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MAPLESTEAD (LITTLE), a parish in Halstead district, Essex; 2¼ miles N of Halstead r. station. Posttown, Halstead. Acres, 1,062 Real property, £1,703. Pop., 325. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with 383 acres, belongs to Sabbatarian Trustees. A.preceptory of the Knight's Hospitallers was founded here, in 1186, by Juliana de Burgo; and went to successively the Wisemans, the Guyons, and others. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £72. Patrons, the Sab. Trustees. The church belonged to the preceptory; had the privilege of sanctuary; was restored or rebuilt in 1857; retains its ancient form and features; is in fine decorated English style; has a circular nave, 30 feet in diameter, surrounded iby a peristyle of six clustered columns, and an eastern apse or semi-circular chancel; measures 62 feet in length; and contains a restored Primitive Norman font. There is an Independent chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Little Maplestead AP/CP Halstead RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | LITTLE MAPLESTEAD | MAPLESTEAD | MAPLESTEAD LITTLE |
| Place: | Little Maplestead |
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