Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WENNINGTON

WENNINGTON, a parish in Romford district, Essex; on the London and Southend railway, midway between Rainham and Purfleet r. stations, and 7 miles SSE of Romford. It has a post-office under Romford. Acres, 1,570; of which 285 are water. Real property, £3,217. Pop. in 1861, 130. Houses, 26. Fourteen new cottages were built in 1868. The living is a rectory in the dio cese of Rochester. Value, £421. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wennington CP/AP       Romford RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Wennington

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