A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CANFIELD (Little), a parish in Dunmow district, Essex; on the river Roding, and on the Bishop-Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree railway, 3 miles W by S of Dunmow. It has a post office under Chelmsford. Acres, 1,479. Real property, £2,315. Pop., 314. Houses, 74. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £327.* Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge. The church is partly ancient, partly a renovation of 1817, partly a reconstruction of 1859; shows Norman, perpendicular, and decorated characters in fine blending; has a tower and spire of 1817; and contains a richly sculptured monument, erected by the present rector to the memory of his mother.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Little Canfield AP/CP Dunmow RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | CANFIELD | CANFIELD LITTLE | LITTLE CANFIELD |
| Place: | Little Canfield |
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