THE PLACE-NAMES OF

COLCHESTER TOWN and

BERECHURCH (alias West Donyland)

Recorder: James Kemble

Essex Place-names Project (Essex Society for Archaeology & History), 2013 (e-book).

www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames

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ESSEX PLACE-NAMES PROJECT.3

The Essex Place-names Project is a County-wide survey to record place- and field-names from historical documents such as Tithe maps and apportionments, estate maps, sale and auction catalogues, conveyances, terriers, deeds, rolls, inquisitions and surveys.

The second element of the Project is to investigate on-the-ground visible remains which correspond to the Place-names for actual or potential archaeological, agricultural and industrial sites, and to record natural (topographical) and man-made features which may relate to the Place-name. This involves field-survey in rural and outside investigation in built-up areas.

It is anticipated that the Project will lead to identification of archaeological sites and lost historic buildings; it will enable analysis of indicators of early settlement, land holding, agricultural and industrial practices of the County. It will refine the more precise meaning of descriptive words and elements used by earlier settlers as they gave names appropriate to the topography of the landscape of their time.

For convenience the surveys are based on the parish, recognising that present civil parish boundaries are not necessarily identical to former ecclesiastical boundaries. Local Recorders are supplied with templates of Record Forms to ensure consistency of recording across the County, and forward completed forms to a Central Coordinator for transfer to a county computer database which is available to researchers on the internet at www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames, and updated periodically.

This publication presents part of the information recorded from the Tithe or Estate Award and Map, and from other documents for this parish. The full record is contained on the master database at Essex County Council (Historic Environment Section) and on the (above) website. Parish books are available from the Publications Manager, Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford CM2 6YT, on disc or in hard copy or may be downloaded from the website link ‘Books’ on the Home page. Please notify errors to the Project Coordinator at the Essex Record Office.

THE TITHE MAP AND APPORTIONMENT.

Since medieval times a tenth of the produce of land and stock had been paid by landholders to the church. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the property of many religious houses, including the right to collect tithes, passed into lay hands. The Tithe Commutation Act which received Royal assent on 13th August 1836 abolished a rent payable in kind and substituted rent-charges apportioned on each plot or parcel. The tithe-rent payable was assessed on the average value of wheat, barley and oats and was to fluctuate with price movements.

The commutation could be by voluntary agreement between the local owners and payers or, if agreement failed, could be compulsorily imposed by commissioners. A Valuer was to be appointed to apportion the rent of each parcel of land and tenants could deduct that rent-charge from their rent paid to the landlord. The task fell to the Tithe Commissioners to produce a map and an Apportionment (Award). A large-scale survey was produced for over 70% of England and Wales in the following 9 years, and about another 8% up to 1855. Most of the parishes in Essex were surveyed. The map scales vary. The Award records ownership, tenancy and land-use, field by field and parcel by parcel (often quoting the field name) with the ground area and rent-charge.

Land that was tithe-free tends to be less accurately mapped and contains few if any of the details recorded for those parcels subject to tithe. Rights of way and roads also tend to be neglected. Boundaries of the tithe areas are shown as are some natural features such as streams, ponds, gardens, greens and commons. Buildings are often shown coloured red if dwellings or grey if not. Because the Award may have been agreed only some time after the map was finished, discrepancies occur between the two. Enclosure Awards, when extant, usually date to the 18th and early 19th centuries. J.Kemble.

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Colchester Town in the County of Essex.

Reproduced by permission of Essex County Council.

