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WENDENS-AMBO, a parish, with a village, in Saffron-Walden district, Essex; at Audley-End r. station, 1½ mile SW of Saffron-Walden. It has a post-office under Saffron-Walden, and a railway hotel; and it comprises the ancient parishes of Great W. and Little W., united in 1662. Acres, 1,220. Real property, £2,550. Pop., 419. Houses, 91. Trout Hall is the seat of S. Robinson, Esq.; and W. Halland W. Place are farmhouses. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £220.* Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. The church was recently in bad condition. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wendens Ambo Parish Saffron Walden Poor Law Union/Registration District Essex Ancient County |
| Place: | Wendens Ambo |
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