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| − | '''Purleigh''' is a village in rural [[Essex]], located on the [[Dengie Peninsula]] around four miles south of [[Maldon]]. | + | '''Purleigh''' is a village and parish in rural [[Essex]], located on the [[Dengie Peninsula]] around four miles south of [[Maldon]]. |
| − | {{ | + | ==History== |
| + | The place-name 'Purleigh' is first attested in a charter of 998, where it appears as ''Purlea''. In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 it appears as ''Purlai''. The name means 'bittern clearing'.<ref>Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.375.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Washington connection=== | ||
| + | Lawrence Washington, the great-great-grandfather of the first U.S. president, George Washington, was rector in the village from 1632 until 1643.<ref name="EFH">[http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/washington.htm The Link from Rev Lawrence Washington of Purleigh to President George Washington ]</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Purleigh Colony=== | ||
| + | The Purleigh Colony,<ref>''Utopias and Utopians: An Historical Dictionary'' by R. C. S. Trahair p326</ref> established in 1896 at Cock Clarks, was a Tolstoyan anarchist colony that grew out of the Croydon Brotherhood Church. Initially based on a 10-acre plot, as the group grew the colony began to rent local cottages with land attached. The colony ran a printing press, publishing translations of Tolstoy and for a while The New Order magazine. For a time the colony sheltered some of the Doukhobors, forced to leave Russia to avoid political persecution. The colony was always a fissile mix, and began to break down towards the end of 1900; some colonists moves with the Doukhobors to Canada, while others went on to form the Whiteway Colony in [[Gloucestershire]]. A further group, headed by Tolstoy's literary agent, Vladimir Chertkov, moved to [[Tuckton]] near [[Christchurch]] in [[Hampshire]], where they traded as 'The Free Age Press' – producing dirt-cheap versions of Tolstoy's religious and ethical texts, for an English readership.<ref>Holman, M. J. de K., 'Translating Tolstoy for the Free Age Press: Vladimir Chertkov and his English Manager Arthur Fifield', in ''The Slavonic and East European Review'', vol. 66, no. 2 (April 1988), pp. 184-197.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Local amenities== | ||
| + | There are three public houses, The Bell, The Fox and Hounds and The Roundbush. The Bell is a 14th-century building that was refurbished in the 16th century. | ||
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| + | The local school is Purleigh Community Primary School. | ||
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| + | Purleigh playing field is home to Purleigh Cricket Club, who in 2008 broke a British record by scoring 499–5 in just 45 overs<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7478125.stm|title=BBC News report on Purleigh Cricket Club | date=27 June 2008 | accessdate=22 May 2010}}</ref> against Herongate II. | ||
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| + | ==Religious sites== | ||
| + | The parish church is All Saints. It is of 14th-century origin.<ref>White's Directory, 1848</ref> | ||
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| + | Rev. Robert Francis Walker<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/revwalker.htm|title=The life of Robert Francis Walker}}</ref> who was a curate, from 1819 to 1854, and a well-known translator of Christian books from German to English, is buried in the churchyard. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{Commons}} | ||
| + | {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} | ||
Latest revision as of 12:52, 27 February 2018
| Purleigh | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Houses in Purleigh | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL838020 |
| Location: | 51°41’13"N, 0°39’32"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,271 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Chelmsford |
| Postcode: | CM3 |
| Dialling code: | 01245 & 01621 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Maldon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Maldon |
Purleigh is a village and parish in rural Essex, located on the Dengie Peninsula around four miles south of Maldon.
Contents
History
The place-name 'Purleigh' is first attested in a charter of 998, where it appears as Purlea. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it appears as Purlai. The name means 'bittern clearing'.[2]
Washington connection
Lawrence Washington, the great-great-grandfather of the first U.S. president, George Washington, was rector in the village from 1632 until 1643.[3]
Purleigh Colony
The Purleigh Colony,[4] established in 1896 at Cock Clarks, was a Tolstoyan anarchist colony that grew out of the Croydon Brotherhood Church. Initially based on a 10-acre plot, as the group grew the colony began to rent local cottages with land attached. The colony ran a printing press, publishing translations of Tolstoy and for a while The New Order magazine. For a time the colony sheltered some of the Doukhobors, forced to leave Russia to avoid political persecution. The colony was always a fissile mix, and began to break down towards the end of 1900; some colonists moves with the Doukhobors to Canada, while others went on to form the Whiteway Colony in Gloucestershire. A further group, headed by Tolstoy's literary agent, Vladimir Chertkov, moved to Tuckton near Christchurch in Hampshire, where they traded as 'The Free Age Press' – producing dirt-cheap versions of Tolstoy's religious and ethical texts, for an English readership.[5]
Local amenities
There are three public houses, The Bell, The Fox and Hounds and The Roundbush. The Bell is a 14th-century building that was refurbished in the 16th century.
The local school is Purleigh Community Primary School.
Purleigh playing field is home to Purleigh Cricket Club, who in 2008 broke a British record by scoring 499–5 in just 45 overs[6] against Herongate II.
Religious sites
The parish church is All Saints. It is of 14th-century origin.[7]
Rev. Robert Francis Walker[8] who was a curate, from 1819 to 1854, and a well-known translator of Christian books from German to English, is buried in the churchyard.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Purleigh) |
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127745&c=Purleigh&d=16&e=62&g=6425464&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1442934418614&enc=1. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.375.
- ↑ The Link from Rev Lawrence Washington of Purleigh to President George Washington
- ↑ Utopias and Utopians: An Historical Dictionary by R. C. S. Trahair p326
- ↑ Holman, M. J. de K., 'Translating Tolstoy for the Free Age Press: Vladimir Chertkov and his English Manager Arthur Fifield', in The Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 66, no. 2 (April 1988), pp. 184-197.
- ↑ "BBC News report on Purleigh Cricket Club". 27 June 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7478125.stm. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ↑ White's Directory, 1848
- ↑ "The life of Robert Francis Walker". http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/revwalker.htm.
