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

Submitted and Transcribed by Essex Villages

 

 

BUMPSTEAD, (STEEPLE) is a large and pleasant village, with several good houses on the banks of a tributary stream of the Stour, 3 miles S. of Haverhill, and 8 miles N.W. by W. of Castle Hedingham, and W.S.W. of Clare. Its parish contains 1212 inhabitants, and 3296a, 1r, 25p. of land, generally having a heavy fertile soil, well cultivated and highly productive both in grain and grass. The fine old pastures and dairy farms in this neighbourhood were formerly in high estimation for a large supply of excellent cheese, but most of them are now in tillage.

Mrs. Ann Walton, of Haverhill, owns a great part of the parish, and is lady of the principal manors, formerly belonging to the Bendish family, who were seated at BOWER HALL, a large and handsome mansion, with a well-wooded park, but now unoccupied. Sir Thos. Bendish was created a baronet in 1611; but on the death of Sir Henry, the last male of this ancient family, in 1717, the title became extinct, and this estate passed to Sir Stephen Anderson, Bart., and afterwards to E. A. Stevens, Esq. MOYNES PARK, nearly a mile east of the church, is the beautiful seat of Geo. Wm. Gent, Esq., and was anciently the residence of the Moyne family, whose heiress married Wm. Gent, Esq., in the reign of Henry VII. The principal front of the mansion is a noble specimen of the ornamented style of domestic architecture of the time of Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth. The large projecting windows rise as high as the body of the building, assuming the form of turrets; and the numerous ornamental gables, with the antique clustered form of the chimneys, give the whole of this grand front a varied and pleasing appearance. This elegant part of the building was erected in 1580, by Baron Thomas Gent, one of the barons of the exchequer, who died in 1593. A considerable part of the more ancient building has been preserved, and some of the offices behind the house are of great antiquity. Internally, the apartments are spacious and lofty, and richly embellished with valuable paintings, among which are some fine family portraits.

The park contains an abundance of fine forest trees, and commands extensive prospects. Mr. Thos. Jarvis, Mr. John Willett, and several smaller owners have estates in the parish, partly copyhold, subject to certain fines. The Wanton, Robtoft, Blois, Gernon, and Latchley families, formerly held the estates in this parish, still bearing their names; and some of them having fine old houses, one of which (Latchleys,) is still encompassed by a moat. The Church (St. Mary,) is an ancient stone fabric, in good repair, and has a handsome tower and five bells. In the interior are several handsome monuments belonging to the Bendish family. One is very elegant, and has a fine recumbent effigy of Sir Henry, the last male heir of the family.

The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £15. 2s. 1d., and in 1831 at £247, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. J. Townley, who has a good old residence, and about 50a. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1839, the vicarial for £400, and the rectorial for £652. 2s. 5d. per annum. The latter are held by Mrs. Walton, on lease from the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's.

In the village is a neat Independent Chapel, erected in 1800, and enlarged in 1839. It has 700 sittings, and is now under the ministry of the Rev. J. Chapman, who has a house near the chapel, built at the cost of £300.

The school belonging to the chapel, was erected in 1847, by subscription, on land given by Mr. John Willett. A neat National School was built here in 1848, at the cost of £500. The old parish school was built in the reign of Elizabeth, and conveyed to trustees in 1592. It is endowed with £100 three per cent. reduced Annuities, purchased in 1797 with money given by several benefactors.

The Town Land comprises 2a, 1r, 6p., and is mentioned in the awards of the enclosure commissioners, in 1702. It is let for £5. 5s., which is distributed in calico to poor families.

The Poor Houses are three cottages, which have been long held by the parish, and are occupied by paupers. There are also three tenements, called the Old Workhouse, which are let by the churchwardens, at 10 d. each per week. There are now no traces of the Church Lands (5a.) said to have been given by Wm. Hilbovan in 1498.

POST OFFICE, at Susan Pettit's.

Letters desp. 2 aft. via Haverhill.

Balls Mr Stephen ll Allen Miss S.

