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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.
NOTLEY (Black), a village and a parish in Braintree district, Essex. The village stands near the river Brain, 1 mile N N W of Bulford r. station, and 1¾ S by E of Braintree. The parish contains also the hamlet of Row-Green; and its post town is Braintree. Acres, 1, 936. Real property, £3, 617. Pop. in 1851, 527; in 1861, 489. Houses, 124. The decrease of pop. was caused partly by insufficient cottage accommodation, and partly by removal of silk-mill workers to the parish of Brain-tree. The property is subdivided. Many antiquities, including copper, brass, and glazed vessels, have beenfound. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £497.* Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church is good, and has a wooden spire. There are a school with £10 a year from endowment, and charities £50. Bishop Bedell and the naturalist John Ray were natives.
(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: | Black Notley AP/CP Braintree RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | BLACK NOTLEY | NOTLEY | NOTLEY BLACK |
| Place: | Black Notley |
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