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TAKELEY, a parish, with a village, in Dunmow disTrict, Essex; 4 miles E of Bishop-Stortford r. station It has a post-office under Chelmsford. Acres, 3,154 Real property, £4,710. Pop., 1,000. Houses, 224. The property is subdivided, and there are several manors. An alien priory, a cell to St. Valery abbey in Picardy, was here; and was given, by Edward III., to William of Wykeham's college. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £207.* Patron, the Bishop of R. The church is old but good. There are two parochial schools.
(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: | Takeley Parish Dunmow Poor Law Union/Registration District Essex Ancient County |
| Place: | Takeley |
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