Place:


Bush End  Essex

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bush End like this:

HATFIELD-FOREST, or Bush-End, a chapelry in Hatfield-Broad-Oak parish, Essex; 2½ miles NNW of Hatfield-Broad-Oak, and 3 E by S of Bishop-Stortford r. station. It was constituted in 1860; and its posttown is Hatfield-Broad-Oak, under Harlow. Pop., 410. Houses, 79. The property is subdivided; but the forest which gives name to the chapelry, comprises about 1, 000 acres, and was recently enclosed, belongs to John A. ...


Houblon, Esq. Remains of a very old and large oak, whence the parish is supposed to have got the name of the diocese of Rochester. Value, £75. * Patron, the Vicar of Hatfield-Broad-Oak. The church was built in 1860; is in the early English style; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.

Bush End through time

Bush End is now part of Uttlesford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Uttlesford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bush End itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bush End, in Uttlesford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21356

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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