Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHAFFORD

CHAFFORD, a hundred in Essex. It touches the Thames for 7 miles above and below Purfleet; extends 12½ miles northward; and contains fourteen parishes. Acres, 35,712. Pop., 16,001. Houses, 2,769.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Essex AncC
Place: Chafford

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