Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAWKWELL, or HAWKSWELL, or HACKWELL

HAWKWELL, or HAWKSWELL, or HACKWELL, a parish in Rochford district, Essex; 2 miles NW of Rochford, and 4½ N of Leigh r. station. Post town, Rochford, under Chelmsford. Acres, 1, 353. Real property, £2, 506. Pop., 334. Houses, 71. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £400.* Patron, R. Bristow, Esq. The church has nave and chancel, with a spire; and is good. There are a national school, and charities £23.


(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: Hawkwell CP/AP       Rochford RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place names: HACKWELL     |     HAWKSWELL     |     HAWKWELL     |     HAWKWELL OR HAWKSWELL OR HACKWELL
Place: Hawkwell

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