Colchester Town (in Lexden Hundred). Colchester Town contained the following parishes which published Tithe Awards (a), (/27/1)and Maps (b), (/27/2) c.1839-50: All Saints (Essex Record Office: D/CT 89a,b), St Botolphs (D/CT 90a,b), St Giles (D/P 324/27/1; D/CT 91b), St James (D/P 138/27/1,2; D/CT 92a), St Leonards (D/P 245/27/1,2), St Martins (T/M 112a,b), St Mary at the Walls(D/P 246/27/1,2), St Nicholas (D/P 176/27/1,2), St Peter (D/P 178/27/1,2), and Holy Trinity (D/CT 100a,b). Iron Age coins of Cunobelinus, c.5 BC - AD 40, were inscribed CAM(V) and CAMVL indicative of Camulodunum, ‘the fort of Camulos’, the war-god of the British. Cunobelin’s Farm was probably at Gosbecks, the site of the subsequent Romano-British temple. Colchester became the fort of the Roman army, then a veterans’ colony, colonia camulodunum, and appears in the 4th century Peutinger Table as Camuloduno. Ptolomy, c.AD 150, called it kaµouλoδouvov. The ‘modern’ name first appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 921, as Colneceastre, probably from the British river name Colne + ceastre, camp. In Domesday Book, 1086, the Bishop of London had 14 houses and 4 acres at Colecestra, Westminster 2 houses, Barking Abbey 3 houses, St [R]Ouen Abbey 1 house taken by Waleran, Count Eustace 3 houses, and Ranulf Peverel 2 houses (Rivet, 1979; Morris, 1983; Kemble, 2007, 2009). All Saints church (now the Natural History Museum) opposite the Castle has a tower of c.1500 and a 14th century chancel. Parish 288 acres of which 170a were titheable, 130a arable, 19a meadow and pasture. The Tithe Commissioners were William Blamire and J.W. Buller, the surveyor of the Tithe Map (dated 1837) Capt Robert Thomas Dawson, RE. St Botolph’s, south of the priory built in neo-Norman style in 1836, replaced the parish church destroyed in 1648 at the Seige of Colchester by the parliamentarian forces. The whole parish was 869 acres, 711a titheable of which 591a were arable, 54a meadow and pasture, 66a garden ground. The Priory, founded in 11th century, has a large ruined Norman church, the west façade surviving almost to full height. The cloister was on the south side. St Giles, in St John’s Place (now a Masonic Hall), founded in the 12 century in the cemetery of St John’s Abbey, has a blocked 12th century window in the south wall. Arable was 385 acres, meadow and pasture 118a, market gardens 32a, glebe 1acre 2 roods. SS James’ and Paul’s church, in East Gate, has Norman work in the NW nave, the remainder of the Perpendicular period. Tithes of £3-6-0 were due to the rector of All Saints and £75-14-4 to the rector of St James. Arable was 49 acres 2 roods, grass 20a 3r, gardens 62a 3r buildings, streets 30 acres. St Leonard’s at the Hythe, has a C14 century north aisle and C16 hammerbeam roof. The lower part of the tower, 14th century, the rest built after the earthquake of 1884. Parish 82a. St Martin’s, in West Stockwell Street, has 12th century work at the NW angle of the north aisle. The Norman tower contains Roman brick. Parish 16 acres. St Mary Magdalen church in Magdalen Street; parish 65 acres. St Runwald’s church in High Street (demolished before c.1875); parish 13 acres. St Mary at the Walls with Christ Church (now an Arts Centre), in Church Street, rebuilt in 1713 and 1871 after destruction in 1648, has a late Perpendicular tower. Parish 487 acres St Nicholas, in St Nicholas Street, was demolished in 1955. The church yard survives behind Culver Street East. Tithes of £1-10-0 were due to the rector. Garden grounds were 2 acres 3 roods, meadow and pasture 2a 10p, buildings 10 acres. St Peter’s, in North Hill, has a brick tower, 1758. The arcades are 15th century. Under the north vestry is a 16th century bone-hole. £20-16-3 was due to the vicar including £1 for glebe. The whole parish was 48 acres 3 roods of which meadow and pasture was 7a 3r, 15 acres gardens, 26a buildings, 1 acre 1 rood glebe. Holy Trinity church, in Trinity Street, has an Anglo-Saxon tower with Roman brick, and a Saxon west door. The nave dates from the 14th century. Tithes of £23-12-2 were due to Rev Lewis Welsh Owen, rector. The whole parish was 113acres 1rood 37perches of which 80a 13p were arable, 8a 38p market gardens, houses etc 12a 3r 15p. The Valuer was James Beadel of Chelmsford. Total 3760 acres. St John’s Abbey, Benedictine, was founded in 1096 by Eudo, the builder of the castle. The extant gatehouse dates from the 15th century. Before 1539, the abbey held the manor of Berechurch (alias West Donyland), one of the four Liberties of Colchester (VCH 1994; Round, 1994; Denny, 1996). The Castle, larger than the contemporary White Tower of London, was built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius, arches of which can be seen in the basement. The Red Lion Hotel, in High Street, is jettied, 16th century, with a moulded bressemer beam. Above the carriage arch are carved St George and the Dragon. A two-bay hall behind dates from the 15th century and has a crown-post roof (Stenning, 1994). St George Hotel has a 18th century front concealing a 15th century shop building (Morant, 1768; Round, 1907, 1994; Pevsner, 2007). The Hundred name was Lassendene, Laxendena, Lessendena etc in Domesday Book. The name is preceded by the estate Læxadyne in the Will of Ælfflæd, c.1000, widow of ealdorman Brihtnoth killed at the Battle of Maldon in 991 (Whitelock, 1930; Kemble, 2007). The Hundred Court was at Emperford alias Stanway Bridge (TL935241). The Domesday Hundred of Colchester was probably taken out of the older Lexden Hundred (Round, 1903). Reaney (1935) translates this perhaps ‘Leaxa’s valley’, lying as it does in the valley of River Colne.

References:Denny, P., 1996. Old Heath Common. Essex Archaeology & History, 27, 237.Kemble, J., 2007. Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications.Kemble, J., 2009. Prehistoric & Roman Essex. History Press, Stroud. Morant, P., 1768. History & Antiquities of the County of Essex, i, 97.Morris, J., 1983. Domesday Book – Essex. Phillimore.Pevsner, N., Bettley, J., 2007. The Buildings of England – Essex. Yale.

Reaney, P., 1935. The Place-names of Essex. Cambridge. Rivet, A., Smith, C., 1979. Place-names of Roman Britain. Batsford.Round, J,. Victoria Co. History of Essex, 1903, vol i, 406; 1907, ii, 353; 1994, ix, pp402, 409. Essex Archaeology & History, 1994, 25, 73.Stenning, D., 1994. Red Lion Hotel. Essex Archaeology & History, 25, 134.Whitelock, D., 1930. Anglo-Saxon Wills. Cambridge.

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The Tithe Place-names of Colchester All Saints - by parcel no.

Place-name Alias Fld No

Gd Ref

x y Acr

rd pch land use

Owner Occupier Other information

Fair field (pt) 1 1 2 0 pstre Round, George Round, GeorgeHouse, gdn, etc 5 0 3 15 Round, George Waylen , WmParsonage Hs, Church, yd [All Saints] 8 TL 998 253 0 1 35 Tucker, Rev Wm

MarwoodTucker, Rev Wm Marwood

House, yds, etc 15 0 2 0 Round, Charles Gray Dennis, Wm; Everitt, Wm; Lufkin, James

House, gdn, premises 20 1 2 1 Cock, Thomas; Hills, Theophilus

Stokes, George

Botanic Garden 24 8 1 10 Cock, Thomas; Hills, Theophilus

trustees of Garden

St Johns Mead 25 5 0 25 pstre Round, Charles Gray Baines, WmHouse, pleasure gnds 26 3 3 6 Round, Charles Gray Round, Rev James

ThomasCastle Bailey (pt) 27 TM 002 256 0 3 33 pstre Round, Charles Gray Hatch, JohnCastle Bailey (pt) 28 TM 002 256 1 0 11 waste Round, Charles Gray Baines, WmCastle (site of) 29 TM 002 256 0 1 25 Round, Charles Gray Round, Charles GraySheeps Head meadow 30 4 2 4 pstre Round, Charles Gray Baines, WmMoor Meadow (pt) 32 1 2 24 mdw Round, Charles Gray Baines, WmSorrel meadow (pt) 33 0 3 2 mdw Round, Charles Gray Baines, WmWater Mill, premises Middle Mill, 1875,OS 36 TL 996 256 0 1 7 Ward, John, late, excs Bowtell, EdwardRiver Colne (pt) 37 0 2 23 Ward, John, late, excs Bowtell, EdwardStaceys 38 9 1 6 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnFurther Staceys 39 3 3 30 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, JohnFriars Grove Friars Grove, 1875,OS 40 TM 010 267 7 2 24 coppic

eDe Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl

Further Hanging (pt) 41 0 1 14 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnWoodcock Downs (pt) 42 11 2 12 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnEast Ley (pt) 43 2 2 31 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Dennis, WmLower Ringwoods 44 4 1 17 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, JohnWood 45 TM 014 269 5 0 20 coppic

eDe Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl

Upper Ringwoods 46 3 1 11 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, JohnNursery, Plantation, gdn 47 2 3 28 pltn De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon EarlThe Thompsons 48 7 1 38 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, samuelNolands Wood 49 TM 013 265 27 3 10 wood De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl

