Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOCK

STOCK, a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex; 2½ miles E of Ingatestone r. station. It has a post-office under Chelmsford. Acres, 1,849. Real property, £7,376. Pop., 657. Houses, 144. The property is much sub-divided. Stock bricks take their name from this parish. The living is a rectory, united with Ramsdon-Bellhouse, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £685.* Patron, the Rev. E. J. Edison. The church was partly repaired, partly rebuilt, in 1847. There are an Independent chapel, alms houses with £14 a year, and charities £5.


(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: Stock CP/AP       Chelmsford RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Stock

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