A vision of Britain through time
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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.
WIX, or Weeks, a parish, with a village, in Tendring district, Essex; 2½ miles N of Bradfield r. station, and 4½ ESE of Manningtree. It has a post-office under Manningtree. Acres, 3,090. Real property, £5,791. Pop., 752. Houses, 172. The property is subdivided. White House , Red House, and Pond Hall are chief residences. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here, by W. Mascherell, in the time of Henry I.; and was given, at the dissolution, to Cardinal Wolsey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £160. Patron, the Rev. G. Wilkins. The church was rebuilt in 1704. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wix CP/AP Tendring RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | WEEKS | WIX | WIX OR WEEKS |
| Place: | Wix |
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