Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RICKLING

RICKLING, a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex; near the river Stort and near the London and Cambridge railway, 2½ miles S W of Newport r. station, and 6¾ N by E of Bishop-Stortford. Post-town, Newport, under Bishop-Stortford. Acres, 1, 331. Real property, £2, 260. Pop., 502. Houses, 103. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Col. Inglis. R. Hall is anancient house. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £168.* Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is good. There are an Independentchapel, a national school, and charities £5.


(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: Rickling AP/CP       Saffron Walden RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Rickling

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