STANFORD RIVERS is supposed to have derived its name from a stony ford through the river Roding; the addition, "Rivers," being derived from the family of that name who resided here in 1213; it is a widely scattered parish, on the London road, 3 miles southwest from Ongar station on a branch of the London and North Eastern railway, 7 south-east from Epping, 7 from Brentwood and 19 from London, in the Chelmsford division of the county, Ongar hundred, petty sessional division and rural district, Brentwood county court district, and in Ongar rural deanery, archdeaconry of Southend and Chelmsford diocese.
The church of St. Margaret is a plain building of stone, chiefly in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, and a western tower of wood, with spire, and containing 2 bells: in the south wall of the nave is a brass, with kneeling figures of a lady and six children and an inscription to " Anne Napper, late the wife of William Napper, gent, and daughter of William Shelton esq. ob. 1584:" in the chancel is another brass, to " Catherine Mvlcaster, wife of Charles Mvcaster" to whom she was married 50 years, ob. 1609: there is also a brass with effigy to Thomas Greville, infant, ob. 1492, another to Robert Barrow esq. ob. 1503; and figures of a man in armour and his wife, c. 1540: the Petres were formerly large proprietors here, and there are many flat stones in the chancel inscribed to members of this family: several members of the Stuart family, Earls and Marquises of Bute, were buried here, but with the exception of two they have been removed to Roath in Glamorganshire. the church has 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £947, with 5a acres of glebe and residence, in the gift
of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and held since 1902 by the Rev. John Ishmael Thomas B.A. of St. David's College, Lampeter. The Congregational chapel, erected in 1819, was destroyed by fire in 1927. A charity of £400 left by Mary Rayner in 1871 is invested in India 3 per Cents, and the interest is annually distributed in clothing to the poor of the parish. The principal landowners are Sir Drummond Cunliffe Smith bart, who is lord of the manor, and James R. Furze esq. J.P.
The soil is clay or heavy loam; subsoil, clay, gravel or sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans &c. The area is 4,405 acres of land and 9 of water; the population in 1931 was 758.
LITTLEBURY is 1 mile east from the church. TOOT HILL is 2 miles north-west.
Post & Tel. Call Office. Letters through Ongar, nearest M. O. & T. office
Post & Tel. Call Office, Toot Hill. Letters through Ongar, nearest M. O. & T. office
Police Station
STANFORD RIVERS
Private Residents
(For T N's see general list of Private Residents at end of book.)
Furze James Richard J.P. Stanford Rivers hall
Harrison Christopher W. Murrell's farm
Heasman R. W. Church lane
Howgate George A. Chapel house
Laurie William, Summerhill
Muggleston John Frederick,Cesslands
Rowe Lewis Oxley, Holly Tree
Thomas Rev. John Ishmael B.A. (rector), Rectory
Commercial
Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over.
Aylmer Archbld. Wm. White Bear 'hotel. T N Ongar 1Y4
Browning1 Neville, farmer, Lawns farm. T N Ongar 1Y5
Camp A. E. (Mrs.), shopkpr
Camp Robert James, blacksmith
Crocker Saml. chimney sweeper
Downham Jsph. shopkpr
Foster Bros, farmers, Cold hall (letters through North Weald,Epping)
Freeman D. farmer, Murrells farm. T N Ongar 104X3
°Furze James Richard, farmer, Stanford Rivers hall. T N Ongar 1X6
Green Jas. farmer, Traceys farm
Grigg Warrington E. shopkpr
Hinman Wm. fanner, Bridge farm
Hollingsworth Herbert S. shopkeeper, Post office
Johnstone William L. land steward to Sir Drammond Cunliffe Smith
bart. Wayletts. TN Ongar 1X3
Muggleston Jn. Fredk.frmr.Cesslands
°Padfield Albt.farmer,Littlebury hall
°Pearl Wm. farmer, Berwick farm
Piggott Bros. & Go. Ltd. electrcl. engnrs. T N Ongar 91
Rowe William Frederick, carpenter
Shepherd Jn. Geo. beer retlr. T N Ongar 1X5
Stanford Rivers Egg Grading Station
(Harrison & Grigg)
Tucker Jas. smallholder
Waltham Richard, farmer, Mitchell's farm (letters through Stapleford
Tawney, Romford)
Woodrow William, head keeper to Sir Drummond Cunliffe Smith bart
TOOT HILL
Private Residents
(For T F s see general list of Private Residents at end of book.)
Dearden Mrs. (letters thro' Epping)
Harding Jn. E. The Cottage
Vess Gordon Phillips, Weald's farm
Licence Arthur B. C. Covars Mead
White Frank Percy King, Fairview
Commercial
Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over.
Amis Saml. Green Man P.H. T N Ongar 80X1
Grant S. A. farmer, Steers farm. T N Ongar 80X3
°Green Wm. farmer, Blake's farm
°Kerr James & Son, farmers, Ongar Park hall
Licence Thos. Wltr. poultry farmer
Millbank Edwd. farmer, Clark's frm
°Millbank Hy. Wm. farmer, Coleman's, Weald's & Burrows farms.
T N Ongar 80Y1
Millbank F. J., A. L. & L. P. (Misses), farmers, Widow's farm
Pledge George Thomas, farmer, Stewart's farm
Sawkins Harold G. grocer, & post office. T N North Weald 14
Welch Susan (Mrs,), beer retlr
White Arth. Jas. farmer, Does farm.