Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAMBOURNE

STAMBOURNE, a parish, with a village, in Halstead district, Essex; 2¼ miles E by N of Yeldham r. station, and 8 NW of Halstead. Post town, Halstead. Acres, 1,842. Real property, £3,054. Pop., 537. Houses, 114. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £353.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is old, and has a Norman tower. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £10.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stambourne Parish       Halstead Poor Law Union/Registration District       Essex Ancient County
Place: Stambourne

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