Charles Clark (1806–1880) was an English publisher, farmer and satirist.
24-852: Charles Clark may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Charles Clark (publisher, born 1806) (1806–1860), English farmer, poet and satirist Charles Heber Clark (1841–1915), American humorist Charles W. Clark (1865–1925), American baritone Charles Badger Clark (1883–1957), American poet Charles Clark (musician) (1945–1969), American jazz bassist Charles Dow Clark , actor and American football coach and referee Military [ edit ] Charles A. Clark (1841–1913), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Charles Edgar Clark (1843–1922), U.S. Navy officer Charles Clark (admiral) (1902–1965), Australian admiral Politics and law [ edit ] Charles Clark (governor) (1811–1877), Governor of Mississippi during
48-465: A King George's Field (or Plantation) in memorial to King George V , which is locally, and colloquially, known as ''the Planny'. Francis Waring (1760–1833) was the vicar of Heybridge. He was notorious for the extraordinary way he performed the duties of his office. He would read church lessons at breakneck speed, give a very quick sermon of one or two sentences and then run down the aisle and leap onto
72-431: A horse to gallop off and repeat the performance at two other churches in the area. His domestic arrangements were equally peculiar. Although he wasn't poor, his vicarage was furnished with rough-hewn logs, instead of chairs. His children ate their meals from a trough next to the split-log dining table. He and his wife slept in an enormous wicker cradle suspended from the ceiling. The Waring Room , St Andrew's church hall,
96-685: A small supermarket, chemist, vets and dentist; many are situated around the Bentall's Shopping Complex along the Colchester Road. The town is also home to the popular Heybridge Swifts football club , currently competing in the Isthmian League Division One North . The final stage of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Canal runs from Beeleigh through Heybridge and terminates at Heybridge Basin. This stage of
120-402: Is based at Plantation Hall, a community centre on Colchester Road. Heybridge was an ancient parish . In 1931 it had a population of 2,061. The parish was abolished in 1934, with most of the area, including the village, being absorbed into the neighbouring borough of Maldon ; a more rural part of the old parish was transferred instead to the neighbouring parish of Great Totham . The borough
144-542: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles Clark (publisher, born 1806) He was the son of Robert Clark (died 1850), a farmer, and his wife Mary Ann Pond (died 1849), and was born at Heybridge, Maldon in Essex . He attended a school in Witham run by James Salisbury Dunn. Clark started farming with his father, and they moved to Great Totham in 1823. He
168-421: Is named after him. Edward Hammond Bentall (1814–1898) was an industrialist who developed the agricultural machinery manufacturing business established by his father William Bentall (1776–1836) and traded under the name E H Bentall & Co . In 1873 he built a large Italianate house called The Towers at the corner of Goldhanger Road and Colchester Road. The house pioneered concrete block construction and
192-584: The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation . Some people believe that the River Blackwater at Heybridge, near where the "high bridge" was later constructed, was the site of the Battle of Maldon in 991 AD. This belief, however, is contentious. The site of the battle cannot be unambiguously determined from the poem The Battle of Maldon itself, and over the years, various people have had different theories about where it happened. The key role of an island in
216-525: The Maldon district of Essex , England. It is adjacent to the town of Maldon , near the River Blackwater . The parish had a population of 8,163 in 2021. Heybridge has a number of residential areas, most recognisable is the newer Bovis housing estates to the west of the town, which were built in 1995. Before building commenced, a full archaeological dig was undertaken and the excavations showed
240-545: The 1860s became reclusive. He died unmarried on 21 March 1880, and his press and library were auctioned. He wrote pseudonymously the following: As C. C. : As Chilly Charley or Snarley Charley : As Doggerel Drydog : As Charles William Duckett : As Thomas Hood the Younger : As Pe-Gs-Us : As Quintin Queeerfellow : Heybridge, Maldon Heybridge is a large village and civil parish in
264-1895: The American Civil War Charles H. Clark (1818–1873), mayor of Rochester, New York Charles N. Clark (1827–1902), U.S. Representative from Missouri Charles Clark (Australian politician) (1832–1896), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland Charles B. Clark (1844–1891), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin Charles Dickens Clark (1847–1908), U.S. federal judge Charles Edward Clark (1889–1963), U.S. Court of Appeals judge; Dean of Yale Law School Charles Clark (judge) (1925–2011), U.S. Court of Appeals judge Joe Clark (Charles Joseph Clark) (born 1939), 16th Prime Minister of Canada Sports [ edit ] Charles Clark (rugby union) (1857–1943), English rugby union player Charles Clark (Canterbury cricketer) (1866–1950), New Zealand cricketer Charles Clark (Auckland cricketer) (1883–1970), New Zealand cricketer Sensation Clark (Charles Douglas Clark, 1902–1964), American baseball player Boobie Clark (Charles L. Clark, 1950–1988), American football player Charles Clark (athlete) (born 1987), American sprinter Others [ edit ] Charles Clark (lecturer) (1838–1903), English Baptist minister and lecturer Charles W. Clark (businessman) (1871–1933), American businessman Charles Upson Clark (1875–1960), American historian Charles Walter Clark (1885–1972), English architect to London's Metropolitan Railway Charles Clark (publisher, born 1933) (1933–2006), British publisher and expert on copyright See also [ edit ] Charles Clarke (disambiguation) Charlie Clark (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
