In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Frating like this:
FRATING, a parish in Tendring district, Essex; 2 miles ENE of Wivenhoe r. station, and 6 ESE of Colchester. It has a post office under Colchester. Acres, 1, 237. Real property, £3, 373. Pop., 235. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. Frating Hall is a principal residence. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Thorington, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £799.* Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church is early English, and very good.
Frating through time
Frating is now part of Tendring district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tendring has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Frating itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frating, in Tendring and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6713
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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