In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Belchamp Walter like this:
BELCHAMP-WALTER, a parish in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; on a small affluent of the river Stour, 4 miles W of Sudbury r. station. It has a post office under Sudbury. Acres, 2,125. Real property, £4,319. Pop., 708. Houses, 152. Belchamp Hall is the seat of the Raymonds; and contains an interesting collection of pictures. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Burmer, in the diocese of Rochester. The church is a neat high edifice; and contains a brass of 1591, and tombs of the Raymonds.
Belchamp Walter through time
Belchamp Walter is now part of Braintree district. Click here for graphs and data of how Braintree has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Belchamp Walter itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Belchamp Walter, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6534
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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