Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SAMPFORD (Little)

SAMPFORD (Little), a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex; on the river Pant, 3½ miles E N E of Thaxted, and 6¼ S S W of Birdbrook r. station. Post-town, Finchingfield, under Braintree. Acres, 1, 990. Real property, £3, 878. Pop., 477. Houses, 100. S. Hall is the seat of Sir W. Brown, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £494.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire. Charities, £13.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Little Sampford CP/AP       Saffron Walden RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place names: LITTLE SAMPFORD     |     SAMPFORD     |     SAMPFORD LITTLE
Place: Little Sampford

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