Bullock Wood (pt) Bullockswood, 1582, MorantColch; Magdalen Wood, 1875,OS

57 TM 020 276 31 1 28 wood De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl Philip Bullok, 1300,ParlR

Spring field 58 7 0 37 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelThe Lodge field 59 7 2 37 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelHomestead Throwerystye, 1353,Ct;

Roverstye Farm, 1875,OS61 TM 013 276 0 2 11 De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, John John Thrower, 1360,Ct

Pightle 63 0 1 37 grass De Grey, RtHon Earl Biggs, JohnGarden field 65 5 0 14 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelHomestead 67 1 0 34 De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelPightle 68 1 2 2 pstre De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelBarn field 69 5 2 13 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelPump field 70 9 0 18 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelBirch Grove cf. Bircho, a1272,Colch;

Baresgrove, 1671,Morant Colch71 TM 013 277 9 3 18 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, Samuel

Long 7 Acres 72 7 2 9 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Cooper, SamuelEast Wood (pt) boscum de Esthoo, 1364,Colch 73 TM 010 275 32 2 3 wood De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl

For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.

The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Botolph - by parcel no.

Place-name Alias Fld No

Gd Ref

x y Acr

rd pch land use

Owner Occupier Farm Other information

Lower Almonds 3 4 1 0 mktgdn Wakefield, Edward Neville, JohnUpper Almonds 4 2 1 6 mktgdn Wakefield, Edward Neville, JohnHilly field 5 5 2 4 mktgdn Wakefield, Edward Neville, JohnStack Yard field 10 8 1 8 arable King, Rev Shaw,

trusteesTettrell, George & John

Cook Watch

Homestead Cok Watt, 1777,C; Cockwatch Farm, 1875,OS

11 TM 004 234 1 1 10 King, Rev Shaw, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Cook Watch

Long field 13 18 3 10 arable King, Rev Shaw, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Cook Watch

Gravel Pit field 17 6 3 0 arable King, Rev Shaw, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Cook Watch

Barn field 19 7 0 23 arable Winsley, Sir Arthur's Charity, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Barn Hall

Homestead Barn Hall, 1875,OS 20 TM 008 230 1 0 8 Winsley, Sir Arthur's Charity, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Barn Hall Ranges, 1974,OS

Further Hanging 22 10 0 22 arable Winsley, Sir Arthur's Charity, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Barn Hall

Lower Hanging 23 4 2 30 arable Winsley, Sir Arthur's Charity, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Barn Hall

Hanging 24 1 3 8 pstre De Grey, RtHon Earl Holding, LeonardCanwick Mill, prmss [Cannock Mill]

Wicam Canonicorum, 1158, Colch; Canwykmelle, 1406, EASxiv; Kennic mill, 1777,C

25 TM 011 237 0 3 0 mill De Grey, RtHon Earl Holding, Leonard of canons of St Johns Abbey

The few 26 1 2 14 pstre De Grey, RtHon Earl Holding, LeonardMill pond 28 0 3 34 De Grey, RtHon Earl Holding, LeonardHanging 29 3 1 12 arable Winsley, Sir Arthur's

Charity, trusteesSmith, Diana Gift House

Alms Houses Winsley's Almshouses, 1875,OS

33 TM 006 240 1 0 16 Winsley, Sir Arthur's Charity, trustees

The Poor cp. John Winsley founded almshouses, early 18th cent.

Pightle 34 1 3 29 pstre Winsley, Sir Arthur's Charity, trustees

Smith, Diana Gift House

Gravel Pit field 35 10 2 16 arable Winsley, Sir Arthur's Charity, trustees

Smith, Diana Gift House

Upper Meadow 36 3 0 34 arable West, Ann Brown, SamuelHomestead 37 0 1 22 West, Ann Brown, Samuel

Upper field 38 3 1 22 arable West, Ann Brown, SamuelMill field 39 8 3 20 arable West, Ann Brown, SamuelHanging 40 4 1 28 mdw Saville, George;

Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Mill pond (pt) 41 0 3 32 Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Garden House 42 0 1 16 Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

House, gdn etc 43 0 2 29 Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Lock Meadow 45 4 1 27 mdw Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Garden field 46 2 0 28 mdw Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Lock House yds etc 48 0 2 0 Commissioners of River

Page, John

Further Meadow 49 8 1 18 mdw Daniells, Edward Hawkins, Wm Harwick

First Meadow 51 1 0 0 mdw Daniells, Edward Hawkins, Wm Harwick

Dock yd "Sun Inn", coal yds

52 TM 016 245 3 2 18 inn Downes, Wm; Smythies, Francis

Mills, Wm; Scott, John; Unwin, Stephen; Willett, Sarah

Timber yard (pt) 53 0 3 32 pstre Tabor, Eliza & Ruth Hawkins, Wm Further Hanging 55 3 0 15 mdw Saville, George;

Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Garden Ground 56 1 0 3 mktgdn Page, Thomas Page, ThomasGarden Ground 57 4 1 28 mktgdn Page, Henry Page, HenryGarden Ground 58 5 1 12 mktgdn Carr, Rev Samuel Jackson, JohnBarrack field 59 21 1 0 arable Ordnance, Honble,

Board ofJones, Jesse

House, premises 60 0 2 13 Ordnance, Honble, Board of

Jones, Jesse

Mortar field 62 5 1 26 arable King, Rev Shaw, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Cook Watch

Starve lark field 63 5 1 0 arable King, Rev Shaw, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Cook Watch

