18 - BW in the 18th Century

Belchamp Walter in the 18th Century

My Timeline - 18th Century shows some of the events of the 1700's.

Belchamp Walter was only administered by the residents of Belchamp Hall for the first 41 years of the 18th Century.

The estate, not including the Hall, was sold to Thomas Ruggles in 1741.

Thomas Ruggles was the "de facto" "Lord of the Manor" during the later years of the Eighteenth century.

This is not to say that there was not a lot going on in the village, the Hall was rebuilt in the Queen Anne style in 1720 and there was also a connection to the British Industrial Revolution (1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840) with the development of Coal Tar by Archibald Cochrane, the ninth Earl of Dundonald.

It would appear that Church finances were not good at this time as the clergy was augmented by Queen Anne's Bounty in 1727 and by the owner of the Hall.

Thomas Wright wrote his account of the History of Essex in respect to Belchamp Walter in 1831/36 relating information from a wide range of sources including the ancestors of the residents of the Hall in this century.

The bells in the tower of St. Mary's were supplemented in 1781 with the addition of the tenor bell that is inscribed John Mayne Esq. Kensington.

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Queen Anne Belchamp Hall

This period of Belchamp Walter's history saw the erection of a Queen Anne Style house to replace the Elizabethan Belchamp Hall (1720).

The Industrial Revolution

Wikipedia:

" The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological and architectural innovations were of British origin. By the mid-18th century, Britain was the world's leading commercial nation,[5] controlling a global trading empire with colonies in North America and the Caribbean. Britain had major military and political hegemony on the Indian subcontinent; particularly with the proto-industrialised Mughal Bengal, through the activities of the East India Company.

The development of trade and the rise of business were among the major causes of the Industrial Revolution. "

Dundonald and the British Coal Tar Company

The Isabella Right Honourable The Countess Dundonald - d. 1808

Archibald Cochrane, the ninth Earl of Dundonald was married to the daughter of Samuel of Belchamp Hall, Samuel (Junior) died 1825. [Samuel Millbank, d. 1863 - Samuel Senior d. 1767]

Isabella was Archibald's second wife and was a "sponsor" of the British Coal Tar Company. She, and presumably the family, provided funds for the development of the coal tar industry. She was reported to have been "swindled" by George Glenny who was brought in to manage the British Coal Tar Company.

John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836)

" John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836) was the son of James McAdam and Susanna Cochrane, the niece of the 7th Earl of Dundonald. He was sent to America in 1770 after his father died. "

Belchamp Walter in the 18th Century

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