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.
TOLLESHUNT-MAJOR, or Beckingham, a parish, with a village, in Maldon district, Essex; 4¼ miles ENE of Maldon r. station. It has a post-office under Kelvedon. Acres, 2,344; of which 160 are water. Real property, £2,859. Pop., 438. Houses, 91. The property is much subdivided. A seat of the Beckinghams was erected here in the time of Henry VIII., and is now represented only by an embattled gateway. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £187. Patron, the Rev. H. A. Carwardine. The church is tolerable. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tolleshunt Major AP/CP Maldon RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | BECKINGHAM | TOLLESHUNT MAJOR | TOLLESHUNT MAJOR OR BECKINGHAM |
| Place: | Tolleshunt Major |
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