Magazine field 64 TM 004 243 7 1 30 arable King, Rev Shaw, trustees

Tettrell, George & John

Cook Watch

Long Goldings 66 7 1 26 mktgdn Burkitt, James Cranmer, ThomasHarp field 67 4 1 12 mktgdn Burkitt, James Cranmer, ThomasBroom Knoll 68 5 1 30 arable Tettrell, George &

JohnTettrell, George & John

Plum Hall

Red Oven field (pt) 71 2 2 0 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Morgan, Rev John Woodruffe

The fen 72 1 2 34 pstre Tettrell, George & John

Tettrell, George & John

Plum Hall

Hill field 73 4 2 20 arable Tettrell, George & John

Tettrell, George & John

Plum Hall

Barn field 74 4 0 32 arable Tettrell, George & John

Tettrell, George & John

Plum Hall

Homestead Plum Hall, 1777,C 76 TM 000 242 0 2 32 Tettrell, George & John

Tettrell, George & John

Plum Hall

Ordnance field 77 TM 003 244 32 2 4 arable Ordnance, Honble, Board of

Scruggs, Wm

Military Burial ground

78 TM 004 244 0 3 23 pstre Ordnance, Honble, Board of

Jones, Jesse

House, gdn etc 79 0 0 20 Bawtree, John Foot, JosephGrass piece 80 0 2 31 pstre Catchpool, Thomas Ambrose, HenryUpper Town field 83 1 3 5 mktgdn Snell, Wm Cant, GeorgeTown field (pt) 84 3 0 33 mktgdn Cant, Wm Cant, WmHouse, cottages etc 85 1 0 2 Abbott, Chas; Bull,

Elijah; Snell, WmAbbott Dorrell & Massey

Mill, premises 86 TM 002 247 0 0 20 mill Stammers, Edward Stammers, EdwardGolden Acres 87 1 1 4 mdw Stammers, Edward Stammers, EdwardGarden Ground 88 0 1 2 arable Lewis, John Squirrell. JacobAlms Houses, premises

89 TM 002 247 0 2 3 Kendalls Charity, trustees

The Poor

House, yds etc 90 2 2 19 Lewis, Bullock; Barnest

Balls Lewis & Coveney

Wall field (pt) 91 1 0 24 arable Luke, Elizabeth Cranmer, ThomasHouse, Mill, gdn 92 TM 002 247 0 3 6 Luke, Elizabeth Luke, ElizabethThe Gardens (pt) 94 0 3 29 grass Tabor, Eliza Tabor, Eliza

House, yds "Plough Inn"

95 TM 001 249 0 2 39 inn Tabor, Eliza Tabor, Eliza

House, Timber yds 96 0 1 37 Hawkins, Wm Hawkins, WmGarden Ground 99 0 3 20 mktgdn Tabor, Eliza Maynard, DanielHouses, yds 101 0 0 29 Theobald & Hudson Goulding Moor &

FennerGarden Ground 107 0 1 5 mktgdn Pattison, Frederick Fenning, DanielHouse, premises 108 0 2 3 Thorley, Charles Fenning, DanielHouses, yds 110 2 3 22 Lewis, Osborn

PosfordLewis Ward & Cutler

The Moor 111 5 1 28 arable Hoblyn, Elizabeth Shed, IsaacThe Moor 112 0 2 14 arable Hoblyn, Elizabeth Shed, IsaacSchool House, premises

113 0 0 19 Lancasterian School, trustees

Children of Poor

Priory Ruins, Burial Ground

114 TL 999 250 0 2 4 Tucker, Rev Wm Manwood

Tucker, Rev Wm Manwood

Houses, yds 115 0 1 23 Chignall, Osborn, Bowling

Chignall Parker & Steggalls

St Botolphs Church, yd

[St Botolph] 116 TL 999 249 0 3 16 Tucker, Rev Wm Manwood

Tucker, Rev Wm Manwood

Houses, yds 117 1 1 3 Lingwood, Mayhew Lingwood, Humphrey

Houses, yds 118 1 2 19 Kimber, Arthy Durrant

Thait, Arthy & Day

Baptist Chapel & yd 124 TL 999 248 0 1 29 Baptist Chapel, trustees

..

Independent Chapel, yd

125 TL 999 248 0 1 27 Independent Meeting chapel, trustees

..

Foxborough field (pt)

127 11 0 9 arable Tomlinson, Nicholas Lester, George

Harp field (pt) 128 8 3 0 arable Ashburton, RtHon Lord

Cooke, Samuel Green

House, premises, Pightle

130 2 1 29 grass Clapham, George Pattison, Joshua

Nursery Ground, House

133 2 0 3 Bunting, Isaac Bunting, Isaac

Union House, premises

Colchester Union, 1875,OS 135TL 991 253

1 0 9 Colchester Union, guardians of

..

Brick field 142 6 0 30 mktgdn Page, Thomas Page, ThomasQuarness 146 TM 010 257 4 0 16 pstre Alston, Daniel Hill, SarahGravel Pit field 147 12 0 12 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnMill meadow 148 4 2 38 mdw Hedge, John Thomas Chaplin, WmThree Corner field 149 3 3 27 mdw Hedge, John Thomas Chaplin, WmGreat River 150 TM 005 262 7 1 16 mdw De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John

MeadowLittle River Meadow

151 7 1 16 . De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John

Orchard field 152 TM 007 261 27 1 2 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnWhite Stone field 153 TM 009 259 12 0 14 pstre De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnStack Yard field 154 TM 010 260 11 1 27 pstre De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnHouse, gdn, yds Dilbridge, 1536,LP; Dylbri(d)ge,

1552,Pat156 TM 008 262 1 1 0 De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John Dilbridge,

1875,OSGreat Netherlands 157 0 0 24 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnFirst Hanging 158 TM 009 263 6 2 20 pstre De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnPoach Meadow 159 TM 008 265 4 3 39 mdw De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnFurther Staceys 160 TM 010 265 8 3 28 mdw De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnHither Staceys 162 TM 012 265 9 0 26 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnShoulder of Mutton 163 21 1 12 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnHorse pasture 164 TM 012 264 9 0 34 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, JohnBroom Hill 165 TM 014 264 17 3 0 arable De Grey, RtHon Earl Clay, John William de Brome, 1342,AssFirst Piece 167 0 1 3 arable Holding, Samuel Byam, EnochUpper field 169 9 1 34 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsMill, yds, Drift Crockleford Mill (corn),

