Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHISHALL (Great)

CHISHALL (Great), a parish in the district of Royston and county of Essex; on the verge of the county, 5 miles SE of Royston r. station, and 8 W by N of Saffron-Walden. Post town, Elmdon, under Saffron-Walden. Acres, 1, 410. Real property, £2, 571. Pop., 473. Houses, 105. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £173. Patron, the Rev. R. Wilkes. 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: Great Chishill CP/AP       Essex AncC
Place names: CHISHALL     |     CHISHALL GREAT     |     GREAT CHISHALL
Place: Great Chishill

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