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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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PURLEIGH, or Purley, a village and a parish in Maldon district, Essex. The village stands 4½ miles S of Maldon r. station; and has a post-office under Maldon, and a fair on 15 June. The parish comprises 5, 578 acres. Real property, £8, 307; of which £36 are in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 184; in 1861, 1,095. Houses, 252. The property is much subdivided. Howe-Green was a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury. A police stationis near Latchingdon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester, and is annexed to the provostship of Oriel college, Oxford. Value, £1, 141.* The churchstands on an eminence, with a fine view; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower. A dissenting chapel is at Howe-Green; and there are an endowed school with £33 a year, and charities £9.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Purleigh AP/CP Maldon RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | PURLEIGH | PURLEIGH OR PURLEY | PURLEY |
| Place: | Purleigh |
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