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Havering atte Bower 1882 Kelly's Directory
History of Havering atte Bower
Havering Atte Bower Liberty
[comprising Havering,
Romford & Hornchurch]
Havering atte Bower is a village and
parish, 3 miles north from Romford railway station, and 15 from London, in the
southern division of the county, Romford union and county court district, rural
deanery of Lambourne, archdeaconry of Essex, and
diocese of St Albans; this place gives name to the liberty and peculiar of
Havering ate Bower, which includes the parishes of Romford, Havering and
Hornchurch; for particulars of liberty, see Romford. The church of St John has
been entirely rebuilt by subscription and is a Gothic edifice of flint with
stone dressings, in the Decorated style; it consists of chancel, nave, north
aisle and porch, with a square embattled tower, containing 1 bell and was
re-consecrated 13th April 1878; in the church is an ancient font: the
late Sir John Smith Burges, bart, was buried in this church, to whom a memorial,
designed by Mr Wyatt, was erected. The register commences in the year 1670. The
living is a vicarage, yearly value £85, with residence, in the gift of Mrs
Pemberton-Barnes, and held by the Rev Thomas James, of King’s College,
London. The
inhabitants of the liberty claim freedom from toll throughout
England
for goods and cattle sold and provisions bought, from shire rates and from
serving on juries and inquests without their liberty. Havering is believed to
have been once the seat of Saxon royalty, for according to traditionary
accounts, Edward the Confessor built a palace here, or improved one more
ancient: the portions extant are not sufficient to determine the limits of the
original building, whatever it may have been: it is certain, however, that
Edward Confessor took great delight in this spot as a place for retirement..
Havering Park, the seat of Mrs McIntosh, lady of the manor of the liberty and
principal landowner, is an elegant modern mansion, with a tower, pleasantly
situated on an eminence, surrounded by extensive pleasure grounds and a finely
wooded park of 250 acres and is built on part of the site of the old palace
which was the residence of Edward the Confessor. Pyrgo, a modern mansion of
brick with stone dressings, is an edifice of Classic style, with a tower and
portico, it stands in an extensive park, commanding very fine views of the
surrounding country and occupied the site of a house formerly belonging to the
Queens of England, where Jane, Queen of Henry IV, died: it is now the residence
if Lieut-Gen Fytche CSL, JP. Bower House, a brick mansion, standing in a park of
about 120 acres, is the residence of C P Matthews esq, JP. The soil is mixed;
subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and roots. The area is
2,092 acres; rateable value, £4,739; and the population in 1881 was 437.
Parish clerk, James Newland
Post, Money Order & Telegraph Office &
Savings Bank – Mrs Mary Playle, receiver. Letters arrive from Romford at 5.50 &
9.45 am;
delivered at 7.30 am;
dispatched at 11.30 am
& 7.15 pm
National
School
(mixed), built in 1839 for 100 children with an average attendance of 85; Henry
William Webb, master; Miss Webb, mistress; Miss Banks, assistant
Private Residents
Conder Edward, Wyldburg Lodge
Fytche Lieut0General Albert CSL, DL, JP,
Pyrgo
Park
Honey Frederick, Cromwell House
Hope Mrs, Havering Grange
James Rev Thomas, Vicarage
Lynch Mrs, The Cottage
McIntosh Mrs, Havering Park
Matthews Charles P, JP,
Bower House
Pemberton Mrs, Round house
Pemberton-Barnes Mrs, The Hall
Roynon John, Havering Park Farm
Smith Benjamin, Fernside
Theobald James, The Bedfords
Commercial
Abernethy David, farmer, Home Farm
Bennett Jas Henry, veterinary surgeon
Brookes Mary (Mrs), beer retailer &
shopkeeper
Gardner Saml, brick & tile maker &
farmer
Goodwin Henry, baker
Knightsbridge James, butcher
Livingston David, agent to Mrs McIntosh,
of Havering
Park,
Clock House, Havering
Park
Minter, farmer, Nearles Farm
Parrish Charles Alfred,
Orange Tree
Roynon John, farm steward to Mrs
McIntosh, of Havering
Park,
Havering Park Farm
Scotcher James, beer retailer
Smith William, farmer, Little Bedford
Wright Arthur Bentall, bailiff to Mrs
Pemberton-Barnes, Bower Farm
Wright Benjamin, baker
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