Barker Mary Ann and Lucy, Milliners and dressmakers

Bowyer Edward, butcher

Brown Alexander, surgeon

Bunting Thomas, sexton

Chapman Rev. Josiah (Independent)

Cocke Wm., land steward

Crick John, cooper

Dare George, coal and corn dealer

Fitch Fredk. Chas., auctioneer, &c

Fitch Miss Mary ll Hornsey Alice

Fitch Phoebe, boarding school

French Mrs Ann, Clay House

Gent Geo. Wm., Esq. Moynes Park

Hazelwood Giles, clock & watch mkr

Hanch Arthur, confectioner, &c

Hornsey Mrs Mary ll Kenyon Mary

Hoy Chas. Rt., & Jno., basket mkrs

Humphrey Wm., wheelwright

Jackson Ann, vict., Red Lion

Kebbel Rev. Carston Dirs, B.A. curate

Legerton Mrs. ll Robinson Elizabeth

Samuel James, hairdresser

Suckling James, rope and twine mfr

Suckling John and Wm., saddlers

Townley Rev. Jonathan, Vicarage

Watts Jacob Sparrow, vict., Fox and Hounds

Woodham John, church clerk

Woolnough Misses Martha & Anna



Farmers

Baines Peter, Little Waltons

Beddall Josiah, Rylands

Brett Wm. ll Coe Elijah

Coe Peter, Old Park

Cole Rist, Latchleys

Colman John George, Garlands

Fitch Frederick Charles, Old Hall

Jarvis Thomas ll Jarvis John

Metson Joseph ll Nice John

Pannell Daniel Charles, Blois

Payne Charlotte, Great Waltons

Robinson Joseph, Brick House

Smith Thomas (and brick maker,) Smith Green

Snape John ll Sorrell Thomas

Willett John, Lower House



Bakers

Coe Elijah

Playle Henry

Smith Jeffery

Sorrell Thomas

Taylor Isaac



Beer Houses

Garwood Andrew

Smoothy Sarah



Blacksmiths

Garwood Andrew

Turner Wm.



Bricklayers

Coote John

Hitching Mark

Scotcher Henry



Carpenters

Barker George

Barker James

Humphrey Wm.



Corn Millers

Coe Elijah

Fitch Fredk. Chs.

Playle Henry



Grocers & Dprs

Nichols Wm.

Prime Fredk. L. (and druggist)



Jobbers &c

Choat & Clayden

Clayden John

Clayden Wm.

Humphrey Chas.



Schools

Blakeney Miss

Gouldstone Wm.

Hewlett Augusta



Shoemakers

Clarke Joseph

Humphrey Saml.

Pannell Daniel

Smoothy Thomas and James



Shopkeepers

Hitching Mark

Kemp James



Straw Hat Mkrs

Barker Alice

Jackson My. Ann



Wheelwrights

Barker Denny

Humphrey Wm.



Tea Dealers

Barker James

Midson Joseph



Tailors

Gunn John T.

Gunn Jno. & Alfd.

Gunn Thomas

Jackson Joshua



Carrier

Robert Willis, to Cambridge every Friday.

 

 

Post Office Directory of Essex ~ 1871

Submitted and Transcribed by Essex Villages

 

STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD (or BUMPSTEAD-AD-TURRIM) is a village and parish, in the Eastern division of the county, Hinckford Hundred, Risbridge union, Haverhill county court district, Colchester archdeaconry, Yeldham rural deanery, and Rochester diocese, 9 miles north-west from Castle Hedingham railway station, 3 south from Haverhill, and 10 east from Saffron Walden.

The church of St. Mary is a finely proportioned building, and has a tower and 5 bells: it contains several handsome monument?s, particularly that to Sir Henry Bendish; also a curious old alms box. The register dates from the year 1676.

The living is a vicarage, yearly value ?400, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. Charles Benet Calley, B.A., of Worcester College, Oxford.

Here are National and British Schools; also a chapel for Independents.

The steeple, or tower, from which this place derived its name, formerly stood near the road leading from Haverhill to Baythorne Bridge, where entrenchments are to be seen.

Here is a handsome residence, of the Elizabethan order, surrounded by a well-wooded park and a moat crossed by a bridge, the property of Miss Gent, called Moyns Park; also a beautiful seat, close to the village, standing in a well-wooded park, now occupied by Ellys Anderson Stephens Walton, esq., J.P., called Bower Hall. George Shaw, esq., is lord of the manor. The principal landowner?s are Miss Gent and E. A. S. Walton, esq.

