History of Great Warley in 1863 Whites Directory
WARLEY (GREAT) is a long scattered village, from 2 to 8 miles S. of
Brentwood, and its parish increased its population from 696 souls in 1841,
to 952 in 1851, and to 1215 in 1861. It contains 2663A. 2R. lP. of land,
having a heavy soil on a clay bottom, and
giving rise to two sources of the rivulet which flows to Purfleet. It
includes Warley Street, Cley Tye, and Warley Common, and is fertile and well
cultivated. The surface is picturesquely undulated, and the view from Warley
Gap is one of the most extensive in the
county. Lord Headley (a Scotch peer) is lord of the manor, which belonged to
the Abbess of Barking before the Conquest, and afterwards to the Gonsons,
Evelyns, and Harts. One of the latter sold it in 1669, to Rowland Winne, an
ancestor of the present owner.
S. R. G. Francis, Esq., owns Warley Franks, and other parts of the parish
belong to St. Thomas's Hospital, Mr. John Cross, and several other
proprietors. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. Great Warley
Place is the seat of Fredk. Francis, Esq.;
and Warley House, sometimes called Hill House, is the seat of the Rev. J. F.
H. English, LL.D. The Parish Church (St. Mary,) is a small ancient fabric,
but it was restored in 1858, when a new chancel and tower were erected. The
rectory, valued in. K.B. at
£14, and now at .£404, is in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of St.
John's College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the: Rev. H. Robinson, D.D.,
who has & good residence and 14A. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in
1838, for £523 per annum.,
CHRIST CHURCH, at the north end of Warley parish, about 1 1/2 mile S.W. of
Brentwood, is a district church for the adjacent parts of Great Warley,
South Weald, and:Shenfield parishes. It is a neat fabric, and was erected,
with a parsonage and school, in 18S4-5, by
subscription. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued at £135 per annum,
arising chiefly from the endowment of Miss Clay. The patronage is in
Trustees, and the Rev. T. H. Bunbury, B.A., is the incumbent. Near Christ
Church is Warley Cemetery, which was
opened in 1850, and contains about two acres. Half of it (and one of the two
chapels) is consecrated. It has cost about £1300,borrowed by the Burial
Board.
POST OFFICE at J Crossingham's
Letters to Brentwood. There is also a Post Office at Warley Common
| Ballance Rev. Josiah D. curate Bennett John, gardener Bonham Miss Sarah Clay Miss Bunbury Rev. Thos. Henry, B.A, incumbent of Christ Church Burridge Rev. Thos. W. army chaplain. Byford Jobn, coal dealer Charles Mrs Cross Miss Sarah Cross William, assistant overseer Daldy Edward Mee, coal merchant Daws Jas. gardener Earwaker Henry, collector English Rev. John Francis Hawker, LL.D. surrogate and incumbent of Brentwood, Warley House Estgate My. Mtlda Foulks Mrs Francis Fredk. Esq. Warley Place Gorton Mr C Hammond Jno. builder & contractor Henfree Mr Rt. Higgin Edward, Esq. Warley Elms Hill Thomas, brewer and contractor Hitchcock Geo. wheelwright & smith Hobson Joseph, army outfitter Kinch Francis, druggist, etc Knight John, bricklayer Matts Mr William Mott George, registrar at Cemetery Remfrey Wm Henry, schoolmaster Robinson Rev. Hastings,D.D. rector, rural dean, and canon of Rochester Rush William, parish clerk Sullivan Sergeant Major Robert Surflen Mrs | Taylor Sus, school Tubbs Mr William Turvey Mr Isaac Wallis Mrs Penelope, Hulmers Walsh Thomas, basket maker Whitehead Mr Jonathan Williams John &,Sar. Christ Church school Wingrave William, blacksmith Wright Georgiana, school INNS AND TAVERNS. Fox William Foker Headley Arms, Robert Day Prince Albert, Geo.Augustus Hesse Soldiers' Hope, Sarah Parker Thatchers' Arms, William Whitby BEERHOUSES Barnard Thomas Burls William Dean John Earthy Richard Ives W. Downing Ward Sarah Ann |
BAKERS Cole Wtn. Alfred Seabrook William BOOT & SHOE MAKERS Alderton Thomas Barnard Richard Burrows William Cook John Crow Jno. Bullen BUTCHERS Barnard Thomas Meadway Robert FARMERS Cole George Coppen Isaac Dennis Geo, Hall Francis Samuel Rd Haws Daniel Jiggins Samuel Knightbridge Ts Parker James Parker Susan Parson John jun. Pinchon John P Pizzi Jph. Anto. Thompson John CARPENTERS And Builders. Hammond John Mayhew Edward Norfolk Jas. Rt. Weal William Woods William GROCERS, etc Cole Wm. Alfred Croasingham Jn. Cudby William Dean John Mace Isaac Peawrie Emma Perry Elizabeth TAILORS. Bocook William Haselton Joseph Stevens George |
TRAINS, etc from Brentwood