Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ARDLEIGH

ARDLEIGH, a parish and a subdistrict in the district of Tendring, Essex. The parish lies on the Eastern Union railway, 4¼ NE of Colchester; and it has a station on the railway, and a post office under Colchester. Acres, 4,905. Real property, £9,445. Pop., 1,582. Houses, 360. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £380.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.-The subdistrict comprises six parishes. Acres, 18,037. Pop. 4,964. Houses, 1,136.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ardleigh AP/CP       Ardleigh SubD       Tendring RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Ardleigh

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