The soil is clay; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and potatoes. The area is 3,296 acres, and the population in 1861 was 1,295; gross estimated rental, ?6,380; rateable value ?5,581.

Parish Clerk, John Kemp

Post Office - Josiah Chapman, receiver. Letters from London arrive from Newmarket by foot post from Haverhill at 8-30am., delivered immediately; dispatched at 4-30pm. except on Sunday, when they are dispatched at 9-30am.

Schools

National, John Brooks, master; Mrs. Harriet Brooks, mistress

British, Miss Sarah Luff, mistress
Carriers to-

LONDON - George Dare, from his own house, to `Saracen?s Head,? Aldgate, every Friday

SAFFON WALDEN - John.T.Gunn, every Saturday
Private Residents

Barker Guylott

Barker Mrs

Brown Alexander

Calley Rev. Charles Benet, B.A., Vicarage

Fitch Denny

Gent Miss, Moyns Park

Mascall Mrs

Miller Edward George

Price Joseph

Reynolds Robert, M.R.C.S

Walton Ellys Anderson Stephens, J.P,. Bower Hall

Willett John

Woolnough Misses
Commercial

Baines Emma & Mary Ann (Misses), farmers, Lower house

Baines Walter Peter, farmer, Old hall

Balls Edmund, farmer

Barker Benjamin, carpenter

Barker George, carpenter

Barker William, farmer, Martin?s farm

Beddall Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Ryland?s farm

Bowtell Albert Edward, grocer & draper

Bowyer Stephen, butcher

Brett William Porter, farmer, Coot?s farm

Bryant George, gardener

Chapman Josiah, stationer & tea dealer

Choat John, wool dealer

Choat Joseph, bricklayer

Choat William, tailor & draper

Clark John, shopkeeper

Claydon John, butcher

Claydon William, butcher

Claydon William, wheelwright

Coe Elijah, miller & farmer

Coe Lydia (Mrs.), farmer, Old park

Colman George John, farmer, Garlands

Cowell Daniel, tea dealer

Cowell Thomas, saddler

Dare William, farmer & corn dealer, Parsonage farm

Deeks James, farmer, Smith?s green

Dix John, carpenter

Dix Samuel, carpenter

Dix Walter, beer retailer & carpenter

Dixey George, Red Lion Commercial Inn & posting house

Fitch Phoebe & Sophia (Misses), school

Fitch Samuel, butcher

Gouldstone Wm. day school, & vestry clerk

Gunn Alfred, tailor

Gunn Jno. Turner, Fox & Hounds, & tailor

Gunn Thomas, tailor

Hitchin Joseph, bricklayer

Hoy Edward, basket maker

Humphrey Arthur, cattle dealer

Humphrey Charles, farmer

Humphrey George, shoemaker

Humphrey Samuel, thatcher

Humphrey William, carpenter

Humphrey Mary Ann (Miss), dressmaker

Jarvis Thomas, farmer, Wilding farm

Kemp Alfd, shoemaker & beer retailer

Lacey George, farmer, Wakelings

Lovett Wm Ireland, grocer & draper

Mason Henry, farmer, Waltons

Metcalf George, watchmaker

Midson David, carpenter

Moore Jabez, grocer & draper

Nice John, farmer, Broad green

Pannell Daniel, shoemaker

Pannell Daniel Charles, farmer, Blois

Pannell Thomas, shoemaker

Playle Charles, plumber & baker

Reynolds Robert, surgeon

Salmon James, hairdresser

Smoothy James, beer retailer

Smoothy Thomas, shoemaker

Suckling John & Wm. saddlers & millers

Suckling Harriet Rebecca (Mrs.), millinr

Suckling John, saddler

Turner John, baker & grocer

Turner William, blacksmith

Willis Robert, farmer, Simpson?s

Willet John, farmer, Clay wall

Willet Samuel, farmer, Latchley

Wood Charles, thatcher

 

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

BUMPSTEAD-STEEPLE, a parish in the district of Risbridge and county of Essex; on the Halstead and Haverhill railway, near Birdbrook station, 8 and ½ miles NE of Thaxted. It has a post-office under Halstead. Acres, 3,296. Real property, £6,085. Pop., 1,158. Houses, 235. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the the diocese of Rochester. Value, £229. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good.

Transcribed by Noel Clark

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