In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Belchamp St Paul like this:
BELCHAMP-ST. PAUL, a parish in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; on the river Stour, 6 miles WNW of Sudbury r. station. It has a post office under Sudbury, and a fair on 11 Dec. Acres, 2,557. Real property, £4,209. Pop., 832. Houses, 179. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the East Essex hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £240.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church is very good.
Belchamp St Paul through time
Belchamp St Paul is now part of Braintree district. Click here for graphs and data of how Braintree has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Belchamp St Paul itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Belchamp St Paul, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6533
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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