Buttsbury

Buttsbury

St. Mary's church
Buttsbury
Buttsbury shown within Essex
OS grid reference TQ6698
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Billericay
Post town Ingatestone
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England

Buttsbury is a village and former 2,079-acre (8.4 km2) civil parish (once ancient parish) in the Chelmsford District of Essex, England, a contraction of Botulph's Pirie, a major saint who died in 680.[1] It is sometimes surmised that the name refers to a tree under which St Botolph preached.[2] The civil parish was merged into Stock in 1936.[3] In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 1709.[4]

Location

It is centred on minor roads between the towns of Ingatestone and Billericay. The parish technically starts immediately north of the old centre of Billericay and extends around the south, west and north sides of Stock.[5]

History

The parish shown south-east of Ingatestone in the 1872-1890 Ordnance Survey Map

The land of Buttsbury has since the early medieval period been mainly agricultural, with some remaining areas of woodland. Of working adult men, in 1831, 84, a clear majority, worked in agriculture. The other three working sectors were: manufacturing: nil, retail and handicraft: 43 and other: 13.[6] This remained the situation by 1881, by which time 18 of the women residents were domestic servants.[7]

Acres of crops in 1801[8]
Wheat288
Barley37
Oats173
Potatoes16
Peas95
Beans60
Turnips or Rape11
Rye7

In the early 1870s Buttsbury had 531 residents divided across 109 houses.[1] A wave of early 20th century building was coupled with better general health especially lower infant mortality rates. Between 1911 and 1921 the population rose from 697 to 863, notwithstanding World War I in that period. In the following ten years it rose to 1,709.[9]

YearHouses[10]
1831106
1841123
1851121
1881119
1891123
1901136
1921201
1931467

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6566
  2. ↑ Eilert Ekwall. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. 4th ed.
  3. ↑ "Relationships and changes Buttsbury AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Population Statistics Ridlington AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235777/boundary
  6. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235777/cube/OCC_PAR1831_SIMP
  7. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235777/cube/OCC_ORDER1881
  8. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235777/cube/CROP1801
  9. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235777/cube/TOT_POP
  10. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235777/cube/HOUSES
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