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BEELEIGH, a hamlet in the parish of St. Peter-in-Maldon, Essex; 1 mile W of Maldon. A Premonstratensian Abbey was founded here, in 1180, by Robert de Mantell; and given, at the dissolution, to Sir John Gate. Bourchier, Earl of Essex, and his wife were buried in the church; and this, measuring 36 feet by 18, and having groined arches, still stands, and is used as a farm-office.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Maldon St Peter Parish Essex Ancient County |
| Place: | Beeleigh |
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