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A vision of Britain through time
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WRITTLE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Chelmsford district, Essex. The village stands 2 miles W by S of Chelmsford r. station; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Chelmsford.—The parish comprises 8,672 acres. Real property, £14,072. Pop., 2,374. Houses, 512. The property is much sub-divided. The manor belonged to Harold; passed to the Albinis, W. Longsword, T. de Woodstock, the Staffords, and others; and belongs now to Lord Petre. A palace, built in the 13th century, stood on a farm now called the Lordship. A hermitage was founded, in the time of Stephen, at Highwood-Quarter; and, in the time of Henry II., became a cell to Colchester abbey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value £600.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is. old, and has a tower rebuilt in 1802. St. Paul's chapel is a separate charge, with an income of £100, and in the patronge of the Vicar. There are endowed schools, national and Bratish schools, and some charities.—The sub-district contains six parishes. Acres, 19,107. Pop., 5,076. Houses, 1,049.
(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: | Writtle CP/AP Chelmsford RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place: | Writtle |
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