Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BELCHAMP-OTTON

BELCHAMP-OTTON, a parish in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; on a small affluent of the river Stour, 4 miles NE of Yeldham r. station, and 5 W by N of Sudbury. Post Town, Belchamp-St. Paul, under Halstead. Acres, 1,693. Real property, £2,961. Pop., 375. Houses, 81. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £446.* Patron, the representatives of the late Rev. E. H. Dawson. The church is good; and there are charities £21.


(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: Belchamp Otten CP/AP       Essex AncC
Place: Belchamp Otten

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