Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RADWINTER

RADWINTER, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Saffron-Walden district, Essex. The village stands on the river Pant, 4¾ miles E by S of Saffron-Walden, and 6 E N E of Newport r. station. The parish comprises 3, 802 acres. Post-town, Saffron-Walden. Real property, £5, 365. Pop., 946. Houses, 214. The property is much subdivided. Radwinter Hall, Bendysh Hall, and the Hill are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £566.* Patron, alternately Trustees of Lord Maynard's heirs and Rev. W. T. Bullock. The church is old but good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with massive tower and tallspire. There are a national school, and charities £11.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 21, 412. Pop., 5,035. Houses, 1,089.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Radwinter AP/CP       Radwinter SubD       Saffron Walden RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Radwinter

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