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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DENGIE, a parish and a hundred in Essex. The parish is in Maldon district; and lies on the coast, 5 miles NE of Burnham, and 11 ESE of Maldon r. station. Post town, Tillingham, under Maldon. Acres, 3, 319; of which 1, 013 are water. Real property, £3, 675. Pop., 298. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. The land is marshy; but was famous, in Camden's time, as dairy pasture. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £754.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is good.-The hundred contains twenty-two parishes. Acres, 72, 528. Pop., 11, 224. Houses, 2, 357.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dengie AP/CP Dengie Hundred Essex AncC |
| Place: | Dengie |
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