Mistley, Essex
Historical Description
Mistley, a village and a parish in Essex. The village stands on the river Stour, and on the Harwich branch of the O.E.R., and at the N boundary of the county, three-quarters of a mile ESE of Manningtree; was formerly called Mistley Thorn; commands extensive and beautiful views along the 'Stour and into Suffolk; is a seat of petty sessions; carries on considerable commerce in corn, malt, and coals, from a good quay; and has a post, money order, and telegraph officeunder Manningtree, and a railway station in the centre of the village. The parish comprises 2125 acres; population of the civil parish, 1639; of the ecclesiastical, with Bradfield, 2375. The manor belonged at Domesday to Henry de Kamis, and passed to the Rainforths, the Baynings, and others. Mistley Hall belonged to the De Veres, passed to the Rigbys and to Lord Pitt Rivers, was sold with the estate around it in 1845. Mistley Lodge and Mistley Place are chief residences. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Bradfield, in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £708 with residence. The church, consecrated in 1871, is a building of Kentish ragstone in the Early Decorated style; consists of chancel, nave, aisles, vestry, organ chamber, S porch, and a western tower with spire 140 feet high. It has a stone pulpit, a fine modern font, and a beautifully decorated interior. There is a school chapel at Horsley Cross, and also a Primitive Methodist chapel. A portion of the town of Manningtree is in the parish of Mistley.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Essex | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Mistley St. Mary | |
Hundred | Tendring | |
Poor Law union | Tendring |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Mistley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Mistley (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.
The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.
Maps
Online maps of Mistley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Essex online: