History of Little Warley
Little
Warley is a parish and village about 1 mile from Great Warley, seated on an
eminence with a commanding prospect,
in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Chafford, Billericay union,
Brentwood county court district, Billericay rural deanery, Essex archdeaconry
and Rochester diocese. Before the Norman accession it belonged to the cathedral
of
St Paul.
The
church
of St
Peter,
is a plain building and stands at a considerable distance from the village. The
register dates from the year 1557. The living is a rectory, yearly value £320,
with residence and 35 acres of glebe, in the gift of,
and held by the Rev John Pearson MA of
Trinity College,
Cambridge.
The Chappington charity, arising from a house and 17 acres of land, produces £30
a year, £15 of which is applied towards the support of the schools and the
remainder for other charitable purposes. On the common there are barracks for
the training of recruits, which are capable of containing about fifteen hundred:
there is a garrison chapel for the forces; the Rev Samuel Bampfylde Windsor MA,
is the resident chaplain; there are also three permanent officers. Lord
Headley is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey;
subsoil, stiff loam. The chief crops are wheat, beans, peas and barley. The area
is 1,651 acres; rateable value, £2,785; and the population in 1861 was 475, and
in 1871, 1,367 (inclusive of 1,196 military in the barracks).
Parish
clerk, William Mumford
Letters
through
Brentwood.
Warley common is the nearest money order office.
National
School
(boys & girls), Miss Sarah Roberts, mistress
Hankey
Mrs, Warley lodge
Hort
Colonel [commander]
Legge
Colonel [commander of guards]
McHarg
hart [quartermaster]
Pearson
Rev John MA, JP [rector]
Windsow
Rev Samuel Bampfylde MA [chaplain]
Allen
Daniel,
Greyhound
Harris
John, cattle dealer
Knightbridge Charles, farmer
Palby
George, cattle dealer
Parson
Rowland Henry, farmer
Seabrook
Edward, farmer
Seabrooh
Sarah (Mrs), farmer
Tanner
William, farmer