Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dunmow, Great

Dunmow, Great, market town and par. with ry. sta. (Dunmow), W. Essex, on right bank of river Chelmer, 11 m. NW. of Chelmsford and 39½ m. NE. of London, 6740 ac., pop. 3005; P.O., T.O., called Dunmow, 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday. Great Dunmow is a chartered incorporation, dating from the reign of Philip and Mary.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Great Dunmow AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place names: DUNMOW     |     DUNMOW GREAT     |     GREAT DUNMOW
Place: Great Dunmow

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