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RAWRETH, a parish in Rochford district, Essex; near the river Crouch, 2½ miles N W of Rayleigh, and 5 N E of Pitsea r. station. Post-town, Battle-Bridge, under Chelmsford. Acres, 2, 377. Real property, £4,023. Pop., 386. Houses, 75. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £660.* Patron, Pembroke 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: | Rawreth Parish Rochford Poor Law Union/Registration District Essex Ancient County |
| Place: | Rawreth |
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