Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHIGNAL-ST. JAMES, or Great Chignal

CHIGNAL-ST. JAMES, or Great Chignal, a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex; on an affluent of the river Chelmer, 3 miles NW of Chelmsford. Post town, Chelmsford. Acres, 908. Real property, £1, 523. Pop., 258. Houses, 54. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Mashbury, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £430. Patron, the Rev. J. G. Milne. The church is good; and there was formerly another church, dedicated to St. Mary. Charities, £12.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chignall St James CP/AP       Chelmsford RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place names: CHIGNAL ST JAMES     |     CHIGNAL ST JAMES OR GREAT CHIGNAL     |     GREAT CHIGNAL
Place: Chignall St James

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