Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DUNTON

DUNTON, a parish in Billericay district, Essex; 4¼ miles SSW of Billericay, and 5 SE of Brentwood r. station. Post town, Laindon, under Ingatestone. Acres, 2, 338. . Real property, £2, 26 4. Pop., 174. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £442.* Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is good.


(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: Dunton Parish       Billericay Poor Law Union/Registration District       Essex Ancient County
Place: Dunton

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