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#1732790726730288-607: The Wave bridge. In the early 1970s, a new factory complex was built on the other side of the canal, on land where Bentalls had previously had only offices and a foundry, and the land along Heybridge Street was vacated. Today, the Bentalls shopping centre occupies the later site. There are three tiers of local government covering Heybridge, at civil parish , district and county level: Heybridge Parish Council, Maldon District Council and Essex County Council . Heybridge Parish Council
312-513: The canal required much planning and work at its inception, as a constant running water supply was needed to the two mills nearby, in Langford and Heybridge. This was achieved through the diversion of the river Blackwater and extensive works around the Beeleigh locks. The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Canal was originally used to transport coal & wood to the inland town of Chelmsford, as
336-484: The direct road via Danbury crests the highest hill in south Essex. The canal was used for this purpose until the late 70s although it had been in steady decline since the Great Eastern Railway opened its lines to Maldon in the 19th century. Today it is mainly used for pleasure boats and fishing. Heybridge has a Non-League football club Heybridge Swifts F.C. who play at Scraley Road. Heybridge has
360-475: The existence of an important Iron Age settlement and ritual complex, a large Roman settlement and a succeeding Saxon settlement, as well as scattered pre-historic remains. Along the Goldhanger road to the east are situated a number of traditional British holiday campsites , catering for both permanent residents and visitors. Heybridge was originally called Tidwalditun . The name Heybridge came from
384-581: The high bridge that was built over the River Blackwater in the Middle Ages, at Heybridge Square (the junction of Heybridge Street, Holloway Road, and the Causeway). This was a 5-arched stone bridge and it was replaced in 1870 by a 2-arched brick one. Much of the water flow down this part of the river had, by then, been diverted into the River Chelmer by diversion work done during construction of
408-716: The new world of the Automobile , producing their first car, the Bentall 9hp in 1908, with production ending in 1912. By 1914 Bentalls had 600–700 employees. During the first world war they took on female workers for the first time, and the workshop was equipped with pneumatic hoists. After the war, though, the fortunes of the company declined – largely due to its involvement in the Agricultural & General Engineers association. After A G E went bust in 1933 Bentalls gradually began to recover. In 1961 E H Bentall and Co
432-506: The poem would seem to make the traditional site of the battle at Northey Island to the south more likely. The island in question is within shouting distance of the mainland, which would rule out Osea Island to the east. Heybridge was an agricultural village until the 1970s and 80s, when a considerable proportion of the local farm land was given over to house building. The main industry in Heybridge itself, until it ceased trading in 1984,
456-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Clark&oldid=1215361787 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
480-421: Was in turn abolished in 1974, being replaced by the larger Maldon District. No successor parish was created for the former borough. A new parish of Heybridge was created in 1987 covering the part of the former borough of Maldon north of the River Blackwater . In 2020 a separate parish of Heybridge Basin was created from part of the parish of Heybridge. Heybridge's facilities include a number of takeaways ,
504-476: Was taken over by the Acrow group. Acrows went into receivership in 1984 and Bentalls factory closed down. Bentalls started life in the large building which still stands on the canal bank near the corner of Hall Road and Heybridge Street. It expanded across the road, eventually occupying all the land between Heybridge Street and the canal, with the exception of the site of the flour mill at Going's wharf, adjacent to
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#1732790726730528-534: Was the agricultural machinery manufacturer E. H. Bentall & Co . William Bentall, some time between 1760 and 1790 invented the Goldhanger plough, which was put on the market in 1797. The company was established in 1805 on the south bank of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation , and grew into a large factory complex that operated for nearly 180 years. Prior to the First World War, Bentalls moved into
552-609: Was threatened with legal action. That was caused by a poem of 1839, A Doctor's 'Do' ings , on the marriage of Dr Henry Dixon. An associate of Clark was the printer Philip Henry Youngman ( fl. 1826–1851), in Witham and Maldon. Other productions from Clark's private press were reprints of tracts and old works, including one by the Tudor agricultural writer Thomas Tusser . Clark was given support in this direction by John Russell Smith . In later life Clark moved back to Heybridge, and in
576-517: Was writing poetry by the mid-1820s, and set up a press by 1828. George William Johnson who lived in the village published his History of the Parish of Great Totham (1834) with Clark. Most of what he printed were parodies and songs, generally "exceedingly silly and indecent" according to Gordon Goodwin in the Dictionary of National Biography . Clark imitated the poet Thomas Hood , and in one case
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