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HALLINGBURY (LITTLE), a village and a parish in the district of Bishop Stortford and county of Essex. The village stands near the river Stort, the Great Eastern railway, and the boundary with Herts, 3 miles SSE of Bishop Stortford; and has a post office under BishopStortford. The parish comprises 1, 612 acres. Real property, £, 903. Pop., 514. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. The manor was known at Domesday as Hallingbury Brunker, or Bonrchier; and belonged to Bonrchier, Earl of Essex. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value. £470.* Patron, the Charterhouse, London. The church comprises nave, north aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and is very good. There is a national school.
(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: | Little Hallingbury Parish Essex Ancient County |
| Place names: | BONRCHIER | HALLINGBURY | HALLINGBURY BRUNKER | HALLINGBURY LITTLE | LITTLE HALLINGBURY |
| Place: | Little Hallingbury |
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