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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Abridge like this:
ABRIDGE, a village in Lambourne parish, Essex; on the river Roding., 5 miles S of Epping. It has a post office under Romford, and a fair on 2 June; and it forms a curacy with the rectory of Lambourne.
Abridge is now part of EPPING FOREST District. Click here for graphs and data of how EPPING FOREST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Abridge itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Abridge, in Epping Forest and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25982
Date accessed: 16th February 2026
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