In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wrabness like this:
WRABNESS, a parish, with a r. station, in Tendring district, Essex; on the Harwich railway and on the river Stour, 5¼ miles W of Harwich. It has a postal pillar-box under Manningtree. Acres, 1,491; of which 415 are water. Real property, £2,758. Pop., 226. Houses, 53. The manor belongs to E. W. Garland , Esq. W. Hall is the seat of the Richardsons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £320.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is plain. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Wrabness through time
Wrabness is now part of Tendring district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tendring has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wrabness itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wrabness, in Tendring and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6987
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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