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Advertisers IndexGARDEN SERVICES, HOME IMPROVEMENT & CONSTRUCTION BLOCK PAVING 32 BUILDING SERVICES 32, Back CoverCARPETS/FLOORING Inside Front CoverFIREPLACES / RECLAIM 25KITCHENS 5, 35LANDSCAPER 28NURSERY 29SKIP HIRE 33SOFFITING / GUTTERING / DOORS / WINDOWS 27TILES / TILING 33WINDOWS / DOORS 6, 18, 36
FINANCIAL, LEGAL & PROPERTY SERVICESESTATE AGENCY 1, 9, 19INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISER 11LETTINGS AGENT 26SOLICITOR 10
HOUSEHOLD & LIFESTYLEBAR / RESTAURANT 1, 31CAR REPAIRS / MOT / ACCESSORIES 28, 29, 31CAR SALES 4, 7, 38COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE REPAIRS 16, 38FLORIST 3FUNERAL DIRECTOR 31JEWELLER 13, 23NIGHTCLUB Inside Back CoverRESTAURANT 20 & 21VEHICLE RENTALS 25VETERINARY SURGEONS 31WEB-DESIGN / MARKETING 17
HEALTH & BEAUTYBEAUTY SALON 22CHIROPRACTOR 12HAIRDRESSER 23, 36OSTEOPATH 31TOOTH WHITENING 22
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© The Local Business Guide 2012
WelcomeA very warm welcome to the Rayleigh Local Business Guide, a brand new innovative magazine for the Rayleigh community.
The main aim of the Rayleigh Local Business Guide is to provide readers with an interesting and stimulating reference magazine that helps put them in touch with their local business community.
We have tried to ensure that the magazine has something for everybody with a mix of editorial, games and quizzes, reference material and local business advertising.
If you have any interesting stories about Rayleigh or if you are a local team, association or charity that would like to be featured in any future editions of the Local Business Guide then please drop us a line at: [email protected]
Similarly we would welcome feedback from our local Rayleigh audience on our new publication, be it positive or negative, so feel free to e-mail us at the address above.
We would like to thank all of our business advertisers for supporting our very first publication and would ask our readers to support their local businesses in order to help secure local jobs. (Please do not forget to mention the Rayleigh Local Business Guide when contacting businesses featured in this magazine!)
Please do not forget to visit our website at www.rayleighbusinessguide.co.uk where you will find our latest magazine issue on the web. You will also find web-links established from our e-magazine to the websites of most of our business advertisers.
We would like to wish all our readers and advertisers a very happy and prosperous New Year.
The Rayleigh Local Business GuidePublisher
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Rayleigh is an historic market town which has
retained much of its traditional character.
According to the English Place Names Society, the
name “Rayleigh” is Saxon in origin and derives from
“raege”, and “leah”, meaning “Female roe-deer
stream” or “she-goat stream” i.e. a roebuck and a
pasture probably for goats.
The connection with deer continued through the
centuries. Lands around Rayleigh were used as Royal
hunting forests for many hundreds of years. A deer
was included in the coat of arms of Rayleigh Urban
District Council, and in the early 2000s, a new pub in
Rayleigh High Street was named the "Roebuck".
Prehistoric and Roman times
There have been a scattering of stray finds around
the town from Prehistoric and Roman times, including
some Roman roof and hypocaust tiles found within the
fabric of Rayleigh Church. This suggests there was a
Roman habitation site within the area. However there
is little evidence of any density of population here
during this period.
Saxon EraOne significant archaeological find was in the early
2000s at the western edge of Rayleigh, at the site of
the former Park School in Rawreth Lane. An early Saxon
cemetery site was discovered here, with 144 cremation
burials and evidence of just one high-status female burial.
Norman Period (1066–1154)
By the end of the Saxon period, there was definitely
a village here, as it is recorded in the Domesday
Book (1086). The Domesday Book mentions Rayleigh
as having a number of villagers and smallholders,
plus two slaves. Pigs, cattle, horses and goats were
kept here. In addition 6 arpents (2 ha) of vines were
grown, producing "20 measures of wine".
Rayleigh was the centre of an "Honour", or a large
group of dependent estates.
The manor of Rayleigh belonged to Sweyne of
Essex, (other spellings are Sweyn, Sweine, Suen),
the son of Robert FitzWimarc. He was one of the
greatest landowners in Essex. These names are
commemorated today in Rayleigh in the naming of
The Rayleigh Coat of ArmsThe Grant of Arms belonging to the Town Council (originally commissioned for the former Rayleigh Urban District Council) reflects much of Rayleigh’s history. The Wyvern (a winged 2 footed dragon), because during the time of the Norman
Conquest, Rayleigh Castle was the seat of the Hereditary King’s Standard Bearer and it is generally believed that during this period the English Standard consisted of a Wyvern borne aloft on a pole; the Seax, or sword, in recognition of the Arms of Essex County Council which consists of three seaxes on a red shield; the deer because the name “Rayleigh” probably derives from Anglo-Saxon and means “Roe deer in a glade or clearing”; and the Tudor rose because it was a well known and popular badge of King Henry VIII, who had a hunting park and lodge in the town.
