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.
GREENSTEAD, a parish in Colchester district, Essex; near the river Roding, 1 mile W by N of Ongar r. station, and 8 NNW of Brentwood. Post town, Ongar. Acres, 1, 498. Real property, £1, 209. Pop., 125. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £280. * Patron, the Bishop of London in Trust. The church is one of the most ancient in England; was thoroughly restored in 1848; has a gave formed of half trunks of oaks, set uprinht, and close to one another, and supposed to have been erected as a temporary shrine for the body of St. Edmund; contains monuments to the Smyths, the Cleeves, and the Ords; and was found, at its restoration in 1848, to have a well preserved ancient piscina.
(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: | Greenstead CP/AP Greenstead CP/AP Colchester RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place: | Greenstead |
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