A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WETHERSFIELD, a village and a parish in Braintree district, Essex. The village stands 6¼ miles NW of Braintree r. station, is an ancient place, and has a post-office under Braintree. The parish includes two hamlets, and comprises 4,213 acres. Real property, £8,547. Pop., 1,727. Houses, 389. The manor, with W. Manor House, belongs to T. White, Esq. W. Hall, Little Codham Hall, and Summers Hall are chief residences. Codham Hall was once a Roman Catholic chapel, and is now a farmhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £320. Patron, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The church is ancient. There are an Independent chapel, endowed schools with £106 a year, and charities £172.
(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: | Wethersfield CP/AP Braintree RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place: | Wethersfield |
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