Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PATTISWICK

PATTISWICK, a parish in Braintree district, Essex; near the river Blackwater, 2½ miles W N W of Coggeshall, and 3¾ E by N of Braintree r. station. Post-town, Braintree. Acres, 1, 297. Real property, £1, 894. Pop., 324. Houses, 76. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Rochester. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £340.* Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church stands on a pleasant green, and was recently restored. There is a national school.


(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: Pattiswick CP/Ch       Braintree RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Pattiswick

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