Alcotes*
Barstable | A hamlet and farm in the Hinckford Hundred and was mentioned in the Chancery Proceedings in 1422. Probably in old English "Old Cottage". Hamlet is near Bocking. |
Audley Way*
Ghyllgrove | The manorial name of Audley commemorates the gift to Sir Thomas Audley by Henry VIII of the lands of the Abbey of Walden in 1538. |
Ayletts*
Barstable | This is the name of an old farm in the Chelmsford Hundred near Broomfield. It was owned by John Aylet in 1381. |
Beehive Lane*
Fryerns | This is one of the old lane names in the designated area. It is just the name of the lane where the beehives were kept. Could be quite modern. |
Bentalls
Pipps Hill | Jullanoe, yawl of 126 tons, built and designed by F. H. Bentall of Bentalls, manufacturers of Ploughs. Launched at Heybridge on the River Blackwater. |
Braybrooke*
Ghyllgrove | The first Lord Braybrooke in the late 18th Century took over Audley End, "the noblest house in Essex", on which he spent £100,000 on restorations and established the house as a treasure house of books and art. The third Lord Braybrooke is famous as the first editor of Pepys. The present Lord Braybrooke is the 9th holder of the title. |
Canterbury Close
Craylands/Fryerns | . |
Chester Hall Lane
Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Chester Moor Hall (09/12/1703 - 17/03/1771) was the inventor of the Achromatic Lens used in several self built telescopes in 1733. The barrister and mathematician was born in Essex at Leigh-on-Sea though he later moved to Sutton in Surrey where he died in 1771. He failed to patent his discovery and it was British telescope maker John Dollond, who having perfected his own lens in 1758, succeeded in obtaining a patent. |
Chester Way
Craylands/Fryerns | . |
Chichester Close
Craylands/Fryerns | . |
Chittock Gate/Mead*
Barstable | Named after a local family who have lived in this area many years. |
Cranes Farm Road
Basildon | Hugh le Crane is said to have been the first farmer to farm the area in 1272. |
Crompton Close*
Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (31/05/1845 - 15/02/1940). Electrical Engineer, pioneer motorist and founder of the Chelmsford firm Crompton & Co. in 1878. |
Culverdown
Ghyllgrove | Culver Down is a chalk cliff located close to Sandown on the Isle of Wight. The origins of the name is believed to derive from the Old English word Culfre, which meant dove. The word culver is also used as an alternative name for the common wood pigeon, a member of the dove and pigeon family, particularly in south east, England. It was this association that was used in the naming of the chalk down. |
Dewlands*
Ghyllgrove | A farm in Black Notley first notified in the public record office in 1567. |
Durham Walk
Craylands/Fryerns | . |
Exeter Close
Craylands/Fryerns | . |
Ely End
Craylands/Fryerns | . |
Gibcracks*
Barstable | One of the oldest farms in the County. Associated with the family of Robert de Gibecrake in 1287. It is situated in the Thurstable Hundred at Great Totham. |
Gobions*
Kingswood | This name has been given to both areas and farms here in Essex and in the Midlands. Here in Essex the farm in Mucking is associated with the family of Thomas Gubyun in 1306. Great Leighs was also called Gobions in 1376. |
Hereford Walk
Craylands/Fryerns | . |
High Barretts*
Barstable | The name of a new Manor House built by John Baret in 1428. The new house was built opposite the old moated manor, which was later pulled down. The house also gives its name to the nearby hamlet in the Bocking Area in the Hinckford Hundred. |
Howard Chase*
Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Luke Howard (28/11/1772 - 21/03/1864). Chemist, Botanist, Meteorologist & Philanthropist. Founder of the chemical works in Ilford now, but started in West Ham. |
Lincoln Road
Craylands/Fryerns | Lincoln Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln stands in the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. It was built between 1185 to 1311 using the stone from which it stands on and has three towers. Lincoln Cathedral at a height of 272 feet also had the distinction of being the tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549 and even today has the tallest cathedral tower in Europe without a spire. |
Little Chittock*
Barstable | Named after a local family who have lived in this area many years. |
Luckyn Lane
Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Luckyn Lane is situated at Pipps Hill (originally Industrial Estate No.2). Lionel Lukin (18/05/1742 - 16/02/1834). Born to William Lukin and Anne Stokes of Blatches, Little Dunmow, Lionel Lukin was the inventor of lifeboats. The road acquired its name in the 1960s when the Industrial Estate was first built by Basildon Development Corporation. It is not known why this road is spelt Luckyn. |
Lynstede*
Barstable | A hamlet and farm in the Dunmow Hundred. In 1399 the farm was owned by Wlliam Lynstede. |
Meredene*
Barstable | Is the old name of Marden in the Ongar Hundred. The meaning of the word is "Boundary Valley" and is the old name for the valley between High and Chipping Ongar. |
Miles Gray Road
Pipps Hill Industrial Estate | Miles Gray (1575 - 1649). Bellfounder from the parish of St. Mary's, Colchester, Langham and Saffron Walden. The first of three generations of Gray's, all named Miles, who cast bells, some of which can still be found in Essex churches and beyond. |
