In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Stambridge like this:
STAMBRIDGE (Great), a parish in Rochford district, Essex; 1½ mile E by N of Rochford, and 3¾ NNE of Southend r. station. Post town, Rochford, under Chelmsford. Acres, 1,670; of which 49 are in Wallisea Island. Real property, £4,018. Pop., 363. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £750.* Patron, the Charterhouse, London. The church is partly Norman, and all good.
Great Stambridge through time
Great Stambridge is now part of Rochford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rochford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Stambridge itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Stambridge, in Rochford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6907
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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