In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cressing like this:
CRESSING, a parish in Braintree district, Essex; adjacent to the river Brain and the Braintree railway, 3½ miles SE of Braintree. It has a post office under Braintree. Acres, 2, 357. Real property, £4, 591. Pop., 582. Houses, 138. The property is divided among a few. A preceptory of the Knights Templars, afterwards of the Knights Hospitallers, was at Cressing-Temple. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £220.* Patron, the Vicar of Witham. The church has the monument of a Nevill, and a brass; and is very good. There is an Independent chapel.
Cressing through time
Cressing is now part of Braintree district. Click here for graphs and data of how Braintree has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cressing itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cressing, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6671
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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