In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Lawrence like this:
LAWRENCE (ST.)-NEWLAND, a parish in Maldon district, Essex; on the estuary of the Blackwater, 8½ miles ESE of Maldon r. station. Post town, Tillingham, under Maldon. Acres, 2, 820; of which 740 are water. Real property, £2, 260. Pop., 184. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £557. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was reported in 1859 as very bad.
St Lawrence through time
St Lawrence is now part of Maldon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Maldon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about St Lawrence itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Lawrence, in Maldon and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6888
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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