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the two secondary schools: Sweyne Park School and
FitzWimarc School.
Between the Norman Conquest in 1066 and the
compiling of the Domesday Book (20 years later),
Rayleigh Castle was built by Sweyne, making it one
of the few Norman castles mentioned in the book and
therefore one of the earliest Norman castles in England.
This remained in the Sweyne family until 1163, when
Henry of Essex, another man of great wealth and
standing, was accused of cowardice and defeated in
trial by combat. The Honour was consequently forfeited
to the king. It continued to be of importance and an
indication of royal interest is the fact that the king had
a horse-stud in the park. The present market, held on
Wednesday mornings, dates back to before 1181, when
it was inscribed in the Exchequer Records of Henry II.
Later Medieval Period (1154–1485)
A courthouse was erected in Rayleigh in 1338. This
was apparently resented by the townspeople, who
turned out in force to destroy it, with 20 ringleaders
later arrested and tried. The forests around Rayleigh
were royal hunting grounds. It is recorded that King
Henry III hunted here in 1222, and the three King
Edwards also visited.
Rayleigh Castle gradually fell into disuse, and in 1394 King
Richard II gave permission for the townspeople of Rayleigh
to use the foundations as a source of stone. By this time,
the site was in royal ownership and used for pasture:
“know all men of special grace who have the will to
repair certain Chapel in the said town and to build a new
a certain belfry we have granted them the foundations
and to take away and use any stones found theren”.
Following the granting of this permission, the
Rayleigh parish church, Holy Trinity, was built in the
Perpendicular Period style, during the 15th century.
Tudors and Stuarts
Records indicate that the Church was rich in plate,
vestments and stained glass, but these were disposed of:
"No church within the hundred was more splendidly
adorned; none were so richly furnished with plate,
vestments and other accessories for the celebration of
the divine service; none were so rich in painted glass;
none have been more mercilessly despoiled"
King Henry VIII was a frequent visitor to Rayleigh for
hunting, and before his marriage to his second wife
Anne Boleyn lived nearby at Rochford Hall. During
his reign deer were constantly taken from here to
replenish the herds in Greenwich Park.
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Holidays and Observances (United Kingdom)Jan 01, 2012: New Year's Day
Jan 02, 2012: New Year's Day Holiday
Apr 06, 2012: Good Friday
Apr 08, 2012: Easter Sunday
Apr 09, 2012: Easter Monday(WAL, ENG, NIR)
2012 Calendar
May 07, 2012: Early May Bank Holiday
Jun 04, 2012: Spring Bank Holiday
Jun 05, 2012: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Aug 27, 2012: Summer Bank Holiday(WAL,ENG,NIR)
Dec 25, 2012: Christmas Day
Dec 26, 2012: Boxing Day
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Emergency Services Police, Fire, Ambulance 999
Essex Police - non-emergency 101
Crimestoppers 0800 555111
Rayleigh Police Station 0300 3334444
Hospitals 24hr A&E - Basildon 01268 524900
Broomfield, Chelmsford 01245 443673
Southend 01702 435555
Health NHS Direct confidential health advice 0845 4647
Rayleigh Clinic 01268 366600
Councils Essex County Council 0845 7585592
Rochford District Council 01702-546366
Rayleigh Library 01268 775830
MP for Rayleigh and Wickford - Mark Francois 01268-742044
Emergency Utilities Electricity - UK Power 0800 7838838
Gas - National Gas Emergency Service 0800 111999
Anglian Water Services 0845 7145145
Essex & Suffolk Water 0845 7820999
Directory Enquiries 118 500
Helplines Age UK 0800 1696565
Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 7697555
Childline (24hr) 0800 1111
Citizens Advice Bureau 01268-770782
Cruse Bereavement Care 0844 4779400
FRANK - National Drugs Helpline (24hr) 0800 776600
GamCare - Gambling Issues 0845 6000133
Missing People (24hrs) 0500 700700
National Debtline 0808 8084000
National Domestic Violence Helpline (24hr) 0808 2000247
NSPCC Helpline (24hr) 0808 8005000
Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre 0808 8029999
Runaway Helpline (24hr) - under 18 0808 8007070
RSPCA (24hr) 0300 1234999
Samaritans (24hr) 08457 909090
Sexual Health Direct 0845 1228690
Shelter 0808 8004444
Victim Supportline 0845 3030900
Travel Traveline 0871 2002233
National Rail Enquiries 08457 484950
Rayleigh Train Station 0845 6007245
National Express 08717 818181
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