Hazeleigh
Excursions in the County of Essex by Thomas Kitson Cromwell 1818
Haseleigh is about two
miles from Maldon, and has at present but one manor; the manor-house
stands a little way from the church.
The accounts of the owners of this
manor are very scanty, though in 1210 Alice de Heilessle held the
fourth part of a knight's fee here.
The church, dedicated to St.
Nicholas, is built of timber and plastered.
A topical Dictionary of the United Kingdom by Benjamin Pitts Caper and Richard Cooper 1813
Hazeleigh is a parish in the hundred of Dengie, Essex 2 miles from Maldon and 37 miles from London.
It contains 13 houses and 104 inhabitants.
It is a Curacy.
Essex by J Charles Cox 1909
Hazeleigh (2m. from West Maldon).
The
church (St Nicholas), a small mean building of
timber and plaster of the early part of the
18th cent., devoid of all interest, is disused save
for burials. It stands on the shifting London
clay.
An iron church was erected in the centre
of the village in 1893.
A new and comprehensive gazeeter of England and Wales 1836
Hazeleigh, a parish in the hundred of Dengie, co. of Essex.
Living, a
discharged rectory in the archd. of Essex and dio. of London, rated at
£4 13s. 4d. Patroness, in 1829, Mrs Irwin. Church ded. to St Nicholas.
Distance from Maldon, 2 m. S.S.W.
Pop., in 1801, 104; in 1831, 119.
Assessed
property, £1,337
Durrants Handbook for Essex - 1887
A small scattered parish.
The Hall near the church was in the 16th century the residence of the Alleyne family, some of whom are buried in the chancel.
History and Topography of the County of Essex - 1835
This small parish is situated south-eastward from Woodham Mortimer ; the name Haseiey.
in records is written Haileshei, and Haileslei.
Distance from Maldon two miles.
This church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is of timber, plastered, and of ancient appearance.
The rectory has always been appendant to the manor.
It was for more than a century presented to as a chapel, till 1390, when it was presented as a rectory.
In 1821, there were one hundred and twenty-eight inhabitants in Haseley; but in 1831 only one hundred and nineteen