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BENTLEY (Great), a village and a parish in Tendring district, Essex. The village stands near the Tendring Hundred railway, 8 miles SE by E of Colchester; and has a post office under Colchester, a railway station, and an annual fair. The parish comprises 3,188 acres. Real property, £5,380. Pop., 1,033. Houses, 235. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £360.* Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is very good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and 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: | Great Bentley Parish Tendring Poor Law Union/Registration District Essex Ancient County |
| Place names: | BENTLEY | BENTLEY GREAT | GREAT BENTLEY |
| Place: | Great Bentley |
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