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Havering atte Bower 1902 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 atte Bower, which included
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; consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle and
an embattled tower on the south side containing six bells; 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: an organ was provided in 1902 at a cost
of £500; there are 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1670. The
living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £109, with residence, in the gift of
Mrs Pemberton-Barnes, and held since 1902 by the Rev Ernest Barrington Woodman
MA, of
Pembroke
College,
Cambridge.
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 Park is the residence of Lady O’Hagan;
the mansion, a modern edifice of brick, 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.
Bower House, a brick mansion, standing in a park of about 120 acres, is now the
residence of John W Docra esq. Bedfords, originally called “Bellfonts”, from its
ample supply of water, and now the seat of Henry Jessop Stone esq, JP, 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, £4,172; and the population in 1901 was 407.
Post, M O & T O, T M O,
S B & Annuity, Insurance & Express
Delivery & Parcel Post Office – Miss Ellen Hance, sub-postmistress. Letters
arrive from Romford at 5.10 & 9 am; delivered at 6 & 9 am; dispatched at 2.45 &
7.15 pm; Sundays 7.15 pm
Pillar Letter Box cleared at 7 am, 2.55
& 7.30 pm; Sunday 7.30
pm
National
School
(mixed), built in 1837, since enlarged, now accommodation for 126 children;
average attendance 95;
Arthur Montague Derrick, master; Miss
Derrick, mistress
Docwra John W, Bower House
Hope Geo Palmer JP, Havering Grange
Lynch Misses, Ivy Holt
McDonnell George, Chase Cross
McIntosh Mrs, Havering Park
O’Hagan Lady, Pyrgo park
Pemberton Rev Joseph Hardwick (curate of
Collier Row, Romford), Round house
Pemberton Mrs, Round house
Pemberton-Barnes Mrs, The Hall
Raphael Herbert Henry JP,
Rose Court
Smith Benjamin, Fernside
Stone Henry Jessop JP,
Bedfords
Tween Alfd Augustus, Wyldburg Lodge
Woodforde-Finden Lt-Col
W, Lower Bedfords
Woodman Rev Ernest Barrington MA,
Vicarage
Commercial
Alston John, farmer,
Upper Bedfords
Beckett Thomas, farm bailiff to Mrs
McIntosh, Bower Farm
Bennett James Henry, MRCVS, veterinary
surgeon
Bracken Ernest, beer retailer
Craig Hugh, farmer,
Lower
Park
Halsey Alfred, grocer & beer retailer
Goodwin Henry, baker
Knightsbridge Frank, butcher
Parrish Emily (Mrs),
Orange Tree PH
Robson Geo, farmer, Old Park Farm
Suckling Arthur, fish dealer etc
Wright Arthur Bentall, bailiff to Mrs
Pemberton-Barnes, Bower Farm
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