1875,OS172 TM 029 263 0 1 17 Osborne, John

PosfordWarren, Zachariah

Meadow by Nook 174 0 2 31 mdw Osborne, John Posford

Osborne, John Posford

Pightle 177 0 1 0 mdw Osborne, John Posford

Osborne, John Posford

Mill field 178 13 0 13 mdw Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsStoney field 179 5 1 5 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsNew field 181a 5 3 33 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsWelsh Wood (pt) Walshesgrove, 1375,Ct;

Welshewoode, 1544,LP182 TM 026 255 32 2 8 wood De Grey, RtHon Earl De Grey, RtHon Earl Henry le Waleis,Welch,

1240,Colch, 1327,SRFirst Piece 184 1 2 22 arable Barton, Harriett Todd, DavidWelsh Wood field 185 10 0 2 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsHomestead Schawes, 1364,Colch 190 TM 030 270 1 3 30 Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John Shaws John atte Schawe, 1311,CtHurdle Shed field 191 7 0 28 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsCartlodge field 193 13 3 28 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsGreat Wood 194 15 0 0 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsFive Acres below 200 4 2 17 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John ShawsTen acres 202 TM 033 269 4 3 32 arable Mash, Sir Thomas Fitch, John Shaws

The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Giles - by parcel no.

Place-name Alias Fld No

Gd Ref

x y Acr

rd pch

land use Owner Occupier Other information

Wall Salt Marsh 1 6 3 9 sltg Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardRowhedge Marsh 5 4 2 24 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardCarraway Marsh 8 3 1 9 arable Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, JosephRowhedge field 12 10 0 3 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardHomestead. [Battleswick, 1875,OS]

ad Wykam Dni Ricardi Bataille, 1295,ParlR; Batelswyke, 1548,FF; Battleswick, 1875,OS

15 2 1 21 Austen, Edward Austen, Edward Juliana Batalie, 1248,Ass; Simon Bataille, 1257,FF

Spring field 16 3 3 28 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardGrove field 17 2 0 7 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardWalnut Tree field 18 8 2 15 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardBarn field 19 7 3 19 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardKents field 20 9 2 15 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardStoney field 21 9 3 19 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardPettican Marsh 25 6 0 33 pstre Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, JosephRainbow Piece 26 2 0 32 arable Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, JosephHomestead 28 0 3 38 Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, JosephHouse field 29 3 3 27 arable Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, JosephLittle Scotland Hill 35 3 0 6 arable Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John; West,

StephenUpper Common field 39 3 0 3 arable Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, JosephPasture Piece 45 1 0 18 pstre Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John Heath Piece 55 1 1 7 arable Tomlinson, Nicholas Jones, JesseRoundabout field 60 2 2 38 arable Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardGames Meadow 63 1 3 33 pstre Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John Old Hythe Pyhtle Hetha(m), 1158-, Colch;

Ealdehethe, a1272,Ct65 TM 020 226 0 2 23 . Austen, Edward Austen Edward; Gibbon,

EdwardLower Common field 66 3 3 13 arable Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Daldy, JosephScotland Hill 67 8 1 3 arable Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John Homestead Cleavelands Farm,

1875,OS69

TM 024 2241 2 1 Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John

Path Piece 70 0 0 28 arable Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John Public House 74 TM 016 229 0 0 23 Thorn, James Barber, ThomasBarn field 76 3 1 18 pstre Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John Kiln field 77 TM 017 233 4 0 4 arable Tomlinson, Nicholas Jones, JesseBell meadow 78 4 2 27 pstre Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John Park field 79 8 1 39 arable Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John Blinkers Piece (pt) 81 2 3 35 arable Cooke, Joseph Lambert, John

Horse Shoe Marsh 84 2 1 26 pstre Wakefield, Edward Gibbon Cooper, GeorgeOld River Course 87 0 3 15 Commissioners of Channel Commissioners of ChannelBrick Kiln Field 90 TM 018 134 7 3 23 pstre Saville, George; Carrington,

Robt; Savill, Robt MaitlandSaville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Cottage, gdn, School Place Farm, 1875,OS 92TM 019 228

0 0 34 Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Baxter, Charles

Ozier Ground 96 1 0 34 oziers Hoblyn, Richard Ambrose, HenryThe Pightle 97 1 0 15 pstre Purkis, James Walford, WmAllotment Piece 103 0 0 30 arable Round, Rev James Thomas Walford, WmAllotment Piece 104 0 1 9 arable Greenwood, John Greenwood, JohnHouse, shed, premises 106 1 1 28 Bawtree, Lydia Tabor, James AshwellSix Acre Tan Office 107 6 3 10 arable Cooke, Joseph Lambert, JohnBarn yd, Cottages St Runwald’s Farm,

1875,OS111

TM 008 233Round, Rev James Thomas Walford, William

Stable field 115 10 3 13 arable Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Road field 118 7 0 7 gdn Wakefield, Edward Gibbon Neville, JohnHomestead 122 2 2 16 Wakefield, Edward Gibbon Prentice, Christopher

BramwhiteBarn field 123 9 2 4 arable Wakefield, Edward Gibbon Neville, JohnRiver Marsh 125 4 3 36 pstre Wakefield, Edward Gibbon Burleigh, RobertTimber Yard 126 TM 020 237 3 3 21 Hawkins, Wm Hawkins, WmMalting etc 127 TM 020 237 0 2 9 Hawkins, Wm Burleigh, Pitt; othersQuay Meadow 129

TM 018 2385 2 15 arable Saville, George; Carrington, Robt;

Savill, Robt MaitlandSaville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Plantation 131 1 1 24 wood Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Carrington, Wm

Granary Field (pt) 133 2 3 25 arable Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Park Plantation 134 0 1 21 wood Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Savill, George

Park 135 17 3 24 pstre Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Savill, George

Homestead Whitehall Farm , 1875,OS

137

TM 011 236

Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Savill, George

House field 138 12 1 18 arable Saville, George; Carrington, Robt; Savill, Robt Maitland

Savill, George

Pound field 140 5 2 29 arable King, Rev Shaw, trustees Tettrell, George & JohnHouse, gdn 141 2 1 12 Morgan, Rev John Woodroofe Morgan, Rev John

WoodroofeGlebe

Round field 142 3 0 24 arable King, Rev Shaw, trustees Tettrell, George & John

Plantation Field 143 9 0 13 arable Firman, Benjamin, late, execs Fenn, JamesMarket Garden 144 3 3 38 Brown, John Burrows, JosephMarket Garden 145 4 1 0 Chaplin, John Maynard, DavidMarket Garden 148 2 0 37 Lake, Thomas Porter Cranmer, ThomasGooseberry Alley 149 1 2 23 Gdn Cranmer, Thomas Cranmer, ThomasTown field 151 4 0 14 mktgdn Cant, Wm Cant, WmMarket Garden 152 0 1 21 Lingwood, John, late, trustees Maynard, Daniel

For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.

