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DUNMOW, a sub-district, a district, and a hundred in Essex. The sub-district comprises the parishes of Great Dunmow, Little Dunmow, Barnston, Great Canfield, Little Canfield, Takeley, and Little Easton. Acres, 18, 556. Pop., 5, 686. Houses, 1, 208. --The district includes also the sub-district of Stebbing, containing the parishes of Stebbing, Felstead, Bardfield-Saling, Great Bardfield, and Lindsell; the sub-district of Hatfield, containing the parishes of Hatfield-Broad-Oak, White Roothing, Aythorp-Roothing, Margaret-Roothing, High Roothing, and High Easter; and the sub-district of Thaxted, containing the parishes of Thaxted, Little Bardfield, Great Easton, Tilty, Broxted, and Chickney. Acres, 72, 594. Poor-rates in 1862, £16, 291. Pop. in 1851, 20, 498; in 1861, 19, 759. Houses, 4, 364. Marriages in 1860, 136; births, 637, -of which 44 were illegitimate; deaths, 364, -of which 110 were at ages under 5 years, and 18 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 1, 263; births, 6, 603; deaths, 3, 975. The places of worship in 1851 were 25 of the Church of England, with 8, 474 sittings; 10 of Independents, with 4, 629 s.; 1 of Baptists, with 390 s.; 4 of -Quakers, with 750 s.; and 1 of Wesleyans, with 130 s. The schools were 31 public day schools, with 2, 378 scholars; 23 private day schools, with 363 s.; 28 Sunday schools, with 2, 552 s.; and 5 evening schools for adults, with 92 s. The workhouse is in Great Dunmow.-The hundred is of less extent than the district; and lies between the hundreds of Chelmsford and Harlow. Acres, 54, 670. Pop., 13, 649. Houses, 2, 989.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a sub-district, a district, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dunmow RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place: | Great Dunmow |
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