Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHIGNAL-SMEALY, or Little Chignal

CHIGNAL-SMEALY, or Little Chignal, a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex; 4½ miles NW by N of Chelmsford town and r. station. Post town, Great Waltham, under Chelmsford. Acres, 476. Real property, £709. Pop., 70. Houses, 14. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £120. Patron, Major Spitty. 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: Chignall Smealy CP/AP       Chelmsford RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place names: CHIGNAL SMEALY     |     CHIGNAL SMEALY OR LITTLE CHIGNAL     |     LITTLE CHIGNAL
Place: Chignall Smealy

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