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STANFORD-RIVERS, a parish, with a village, in Ongar district, Essex; 1¾ mile SW by S of Ongar r. station. It has a post-office under Romford, and contains Ongar workhouse. Acres, 4,386. Real property, £6,990. Pop., 992. Houses, 172. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £1,007.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Stanford Rivers CP/AP Ongar RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
Place: | Stanford Rivers |
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