A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOLLAND (GREAT), a parish in Tendring district, Essex; on Holland brook and on the coast, 1 mile S of Kirby r. station, 4 SW of Walton steamboat pier, and 16 ESE of Colchester. Post town, Kirby-le-Soken, under Colchester. Acres, 2, 083; of which 20 are water. Real property, £3, 788. Pop., 467. Houses, 101. The manor and the Hall farm belonged to Samuel Travers, Esq.; and the Hall farm and rents of other lands in the neighbourhood were left by him for the maintenance of seven superannuated navy lieutenants, who are known as the college of naval knights, Windsor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £700.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church, with the exception of the tower, was taken down in 1865; and the nave and chancel have been rebuilt, with the addition of a N aisle. A national school was built in 1862.
(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: | Great Holland CP/AP Tendring RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT HOLLAND | HOLLAND | HOLLAND GREAT |
| Place: | Great Holland |
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