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- NOTE 1./ 1821 Writtle Essex England census<<http://www.essexvillages.net/villages/writtle/census/1821/writtlecen1821.html>>
Name of Head: Families in House: Occ: Male: Female
EVERARD Charles 1 1 Trd 1 (age 31-40) 2 (age 5-10 & 31-40)
NOTE 2./ Pigot's Essex 1832-3 Trade Directory <<http://www.essexpubs.net/Directories/chelmsford.htm>>
CHELMSFORD, WITH THE VILLAGES OF BOREHAM, BROOMFIELD, SPRINGFIELD, GREAT AND LITTLE WALTHAM, WIDFORD AND NEIGHBOURHOODS
CHELMSFORD, the county town of Essex, is one of high respectability; and its neighbourhood abounds with wealthy and genteel families. It is 29 miles from the Metropolis, 22 from Colchester, and 10 from Maldon; situated in a beautiful valley, between the Chelmer and the Can, to which rivers the gardens on each side of the town extend. The country surrounding Chelmsford is pleasant and fertile; the soil consists principally of a deep rich loam, intermixed with veins of gravel. Maurice, Bishop of London, first made Chelmsford a place of importance, in 1100, by building a bridge of three arches over the river Can; the present is an elegant stone bridge, of one arch, erected several years since in its stead. The government of the town is confided to two resident magistrates, and several constables. Lady Mildmay is the owner of the manor, who holds courts baron and leet annually. The assizes for the county take place in Lent, July and December - the latter for the delivery of the gaol only: there is also a county court for the recovery of debts under 40s.; and petty sessions held weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays, besides others held quarterly, for petty offences. The legal town's business, as well as that of the election of representatives in parliament, take place in the town hall, which is a neat building of white stone, with a rusticated basement, and ornamented with handsome columns supporting a pediment; assembly rooms, and other convenient offices, are also within the walls of this building. Contiguous to it is a neatly sculptured conduit, supplied by a spring about a quarter of a mile distant, which yields to the town excellent water. A penitentiary is near this town; it is a well constructed edifice and is intended for the reception of prisoners, and to supersede the use of the old gaol. This is not a manufacturing town; but its local trade is well supported by its own inhabitants, and those of the surrounding district. Chelmsford, for its size, may be considered rich in the vehicles for the diffusion of knowledge, there being three well-edited newspapers issued from the press weekly; there is also a philosophical society, of which Dr. Venables is the respected president.
The church is an ancient Gothic structure, dedicated to St. Mary. About twenty-five years since, the body or roof fell in, owing to the ignorance of the workmen, who were digging a vault too near the main pillars; since which it has been repaired and modernized, and additional galleries erected. The parish is a rectory, including Chelmsford and its hamlet Moulsham, held by the Rev Carew Anthony St. John Mildmay, son of Lady Mildmay, the patroness of the living; the Rev. H.L. Majendie is the present curate. The other places of worship are two chapels for independents, one each for baptists, and Wesleyan methodists, and a new large meeting-house for the society of friends. Here is a 'royal free grammar school,' founded by Edward VI., and endowed with land situate in the county; and some almshouses, founded by the Mildmay family. The market day is Friday, which, besides being well supplied with other general articles for consumption, is a large one for corn. Fairs, May 12th and November 12th, for cattle. - By the late government census, the population of Chelmsford, with MOULSHAM hamlet, appears to be as follows: in 1801, 3,775 --in 1811, 4,649 - in 1821, 4,994 - and in 1831, 5,435 inhabitants; being an increase, in 30 years, of 1,660 persons.
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