In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Hallingbury like this:
HALLINGBURY (LITTLE), a village and a parish in the district of Bishop Stortford and county of Essex. The village stands near the river Stort, the Great Eastern railway, and the boundary with Herts, 3 miles SSE of Bishop Stortford; and has a post office under BishopStortford. The parish comprises 1, 612 acres. ...
Real property, £, 903. Pop., 514. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. The manor was known at Domesday as Hallingbury Brunker, or Bonrchier; and belonged to Bonrchier, Earl of Essex. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value. £470.* Patron, the Charterhouse, London. The church comprises nave, north aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and is very good. There is a national school.
Little Hallingbury through time
Little Hallingbury is now part of Uttlesford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Uttlesford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Hallingbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Hallingbury, in Uttlesford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6725
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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