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.
WEELEY, a parish, with an ancient village, in Tendring district, Essex; on the Tendring Hundred railway, 10½ miles ESE of Colchester. It has a post-office‡ under Colchester, and a r. station. Acres, 2,087. Real property, £4,105. Pop., 630. Houses, 146. The property is much subdivided. Barracks and a garrison were here during the war with France. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £580.* Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with an ancient village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Weeley AP/CP Tendring RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place: | Weeley |
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