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BENFLEET (North), a parish in Billericay district, Essex;, 2½ miles NE of Pitsea r. station, and 3 W by S of Rayleigh. It has a post office under Chelmsford. Acres, 2,418. Real property, £3,225. Pop., 285. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £700.* Patron, Emmanuel 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: | North Benfleet Parish Billericay Poor Law Union/Registration District Essex Ancient County |
| Place names: | BENFLEET | BENFLEET NORTH | NORTH BENFLEET |
| Place: | North Benfleet |
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