A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
WALTHAM (Great), a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Chelmsford district, Essex. The village stands on the river Chelmer, 4¼ miles N of Chelmsford r. station; and has a post-office‡ under Chelmsford. The parish contains also seven hamlets, and comprises 7,335 acres. Real property, £13,533. Pop., 2,380. Houses, 501. The property is much subdivided. W. House and Langleys are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £400.* Patron, Trinity College, Oxford. The church was restored in 1863. The p. curacy of Black-Chapel is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £83. -The sub-district contains 7 parishes. Acres, 19,047. Pop., 5,595. Houses, 1,172.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Great Waltham CP/AP Great Waltham SubD Chelmsford RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT WALTHAM | WALTHAM | WALTHAM GREAT |
| Place: | Great Waltham |
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