The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St James - by parcel no.

Church Yard [St James] 1 TM 002 253 0 2 5 Jarman, Rev DD Jarman, Rev DD Glebe

Garden Ground 8 11 3 16 . Hedge, John Thomas Hedge, John ThomasMeadow 15 4 0 33 md Hedge, John Thomas Hedge, John ThomasOzier Ground 18 0 3 0 Austen, Edward Austen, EdwardNursery Ground 21 1 3 15 Marshall, Thomas Jackson, John WmGarden Ground 25 4 2 7 gdn Round, George Blomfield, JohnTan yard 27a 0 3 16 Eisdell, Josh Carter Eisdell, Josh CarterWhite Hart Inn, premises 28a TM 008 254 1 0 14 inn Osborne, John Posford Church, WmMill, premises 32a TM 009 255 2 0 35 Marriage, Edward Marriage, EdwardPit 34 1 1 7 gdn Barnes, John Stuck Biggs, JohnSite of Gaol Militia Barracks, 1875,OS 36 TM 009 255 1 2 2 County Gaol Governors County Gaol GovernorsFair field 38 5 1 11 grass Angier, James Jackson, John WmHouse, Mill, gdn 39 TM 012 255 0 3 15 Angier, James Bull, JARGarden Ground 41 5 2 0 Marshall, Thomas Jackson, John WmAllotment Ground 46 2 1 30 gdn Round, Rev James Scott, Robt; othersGoggle field 48 8 1 10 arable Angier, James Bull, JARNew field 49 9 1 30 arable Auston, Edward Auston, EdwardField behind Cow Inn 50 TM 015 259 6 1 0 arable Auston, Edward Auston, EdwardKings Arms Inn Flying Fox Inn, 1875,OS 56 TM 015 258 0 3 0 inn Alston, Daniel Constable French, JoshuaHouse, gdn 59 0 3 23 Mann, John jnr Mann, John jnrField (pt) 62 1 0 10 arable Errington, George Henry Errington, George Henry

For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.

The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Leonard - by parcel no.

Place-name Alias Fld No

Gd Ref

x y Acr

rd pch land use

Owner Occupier Other information

Church Yard [St Leonard] 1 TM 014 217 0 2 2 Curtis, Rev Francis Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, Wm GlebeHouses, gdns, yds 2 1 1 25 Curtis, Rev Francis Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, WmPasture Land 6 3 0 10 grass Cobbold, Robert Knipe Wade, JohnKnaves Acre (allotment) 7 0 3 27 Parish Poor variousPasture 10 2 3 11 grass Curtis, Rev Francis Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, Wm GlebeMeadow 15 0 3 15 grass Hawkins, Wm Warwick & Chas

HenryHawkins, Wm Warwick & Chas Henry

Malting houses, yds,gdn 16 TM 014 218 4 1 14 Mann, Cobbold, execs of Jarvis Mann, John; othersHouses, Coal Yds 17 0 2 31 Green, Samuel; Cooke; others Brown, Mann & othersCustom House, site of 18 TM 014 216 6 1 36 McLean, Mann, Hawkins, others Mann, Jihn snr; Boutell; othersMarket Garden Ground 24 0 0 37 Barnes, John Stuck Maynard, WmHouses, gdns, yds 27 1 0 29 Barnes, Daniel; Pitt; others Wendon; Pitt; othersSpring Head Meadow 30 1 2 33 grass Curtis, Rev Francis Curtis, Rev Francis; Finch, Wm GlebeGas Works, site of 34 TM 014 215 1 2 28 Gas Company Theobald & ChurchCoal Yards, Granaries 35 TM 104 215 0 1 24 Ambrose, Daniel; others Ambrose, Daniel; othersHouses, coal yds, sheds 36 0 0 31 Mann, John snr & jnr Mann, John jnr, Lloyd, othersMeadow 38 0 2 8 grass Hawkins, Wm Warwick & Chas

HenryMoore, Thomas

The Tithe Place-names of Colchester St Martin - by parcel no.

Garden Ground 1 0 1 19 grass Chignall, Wm Chignall, WmGas Works, premises 2 TL 995 256 0 1 35 Gas Company (Colchester) Gas Company (Colchester)Garden Ground 3 0 1 8 mktgdn Smythies, Wm Carlton Bultitude, JohnGarden Ground 4 0 2 26 mktgdn Mercers Company Wright, SamuelGarden Ground 5 TL 995 255 0 3 33 mktgdn Mercers Company Wright, SamuelHouse, gdn 7 0 0 16 Walter, James Wright, Samuel

The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester St Mary at the Walls - by parcel no.

