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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hinckford like this:
HINCKFORD, a hundred in Essex; contiguous to Suffolk; and containing forty-nine parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 1 05, 212. Pop. in 1851, 45, 359; in 1861, 44, 040. Houses, 9, 795.
Hinckford is now part of BRAINTREE District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRAINTREE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hinckford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hinckford, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21194
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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