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Havering atte Bower 1894 Kelly's Directory
History of Havering atte Bower
Havering Atte Bower Liberty
[comprising Havering,
Romford & Hornchurch]
Havering atte Bower is a pleasant
village and parish, 3 miles north from Romford station, and 15 from London, in
the southern division of the county, petty sessional division, union and county
court district of Romford, 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, but this liberty was abolished by
Order in Council, dated 9th May, 1892. The church of St John the
Evangelist, rebuilt by subscription, is an edifice of flint with stone
dressings, in the Decorated style; it consists of chancel, nave, north aisle and
an embattled tower on the south side containing one bell; the lower stage forms
a porch: the church was re-consecrated 13th April 1878; and contains
an ancient font and a memorial by Wyatt to Sir John Smith Burges, bart, who died
in 1803 and was buried in this church. The register dates from the year 1670.
The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £80, with residence, in the gift of
Mrs Pemberton-Barnes, and held since 1892 by the Rev John Collier Barker MA, of
Jesus
College,
Oxford.
There is a coffee and reading room, principally supported by Mrs McIntosh. This
is one of the few villages in
England
in which the ancient stocks may still be seen, and here they stand on the green
facing the church. 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 this monarch frequently lived here in
retirement.. Havering Park is the seat of Mrs McIntosh, lady of the manor of the
liberty and principal landowner, the mansion, occupying part of the site of the
old palace of the Confessor, is an elegant modern building with a tower and is
pleasantly situated on an eminence, surrounded by extensive pleasure grounds and
a finely wooded park of 250 acres. Pyrgo, a modern mansion of brick with stone
dressings, in the Classic style, with a tower and portico, stands in an
extensive park, commanding very fine views of the surrounding country and
occupies the site of a house formerly belonging to the Queens of England, in
which Joan, daughter of Charles II, King of Navarre and
Queen of Henry IV, died 9 July 1437; it
is now the residence of William Edward Gibb esq, JP. Bower House, a brick
mansion, standing in a park of about 120 acres, is at present unoccupied.
Bedfords, till recently the residence of the late Jas Theobald esq, MP, and
originally called “Bellfonts”, from its ample supply of water, is a stone
mansion, standing in a park of nearly 100 acres, commanding one of the finest
views in the country and embracing the river Thames, the Knockholt hills in
Kent, the Crystal Palace, St Paul’s and
the towers of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster.
The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay. The
chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and roots. The area is 2,088 acres; rateable
value, £4,300; and the population in 1891 was 450.
Post, M O & T O, S B & Annuity,
Insurance & Express Delivery Office – Philip Hance, sub-postmaster. Letters
arrive from Romford at 5.30 &
9.20 am; delivered at
7 am
& 9.20 am;
dispatched at 2.45 &
7.15 pm
National School (mixed), built in 1839
for 100 children; average attendance of 95; --Derrick,
master; Miss Derrick, mistress; Miss Celine Banks, assistant
Private Residents
Barker Rev John Collier MA, Vicarage
Ellis Herbert O, The Cottage
Gardner
Mrs, The Lawn
Gibb William Edward JP, Pyrgo park
Hope The Misses, Havering Grange
James Rev Thomas, Vicarage
Lynch Misses, Ivy Holt
McIntosh Mrs, Havering Park
Matthews Charles P, JP,
Bower House
Pemberton Rev Joseph Hardwick (curate of
Collier Row, Romford), Round house
Pemberton Mrs, Round house
Pemberton-Barnes Mrs, The Hall
Raphael Herbert Henry,
Rose Court
Smith Benjamin, Fernside
Commercial
Beckett Thomas, farm bailiff to Mrs
McIntosh, Bower Farm
Bennett James Henry, MRCVS, veterinary
surgeon
Burton Robt Wm, farmer, Nearles Farm
Coffee & Reading Room (Mrs Sarah De Vere,
caretaker)
Goodwin Henry, baker
Knightsbridge Frank, butcher
Parrish Charles Alfred,
Orange Tree PH
Robson Geo, farmer, Old Park Farm
Scotcher James, beer retailer
Standen Jas Wm, grocer & beer retailer
Suckling Arthur, fish dealer
Wright Arthur Bentall, bailiff to Mrs
Pemberton-Barnes, Bower Farm
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