Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAYDON, or HEYDON

HAYDON, or HEYDON, a parish in the district of Royston and county of Essex; adjacent to Herts and to Cambridgeshire, 5½ miles W by S of Chesterford r. station, and 5½ E by S of Royston. Post-town, Elmdon, under Saffron-Walden. Acres, 2,470. Real property, £2,089. Pop., 270. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Braybrooke. The surface is hilly. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Little Chishall, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £681.* Patron, Lord Braybrooke. The church consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and N chapel, with a tower. There is a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Heydon AP/CP       Royston RegD       Essex AncC
Place names: HAYDON     |     HAYDON OR HEYDON     |     HEYDON
Place: Heydon

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