Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAMBOURNE

LAMBOURNE, a village and a parish in Ongar district, Essex. The village stands near Hainault forest, 1¼ mile SE of the river Roding, 3½ E by S of Loughton r. station, and 5 NNW of Romford; is an ancient place, mentioned in Domesday book; and has a post-office under Romford. The parish contains also the village of Abridge. Acres, 2,440. Real property, £5,320. Pop., 890. Houses, 175. The property is divided among a few. Bishops Hall was the residence of Bishop Spencer of Norwich, who suppressed Keat's rebellion; and is now the seat of Col. W. M. Wood. Patch Park is the seat of E. E. Eliot, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Abridge, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £610. * Patron, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and has a Norman door. There are a chapel of ease at Abridge, an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £20.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lambourne CP/AP       Ongar RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Lambourne

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