Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURSTEAD (Little)

BURSTEAD (Little), a parish in Billericay district, Essex; 2¼ miles SSW of Billericay, and 4½ E by S of Brentwood r. station. Post Town, Billericay. Acres, 1,829. Real property, £1,655. Pop., 186. Houses, 37. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £356.* Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is good; and there are charities £44.


(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: Little Burstead Parish       Billericay Poor Law Union/Registration District       Essex Ancient County
Place names: BURSTEAD     |     BURSTEAD LITTLE     |     LITTLE BURSTEAD
Place: Little Burstead

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