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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MANEWDEN, or MANUIDEN, a village and a parish in the district of Bishop-Stortford and county of Essex. The village stands on the river Sort, 2 miles E of the boundary with Herts, 3 W by N of Elsenham r. station, and 4 N of Bishop-Stortford; and has a post office under Bishop-Stortford, and a fair on Easter Monday. The parish comprises 2,486 acres. Real property, £4,092Pop., 740. Houses, 153. The manor belongs to R. Gosling, Esq. Manewden House stands in the centre of the village, and is the seat of J. Thomas, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £215. * Patron, the Rec. St. John W. Thorpe. The church consists of nave, S aisle, N transept, and chancel, with tower and spire; and, excepting the transept, wav all recently restored. There are an Independent chapel, a village school, and charities £49.
(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: | Manuden AP/CP Essex AncC |
| Place names: | MANEWDEN | MANEWDEN OR MANUIDEN | MANUIDEN |
| Place: | Manuden |
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