The 18th to 19th Centuries
Visit on 24 Feb 2026
The end of the 18th and the start of the 19th century.
Belchamp Walter, the village and the surrounding land, was not owned by the Raymond family.
Samuel Raymond (junior) was the vicar/priest at St. Mary's. Things seem to have deteriorated with respect to the church and it fell into disrepair in 1858. Oliver Raymond, from Middleton, Bulmer took over as vicar in 1859.
There is an overlap between Belchamp Walter in the Regency into the reign of William IV and then Victoria.
Samuel Millbank suceeded to be the owner of Belchamp Hall in 1825.
The Regency Period - 1795 to 1837 - Final third of the Georgian era
The Regency period in Belchamp Walter saw reign of George III. At this time, the end of the Regency period, the lands of the Manor or Belchamp Walter were administated by the Ruggles family (1741-1865).
The Regency era of British history is commonly described as the years between c.1795 and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820. King George III first suffered debilitating illness in the late 1780s, and relapsed into his final mental illness in 1810; by the Regency Act 1811, his eldest son George, Prince of Wales, was appointed prince regent to discharge royal functions. When George III died in 1820, the Prince Regent succeeded him as George IV.
In terms of periodisation, the longer timespan is roughly the final third of the Georgian era (1714–1837), encompassing the last 25 years or so of George III's reign, including the official Regency, and the complete reigns of both George IV and his brother and successor William IV.
It ends with the accession of Queen Victoria in June 1837 and is followed by the Victorian era (1837–1901).
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