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FRINTON, a parish in Tendring district, Essex; on the coast, 4¼ miles SW of the Naze, 9 SSE of Wrabness r. station, and 12½ SE of Manningtree. Post town, Walton-on-the-Naze, under Colchester. Acres, 820; of which 110 are water. Real property, £660. Pop., 29. Houses, 6. The property is divided among a few. The sea has washed away a great part of the parish, and is still making encroachment. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £162. Patron, S. Lushington, Esq. Part of the church fell in 1703; and the rest of it was recently in disrepair. Captain Bushell, the wreck-searcher, and Cornelius de Tulbury, "who could poison with impunity, " were residents.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Frinton AP/CP Tendring RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
Place: | Frinton on Sea |
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