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FINCHINGFIELD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Braintree district, Essex. The village stands on an affluent of the river Pant, 5 miles ENE of Thaxted, and 6½ SW of Yeldham r. station; and has a post office under Braintree. The parish comprises 8, 387 acres. Real property, £14, 455. Pop., 2, 441. Houses, 531. The property is much subdivided. The manor was held, in the reign of Edward III., by John de Compes, for the service of turning the spit at his coronation. A few acres are under hops. The straw-plait trade has employed many of the inhabitants, but recently underwent depresssion. The parish is a meet for the East Essex hounds. Both the head living and another living called St. John's are vicarages in the diocese of Rochester. Value of the former, £733;* of the latter, £200.* Patron of the former, the Rev. J. Stock; of the latter, the Bishop of Rochester. The churches of both are good; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £111.—The sub-district contains four parishes. Acres, 16, 706. Pop., 5, 289. Houses, 1, 168.
(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: | Finchingfield CP/AP Finchingfield SubD Braintree RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place: | Finchingfield |
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