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BADDOW (Little), a village and a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex. The village stands on a tributary of the Chelmer river, 2 miles S of the Eastern Counties rail way, and 4 miles E by N of Chelmsford; and has a post office under Chelmsford. The parish includes also the hamlet of Middlemead. Acres, 2,779. Real property, £3,246. Pop., 605. Houses, 131. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £490.* Patron, Lord Rayleigh. The church is good; and contains a costly and splendid monument to the memory of Sir Henry Mildmay, Bart., who died in 1639. There is an Independent chapel. Free schools here and at Boreham, founded in 1817 by Edward Butler, Esq., have an income of £200.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Little Baddow AP/CP Chelmsford RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
Place names: | BADDOW | BADDOW LITTLE | LITTLE BADDOW |
Place: | Little Baddow |
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