Heybridge Basin (Cannibal Island)

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Major Early Property & Landowners

For many years much of the village and area surrounding it was rented by it's inhabitants from the Canal Company and Joseph Going, and to a much lesser extent John Sadd. The map below can give a good idea of the property held by these three owners in the first 50 years. Joseph Going sold much of his assets in the area in the 1870's, with the Canal Company selling all their property in 1919, except for along the immediate sides of the Basin and the Canal.

(above) part of the earliest official land survey map of Heybridge Basin. It shows the first stage of development with the buildings in place and areas of ownership.

Chelmer & Blackwater Canal Company

The company owned areas marked on the O.S. map .... 262, 264, 265, 267, 268, 330, 331, 332, 333, 333A. Occupied by the following .... The 'Jolly Sailor', the 'Chelmer Brig', the 'Bergholt Arms', Robert Blatch, Henry Clarke, John Woodcraft, James Clarke, William Chaney, Richard Going, John Parker, William Huby, George Rudland, James Hardy, Sam Saxby, Robert Chaney, Hannah Smith, John Clarke, Tom Warraker, James Porter, Thomas Balls, Dinah Clarke, Sampson Wright.

Joseph Going

Joseph Going owned areas marked on the O.S. map .... 239, 240, 243,244, 341.

John Sadd

John Sadd owned areas marked on the O.S. map .... 334, 335, 338. these contained the coalyard that Richard Going rented, the land and the Chapel that was sited on it, the land on the other side of the lane which included 'Anne Joslin's Beerhouse', Nos 8 to 12 Basin Road occupied by Thomas Russel, William Crawley, James Tinmin, John Blatch.