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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bicknacre like this:
BICKNACRE, a hamlet in Woodham-Ferris and Danbury parishes, Essex; 5½ miles SE of Chelmsford. Real property, £987. Pop., 304. A priory of black canons was founded here, in the time of Henry III., by Maurice Jeffrey; and a portion of it, with arches, still stands.
Bicknacre is now part of CHELMSFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how CHELMSFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bicknacre itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Anston, in Chelmsford and Yorkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25032
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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