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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chafford Hundred like this:
CHAFFORD, a hundred in Essex. It touches the Thames for 7 miles above and below Purfleet; extends 12½ miles northward; and contains fourteen parishes. Acres, 35,712. Pop., 16,001. Houses, 2,769.
Chafford Hundred is now part of BRENTWOOD District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRENTWOOD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chafford Hundred itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chafford Hundred, in Brentwood and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20725
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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