Loughton, Essex: A brief account of the Manor and Parish

by William Chapman Waller

Transcribed from the 1913 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

Loughton. Essex.

A brief account of the Manor
and Parish, being the sub-
stance of a paper read in 1903
by William Chapman Waller,
M.A., F.S.A.

(One hundred copies reprinted October, 1913).

Price: Six Pence.

‘Things are always ancienter than their names.’

Richard Hooker.

Loughton. Essex.

Foreword.—Perhaps some apology is needed for reprinting this paper. It was read some ten years ago to the Club Literary Society, fully reported in the ‘Loughton Gazette’ in March, 1903, and thereafter issued in pamphlet form, one hundred copies being struck off. But these copies have long been dispersed, like many of the people who then lived in the village, and it may be that a new generation will not be unwilling to devote a few moments to the story of the place in which their lot is, at any rate for the time being, cast. To those whose interest may be aroused I may indicate the existence of a fuller account, contained in a volume (of which only twelve copies exist,) to be found in the Guildhall Library, the British Museum, and a few other public libraries.

W. C. W.