1851: Ardleigh was mentioned in the Domesday Survey. It is a parish in the Hundred and Union of Tendring, 4.5 miles from Colchester. Traditionally, there is a fair on the 29th September. The parish has 5,100 acres and, in 1841, a population of 1,605. The assessment of real property to Income Tax, in 1843, was £8,428 9s 4d. Ardleigh Wick is a hamlet of Ardleigh, 3.5 miles from Colchester.
	1881: Barkers Beer House - Samuel & Harriet Blyth; Wick Lane Farm - Samuel Robert, Elizabeth, 3 of their children & a visitor, Phoebe Ann Blyth.
	Sources: 1818 = Excursions through Essex 1818. 1851 = 1851 Post Office Directory for Essex. 1881 = 1881 Census. 1867 = 1867 Post Office Directory for Essex.
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