Churchyard [St Mary] 1 TL 992 251 0 3 24 Bayles, Rev Philip Bayles, Rev PhilipPasture, Parsonage House 3 TL 992 251 1 1 17 Bayles, Rev Philip Bayles, Rev PhilipGarden 4 0 2 3 Bayles, Rev Philip Cobb, Nathaniel Glebe

Plantation 5 0 0 7 wood Bayles, Rev Philip Cobb, Nathaniel GlebeReservoir 7 TL 993 254 0 0 32 Bayles, Rev Philip Colchester Water Works GlebeHouses, yds, gdns (in Head Street)

8 TL 993 251 1 0 16 Coleman, John Wm; others Coleman, John Wm; others

Houses, gdns, yds (in Crouch Street)

11 TL 990 250 2 3 5 Downes, Edward; others Whittington, Mrs

Houses, yds etc (in John Street)

12 TL 995 249 0 2 37 Norman, John, Robinson; others

Norman, John Brand & others

Garden Ground 19 1 1 15 mktgdn Colchester Free Grammar School

Bromley, Thomas

Philip’s Meadow (pt) 24 1 1 34 grass Catchpool, Thomas Clark, WmChiswell Meadow 25 1 0 37 grass Catchpool, Thomas Clark, WmPlantation 31 0 1 15 Johnson, Walter Johnson, WalterHouses, gdns 34 1 2 15 Johnson, Walter MacLean, Dr & OwenMotts (pt) cf. Mottsbridge, 1637,

Morant Colch40 1 2 2 Catchpool, Thomas Catchpool, Thomas Simon le Mot, 1181-96,P

Garden Ground (pt of Motts) 43 2 2 13 mktgdn Carr, Rev Samuel Farrow, Francis glebe of St PeterGarden Ground (pt of Motts) 45 2 0 31 mktgdn Carr, Rev Samuel Hunt, Wm glebe of St PeterHouse, gdn, premises 49 1 2 20 Smythies, Mrs Smythies, MrsHouse, gdn, pasture 50 2 3 35 Errington, George Henry Hazelfoot, CaptainPlantation 53 0 1 9 wood Mayor,Aldermen,

Burgesses of ColchesterSmythies, Mrs

Field 59 7 0 28 Mayor,Aldermen, Burgesses of Colchester

Knight, George

Garden Ground 60 4 2 20 mktgdn Errington, George Henry MaitlandLexden Field 62 3 1 12 arable Errington, George Henry Errington, George

HenryCommons (Piece of) 65 4 0 6 arable Roddam, Mary Knight, GeorgeBroad Commons (Piece of) 69 1 0 0 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandCommons (Piece of) 70 0 3 31 arable Bayles, Rev Philip Knight, George glebeHouse, gdn, premises St Mary’s Lodge,

1875,OS73 TL 984 248

Vint, Henry Vint, HenryCommons (Piece of) 75 4 2 27 arable Round, Rev James Knight, GeorgeSite of Hospital 80 TL 989 249 3 0 2 Essex & Colchester

Hospital govnrsEssex & Colchester Hospital govnrs

Houses, shop, premises (in Crouch Street)

81 TL 990 250 0 0 22 Silvester, John Silvester, John; others

Homestead 83 0 2 8 Round, Charles Gray Knight, GeorgeFurther Ten acres 86 10 1 21 arable Round, Charles Gray Knight, GeorgeGarden Ground, pt of House 90 2 0 38 mktgdn Independent Meeting,

trusteesVine, John

Further Harp 91 TL 990 246 14 3 6 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandMiddle Harp 92 TL 986 244 17 2 26 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandHome Harp 93 TL 985 243 6 2 25 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandHome Harp 94 TL 984 243 5 2 2 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandHigh Field 95 TL 983 250 5 0 38 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeTile Barn field 96 4 1 36 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeLittle Brockle 98 9 0 17 arable Errington, George Henry Knight, GeorgeGreat Brockle 99 TL 980 240 12 0 8 arable Errington, George Henry Knight, GeorgeWaterlock 100 5 1 3 arable Smythies, Mrs Hart, GeorgeTen acres 103 9 3 4 arable Papillon, Mary Phillips, samuelBush Croft 108 6 3 31 arable Errington, George Henry Errington, George

HenryRainbow field (pt) 109 0 3 0 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeThree Acre Waterlock 110 3 1 0 arable Errington, George Henry Griffin, WmWater Lock (pt) 111 TL 978 242 1 3 24 arable Bayles, Rev Philip Knight, George glebeBerry field (pt) 112 1 3 35 arable Errington, George Henry Griffin, WmHomestead Drury Farm, 1875,OS 113 TL 982 239 1 2 22 Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandMary Bells Pightle 114 6 3 36 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandPuttocks Crouch 114a 2 1 14 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandCart Lodge field 115 14 1 10 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandLong Drury 116 15 1 7 arable Steele, John & wife Savell, MaitlandGreen Croft 119 6 2 28 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeFront Ley (pt) 120 2 2 27 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeHomestead (pt) Rayner’s Farm, 1875,OS 121 TL 976 235 0 1 19 Errington, George Henry Hart, George John Rayner, mayor of

Colchester in 1679Park Ley (pt) 122 2 0 25 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeRoad Eight acres 124 9 0 33 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeSeven & half acres 126 8 0 22 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeStreets, Roads . 12 3 0 .. ..

For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.

The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester St Nicholas - by parcel no.

Garden Ground 1 0 1 37 mktgdn Bond, Henry C Beale, JonathanGarden Ground 2 TL 998 253 0 1 22 mktgdn Gosling, John Rawling, ThomasGarden 3 0 1 20 grass Marsden, John Marsden, JohnGarden Ground 4 0 0 35 mktgdn Smythies, Wm Carlton Bultitude, JohnMeadow (pt) 5 0 2 10 grass Round, Charles Gray Cranfield, Jeremiah

Bldgs, yds, streets . 11 1 15 arable .. .

The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester St Peter - by parcel no.

Potatoe Ground 1 0 0 27 . Garrad, John Godden, MichaelMarket Garden 2 4 0 25 Fairhead, Samuel Farren, FrancisCastle Inn Garden 9 TL 993 256 0 2 19 Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt Knipe Minter, WmQuoit Ground 10 0 0 26 grass Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt Knipe Minter, WmHouse, sheds, gdn 14 0 1 26 Culpeck, James Culpeck, JamesLucerne Ground 19 0 1 38 arable Finch's Charity, trustees Wolton, HenryBrewery garden 21 0 2 2 Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt Knipe Cobbold, John; Cobbold, Robt KnipeVicarage garden 26 TL 994 253 1 1 28 Carr, Rev Samuel Carr, Rev Samuel glebeHouses, gdns (lawn) 29 1 0 35 Provident Asylum , trustees Stuart, Charles Martin; othersChurch, yard [St Peter] 32 TL 995 253 0 2 27 grass Carr, Rev Samuel Carr, Rev Samuel glebeGarden 36 0 0 30 Townsend, Richard Holding, Richard HardingGarden 39 0 0 25 Bryant, Josias Hovell Lay, John SarjeantGarden 38 0 0 22 Barton, Charles Torriano, RevGarden 41 0 0 21 Chaplin, Elizabeth Gassiett Chaplin, Elizabeth Gassiett

The Tithe Award Place-names of Colchester Holy Trinity - by parcel no.

