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HALLINGBURY (GREAT), or HALLINGBURY MORLEY, a village and a parish in the district of BishopStortford and county of Essex. The village stands near the river Stort, the Great Eastern railway, and the boundary with Herts, 2 miles SE of Bishop Stortford; and has a fair on Whit Tuesday. The parish comprises 2, 651 acres. Post town, Bishop Stortford. Real property, £, 550. Pop., 675. Houses, 138. The property is divided among a few. The manor was known, by its present name, prior to the time of Edward the Confessor, and belonged to the Morleys, the Lovels, the Parkers, and the Turners. Hallingbury Place is the seat of J. A. Houblon, Esq. A Roman camp, hexagonal, doubleditched, and occupying 36 acres, was at Walbury, on the Stort. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £796. Patron, J. A. Houblon, Esq. The church comprises nave and chancel, with a tower; is very good; and contains ancient monuments of the Duchess of Suffolk and the Parkers. There is a national school.
(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: | Great Hallingbury AP/CP Essex AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT HALLINGBURY | HALLINGBURY | HALLINGBURY GREAT | HALLINGBURY GREAT OR HALLINGBURY MORLEY | HALLINGBURY MORLEY |
| Place: | Great Hallingbury |
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