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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Black Chapel like this:
BLACK-CHAPEL, a chapelry in Great Waltham parish, Essex; on the river Chelmer, 4½ miles N of Chelmsford r. station. Post Town, Great Waltham, under Chelmsford. Statistics with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £80. Patrons, Trustees.
Black Chapel is now part of CHELMSFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how CHELMSFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Black Chapel itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Black Chapel, in Chelmsford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24608
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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