Towns & Villages in Herts

Eastwick

Adjacent Parishes:  Gilston, Great Parndon (Essex), Hunsdon, Little Parndon (Essex), Much Hadham, Netteswell (Essex), Roydon (Essex), Widford

It is in Braughing Hundred and the Ware Union

Eastwick is a parish, on the navigable river Stort, in Braughing hundred, Hertford county court district, Ware union and rural deanery, archdeaconry of St Albans, and diocese of Rochester, 25½ miles from London, 1 from Burnt Mill station, and 4 miles south-west from Sawbridgeworth. The church of St Botolph is an ancient edifice, partly in the Norman style of architecture: it has a porch, aisles, transept, chancel, and square embattled tower containing 3 bells: in the chancel is buried Robert Lee, of Baguley, in Cheshire, who died in 1564. The living is a Rectory, value £204, with residence and 50 acres of grebe, in the gift of R.P. Ward Esq., and held by the Rev. John Chamberlayne, M.A., of Jesus College, Cambridge. The parish contains 810 acres, and in 1861 the population was 116. Letters received through Harlow, which is the nearest money order office.

Post Office Directory for Hertfordshire, 1866

The Rectory, Eastwick Postcard by W. Lyon Posted 1909 The living has been held since 1899 by the Rev. George Charles Augustus Rowley, of Trinity College, Cambridge. Kelly's Directory 1908

In the Church of Eastwick, a little village about three miles from Stanstead, is an interesting tomb containing the figure of a man recumbent and cross-legged, in chain armour, with a gauntlet by his side. It is considered to be the tomb of a Knight Templar. There is also a gravestone in the chancel to the memory of Robert Lee, Esq., who died in 1564; the virtues of himself and his wife are recorded in a long inscription. This Church was rebuilt in 1873, and the ancient tower refaced, at a cost of £3,000, which has been handsomely defrayed by J. Hodgson, Esq., of Gilston Park. The woodwork is of oak; there is a new and beautiful reredos, a font of stone with red marble columns, and a handsome stone pulpit, and also a new organ. It is a very commodious Church, and will seat about 150 persons; it was reopened for divine worship June 19th, 1873. It is dedicated to St. Botolph, is in the Early English style, and has three bells. The living is of the annual value of £300, with 50 acres of glebe, in the gift of Mr. William Hodgson and Mr. John Hodgson. The Church Register dates from 1630. The Charities of the Parish are about £9 annual value. Population of Eastwick 104; number of acres, 810.

Guide to Hertfordshire, 1880

Some modern pictures of Eastwick on Geograph
by John Salmon	by John Salmon	by John Salmon

Web: See the Eastwich & Gilston parish site 

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