Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRANHAM

CRANHAM, a parish in Romford district, Essex; 3½ miles NE of Rainham r. station, and 4¼ SE by E of Romford. Post town, Upminster, under Romford, Lon. don, E. Acres, 1,875. Real property, £3, 184. Pop., 385. Houses, 76. The property is much subdivided. Cranham Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £560.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church is good.


(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: Cranham CP/AP       Romford RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Cranham

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