school. Here was once a priory of Cluniac monks, the revenue of which at the Dissolution were £194 14s 3d. The remaining portion of the priory is now the property of Daniel Robert Scratton, Esq., J.P. , who is lord of the manor. D. K. Scratton, Esq., Earl of Mornington, James Tabor, Esq., and Sir Digby Neave, Bart., are chief landowners. Sir D. Neave is lay impropriator of rectorial tithes. Here is a charity of £31 annual value, usually distributed to the poor at Christmas.

MILTON is a hamlet of Prittlewell, close to Southend and the Thames, and said to have been anciently a distinct parish till part of it was swallowed up by the sea. In the last century, Morant says, the church or chapel of ease was still visible at low water mark.

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