Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROMLEY (Great)

BROMLEY (Great), a village and a parish in Tendring district, Essex. The village stands 3 miles SSE of Ardleigh r. station, and 5½ E of Colchester; has a post office under Manningtree; and is a seat of petty sessions. The parish comprises 2,956 acres. Real property, £5,504. Pop., 758. Houses, 175. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £698.* Patron, W. Graham, Esq. The church has a brass of 1432, and is good. Charities, £34.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Great Bromley AP/CP       Tendring RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place names: BROMLEY     |     BROMLEY GREAT     |     GREAT BROMLEY
Place: Great Bromley

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