Church, yard [Holy Trinity] 1 TL 997 250 0 1 25 Owen, Rev Lewis Wm Owen, Rev Lewis WmHouses, prmss (in Culver Street)

2 TL 996 251 2 0 38 Garrard, Abraham; others Garrard, Abraham; others

Houses, prmss (in Trinity St, Culver St, Lion Walk)

3 TL 996 251 2 3 8 Francis, Wm Wallis; others Francis, Wm Wallis; others

House, yds, prmss (in John Street)

5 TL 995 249 0 1 38 Wigson, Wm; others Bremer; others

Sand Pit, gdn 10 0 3 17 White, Obediah Clark, CharlesGarden Ground 15 1 3 17 mktgdn Burridge, Wm Burridge, WmGlebe Piece 17 0 3 22 arable Bayles, Rev Philip Hewes, Byam glebe of St MaryHouse, windmill, premises Butt windmill, 1875,OS 18 TL 991 245 0 2 19 mill Hewes, Byam Hewes, ByamHarp Field (pt) 23 1 2 23 arable Ashburton, Lord Cook, JosephHouse, premises, etc 25 1 3 33 grass Hoy, Isaac Watts, EdmundBroad Commons (Piece of) 27 7 2 0 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeGreat Waterlock 30 2 2 8 arable Roddam, Mary Knight, GeorgeTown Waterlock 31 6 3 23 arable Errington, George Henry Griffin, WmBerry field (pt) 32 TL 979 240 2 3 4 arable Errington, George Henry Griffin, WmPuttocks Crouch 33 3 3 35 arable Steele, John & wife Maitland, SavillSimpkins Pightle (pt) 34 4 0 38 market

groundTomlinson, Admiral Leicester, Wm

Foxburrow (pt) 35 TL 985 234 8 0 29 arable Tomlinson, Admiral Hedge, John ThomasGonners Harp 38 7 3 25 arable Hedge, John Thomas Hedge, John ThomasMagdalen field 39 5 3 32 arable Smythies, Rev John Robert Maitland, Savill glebe of St MaryField (pt) 40 2 1 24 arable Errington, George Henry Hart, GeorgeStreets, Roads . 3 0 10 .. ..

For abbreviations see Reaney, P., Place-names of Essex, Cambridge, 1935; and Kemble, J., Essex Place-names, Places, Streets & People, Historical Publications, 2007, p153.

For Colchester street-names, see www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames.

Place-names of Berechurch alias West Dolyland.

Berdechirche is documented t.Henry III (1216-1272) (Reaney, 1935). It is not mentioned in Domesday Book but probably included under Colchester; it may have been part of Godric’s estate of Lexden and Greenstead before 1066 which Hart (1971) equated with part of the estate of Æthelflæd, widow of King Edmund, in 962x991whose Will contains Dunningelande alias Dunninclande (Whitelock, 1930). It was granted to St Johns Abbey c.1104 by Eudo Dapifer (VCH, 1994). Ekwall (1960) translates these from an Old English personal name + lande, ‘Dunning’s land’, and from bred cirice, ‘church made of boards’. Until 1539 The Abbey held Berechurch until 1539, the moated manor house becoming a farmhouse. The ‘new’ Hall was built in 1881 for O.E. Coope, brewer and M.P.

The church of St Michael was rebuilt c.1500 using earlier material in the tower. A further rebuilding of the nave and chancel occurred in 1872. The original manor house to the west of the Hall shown on the Map of c.1875 was moated. Of Berechurch Hall, built in 1881, only the stables survive as Stable House, and a 19th century dovecote (McCann, 1994; Pevsner, 2007).

References:Ekwall, E., 1960. Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford.Hart, C., 1971. Early Charters of Essex. Leicester.McCann, J., Robins, K., 1994. Berechurch Dovecote. Essex Archaeology & History, 25, 285.Pevsner, N., Bettley, J., 2007. Buildings of England, Yale. p133.Reaney, P., 1930. Place-names of Essex. Cambridge.Victoria County History of Essex, 1994, ix, 409.Whitelock, D., 1930. Anglo-Saxon Wills, Cambridge.

Chapman/André Map 1777 Monk Wick Monk(e)wike, 1536,LP; Monkwick, 1875,OS

TL 998 227 Farm of St John's Abbey Colchester

Chapman/André Map 1777 [Berechurch ‘Old’] Hall TL 988 218 Owner in 1777: Sir Robt Smyth, bt. ‘New’ Hall was demolished in 1952

Chapman/André Map 1777 Maypole Green cp. Maypole Farm, 1875,OS TL 986 220 FarmChapman/André Map 1777 Black Heath Le blakeheth, 1435,EAS xxi;

cp. Blackheath Farm, 1875,OSTM 001 217

Chapman/André Map 1777 Church [St Michael] TL 993 219 closed in 1975, now officesChapman/André Map 1777 Farthing Corner TL 986 223Chapman/André Map 1777 Ancient Intrenchments Ramparts. Roman Way, 1875,OS TL 996 207 DykeChapman/André Map 1777 Horse-shoe House Halfway House, 1875,OS TL 978 222Ordnance Survey Map c.1875 Fridaywood Farm TL 986 213 FarmOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Friday Wood TL 991 205 WoodOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Bounsted Grove cp. Bounsted Hill, 1875,OS TL 986 206 WoodOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Link Grove TL 978 210 WoodOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Kingsford Grove TL 975 214 WoodOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Birch Grove TL 980 216 WoodOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Park Farm TL 995 205 FarmOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Charlotte's Grove TL 998 204 WoodOrdnance Survey Map c.1875 Lethe Grove TL 999 215 Wood

Colchester Town and Berechurch (alias West Donyland).

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Map E Berechurch

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