Wallbury | Walla: Richard FitzGilbert. |
Wallbury Camp, on early Iron Age settlement, in Little Hallingbury.
Walter
| Wal(c)fara: Canons of Waltham; Ralph from Bishop of Bayeux; Thorkell the Reeve. 2 beehives. |
Walter Hall.
Waltham
| Waldham / Waltham: Albert from St. Edmund's Abbey; Lambert from Count Eustace; Geoffrey de Mandeville and Roger from him; 'W' and Ranulf from Robert FitzCorbucion. 4 mills, vines, 20 beehives. 3 cobs, 11 cows, 7 goats. |
Now 2 villages. Great Waltham contains 8 hamlets, and includes the Black Chapel, a leading Essex sight; Little Waltham is across the Chelmer.
Waltham Holy Cross
| Wal(t)ham: Bishop of Durham. 3 mills, 5 fisheries, 12 London houses, gate. |
Town, now Waltham Abbey. The fine Romanesque parish church was the nave of the collegiate church founded by Harold Godwinson in the late 1050's, which housed a miraculous stone crucifix.
Wanstead
| Wenesteda: Ralph FitzBrian from Bishop of London. Mill, salthouse. |
Town; includes Wanstead Flats.
Warley
| War(e)leia: Humphrey from Bishop of London; Barking Abbey before and after 1066; Swein of Essex. Beehive. |
Now the hamlet of Little Warley and village of Great Warley. Its ruined medieval church has been annexed by Greater London. Little Warley contains Essex Regimental Museum.
Weeley
| Wileia: Eudo the Steward. 12 beehives. 240 sheep. |
Well
| Wella: Ralph and Thorold from Bishop of London. |
Well Farm.
Wendens
| Wendena: Richard from William de Warenne; Hugh from Robert Gernon; Amalfrid from Ralph Baynard; a freeman from Geoffrey de Mandeville. Mill. 3 foals. |
Now 2 villages: Wenden Lofts, part of Elmdon, and Wendens Ambo, with a Roman-bricked Norman church.
Wennington
| Wemtuna: Westminster Abbey before and after 1066. |
West Bergholt
| Bercolt(a): Goding from Richard FitzGilbert; Roger de Poitou; Richard FitzGilbert. Mill. |
Stone Age and Roman remains.
Westend
| Westuna: Adelulf from Count Eustace; Hugh de Houdain from Roger Bigot. Mill. |
West Ham
| Hame: Robert Gernon; Ranulf Peverel. 9 mills. 3 cobs, 6 cows with calves, 30 goats. |
Part of Greater London; famous football club.
West Mersea
| Meresai(a): St. Ouen's Abbey before and after 1066. 11 cobs, 2 foals, 300 sheep. |
Resort on Mersea Island.
Wethersfield
| Westrefelda / Witheresfelda: Picot from the king; Stanhard. 2 mills. 40 goats. |
Wheatley
| Watele(a)a: Pointel and Osbern from Bishop of Bayeux; Walter from Swein of Essex; Swein of Essex. 2 fisheries. Cob, foal. |
Wicken (in Wicken Bonhunt)
| Wica: Gilbert FitzThorold. 30 goats. |
Wickford
| Wi(n)cfort: Pointel Osbern, Teher and FitzThorold from Bishop of Bayeux; William FitzOdo and Maynard from Swein of Essex; Modwin; Ilbod. 3 beehives. 3 cobs, 2 foals. |
Wickham Bishops
| Wicham: Bishop of London before and after 1066. Mill. |
Roman-bricked Norman church. 15th century, moated Wickham Hall.
Wickham St. Paul's
| Wica, Wicham: Canons of St. Paul's before and after 1066; Arnold from Richard FitzGilbert. 2 beehives. |
Widdington
| Widi(n)tuna: St. Valery Abbey; Robert from Robert Gernon; Ranulf Peverel. |
Secluded farmlands.
Wigborough
| Wi(c)gheberga: Barking Abbey before and after 1066; Vitalis from Hamo the Steward; Algar from Ranulf Peverel; Hugh de St. Quentin; the king claims from Hamo the Steward. 6 salthouses. 490 sheep, 3 cobs, 4 foals, 16 cattle. |
Now the village of Great Wigborough and the area of Little Wigborough, where a Zeppelin raider crashed in 1916.
Willingale Doe and Spain
| Ulinghehala / Willing(h)ehala: Hervey from Count Alan; Warner from Swein of Essex; Ravenot from Ranulf Peverel; Adam son of Durand Malzor. 5 beehives. |
Once 2 villages, Willingale Doe and Willingale Spain, named after Norman lords d'Eu and d'Epaignes. Their churches stand side by side.
Wimbish
| Wimbeis: Ralph Baynard, formerly a free woman. 4 beehives. |
Tiptofts Farm, with its famous 14th century open hall, is still working.
Witham
| Witham: Peter the Sheriff from the king; Richard from Count Eustace; Hugh from Robert Gernon; Modwin. 2 mills, 3 beehives. 150 pigs. |
Wivenhoe
| Wiunhou: Nigel from Robert Gernon. Mill. 20 goats. |
Quay on River Colne opposite Fingrinhoe, to which the ferry sails. Restored church.
Wix
| Wica: Roger from Hugh de Montfort, formerly Queen Edith; Walter the Deacon, formerly Queen Edith. 10 beehives. |
Pre-Conquest dairy farms existed here. The priory, founded in Henry I's reign was dissolved by Cardinal Wolsey.
Woodford
| Wdefort: Canons of Waltham before and after 1066. Mill. |
Woodham Ferrers
| Udeham: Henry de Ferrers. Mill. 28 cattle, 15 cobs, 300 sheep, 100 pigs, 35 goats. |
Edwin's Hall, home of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, 1619.
Woodham Mortimer
Hall where Dr Peter Chamberlain, Physician in Ordinary to James I, Charles I and Charles II, lived.
Woodham Walter
| Wdeham: Pointel from Ralph Baynard, formerly Leofeva, a woman. 2 mills, 13 beehives. 6 asses. |
Hoe Mill.
Woolston
| Ulfelmestune: King's land. |
Woolston Hall, c.1600, in Chigwell.
Wormingford
| Widemondefort: Ilger from Robert Gernon. Mill, fishery, 7 beehives. 33 cattle, 200 sheep, 47 goats. |
Hundreds of Roman urns were discovered here in the 19th century.
Wrabness
| Wrabenasa: St. Edmund's Abbey before and after 1066. Mill, salthouse, 5 beehives. 2 foals, 200 sheep. |
Writtle
| Wiretala / -tela / Writa / -tela: King's land; Bishop of Hereford. 2 mills. 318 sheep, 172 pigs, 9 cobs, 5 foals, 40 cattle. |
Excavations at its moated site, 'King John's Castle', revealed traces of 13th, 14th and 15th century buildings.
