Mistral. Journal of the Mersea Island Society. Winter 1973 / 1974 Page 10.
Recollections and Reflections by Fred Scott contd.
Farms on Mersea Island by Alec Grant.
The greater pat of Mersea Island is devoted to farming. The division of the land dates back to Saxon times, and we have records of a gift of part of the island by King Edward the Confessor to the Abbott of St. Ouen in France in 1046.
A search through the Essex Record Office under the Tithes of Redemption of Queen Anne's Bounty reveals the earliest recorded names of Mersea Farms. And what melodious names they areQ! How they confure up visions of remote and peaceful countryside - Fen Farm, Maydays, Haycocks, Well House, Weathercocks, Bower Hall !
here is a list. The numbers refer to the map and the dates are the earliest recorded in the old lists, with the names of the farmers.

1. Brick House
2. Well House, 1319, William atte Welle
3. Barrow Hill, 1317, John atte Berwe
4. Weathercocks
5. Bower Hall, 1264, Burhalle
6. Haycocks
7. Maydays
8. Bocking Hall, 1327, John de Bockyng
9. Weir Farm, 1319, John ate Wyerd
10. Reeves Hall, 1254, John de Reveshale
11. Fen Farm, 1332, Alexander atte ffenne
12. Mitchells, 1254, Thomas Mechal
13. Broman's Farm, 1332, William Broman
14. Waldegrages, 1450, William Walgrave

The dates of the farms were provided by Mrs E.G.M. Johnson.
Date: 1974