A Journey Through Victorian Essex and Beyond In the spring of 1866, in the quiet rural village of South Ockendon, Essex, a young boy named William Chiddicks was born into a world poised on the brink of immense change. He was born on 18 March 18661, the first of seven children born to Matthew and Elizabeth Chiddicks (née Lake), at a … Continue reading In the Footsteps of William Chiddicks