A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SAMPFORD (Great), a village and a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex. The village stands on the river Pant, 3¾ miles N E by N of Thaxted, and 5¾ S w of Birdbrook r. station; and has a post-office under Braintree, and a fair on Whit-Monday. The parish comprises 2, 224 acres. Real property, £4, 119. Pop., 865. Houses, 192. The manor appears on record as a domain of Edward the Confessor. The manufacture ofstraw plait is carried on. The living is a vicarage, united with Hempstead, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £255. Patron, Lady Eustace. The church is ancient. There are a Baptist chapel and charities £7.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Great Sampford CP/AP Saffron Walden RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT SAMPFORD | SAMPFORD | SAMPFORD GREAT |
| Place: | Great Sampford |
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