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Around Corbets Tey: Hacton Hamlet

Posted on 14/01/2020 by

The populous Upminster hamlet of Hacton seems to be one of three clusters of medieval settlement in the parish, the other two being the village centre and Corbets Tey. The area was to the west of the Gaynes manor estate … Continue reading →

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Upminster Common Revealed: Part 1 – Bird Lane and around Tylers Common

Posted on 06/10/2018 by

To the Victorian Census Enumerators the whole area to the north of Upminster parish – north of the line of what is now the A127, the Southend Arterial Road – was referred to as “Upminster Common”. In earlier times the … Continue reading →

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Upminster’s Remarkable Historian: T L Wilson (1833-1919)

Posted on 14/02/2015 by

How strange it seems today that a village carpenter, who died in relative poverty, devoted much of his life to documenting Upminster’s history through his books and scrapbook collections of local archives.  That carpenter and local historian was Thomas Lewis … Continue reading →

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