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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.
OCKENDON (North), a village and a parish in Orsett district, Essex. The village stands 5 miles N N W of Grays r. station, and 6 S E by E of Romford; and has a post-office under Romford. The parish, in allusion to the number of springs in it, is sometimes called Ockendon of the Seven Fountains. Acres, 1, 698. Real property, £3,070. Pop., 341. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. Stubbers, an old brick manor-house, is the seat ofB. Russell, Esq. The parish is a meet for the South Essex hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £550.* Patron, R. Benyon, Esq. The church is ancient; was restored in 1858, at a cost of more than £1,000; has a tower of flint and stone; and contains brasses and monuments of the Poyntzes and the Littletons. There are a national school, and charities £53.
(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: | North Ockendon CP/AP Orsett RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | NORTH OCKENDON | OCKENDON | OCKENDON NORTH |
| Place: | North Ockendon |
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