History of Little Baddow

Riffam's Chase, Little Baddow, 1906
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
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Little Baddow Court Cases
For a full explanation of these court cases and how to further research them, please look at our Essex Court Cases page.
The information is supplied in the following format:
- (d) defendant's name, age and occupation (when given)
- (v) victim's name, age and occupation (when given)
- (w) witness names, age and occupation (when given)
- Offence
- Place offence committed and places mentioned where the (d), (v) or (w) lived. Some of the defendants may have been from neighbouring parishes not mentioned by name, or itinerant wanderers.
- The court hearing the case.
- The source newspaper or archive reference.
- Case
- (d) Caroline Cox
- (v) Jane Tunstall
- Assault
- Little Baddow
- Chelmsford Petty Sessions
- The Morning Chronicle April 5 1833
- Case
- (d) William Robjent 19 labourer
- (v) William White
- Theft
- Little Baddow
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Henry Unwin
- (v) Charles Lucas
- Theft
- Little Baddow
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1868 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Peter Quilter 15 groom
- (v) Andrew Marriage
- Burglary
- Little Baddow
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 50 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Numm or Nunn 40 shoemaker
- (v) Thomas Playe
- Theft
- Little Baddow
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1873 Q/SMc 10, page 94 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Harriet Bowlden 28 domestic servant
- (v) Infant child
- Murder
- Little Baddow
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1875 Q/SMc 10, page 165 Essex Record Office
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