In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Warley Common like this:

WARLEY-COMMON, a place in Little Warley parish, Essex; 1 mile S of Brentwood r. station. It has a post-office under Brentwood, extensive barracks for the training of recruits, and a garrison chapel.

Warley Common through time

Warley Common is now part of BRENTWOOD District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRENTWOOD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Warley Common itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Warley Common, in Brentwood and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25986

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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