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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bradwell on Sea like this:
BRADWELL, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of Maldon, Essex. The village stands near the point of the peninsula between the Blackwater estuary and the sea, 5½ miles by water, but 12 by road, E of Maldon r. station; and has a post office under Maldon, and a fair on 24 June. ...
It is thought by Camden to occupy the site of the Roman Othona and the Saxon Ithancestre. The parish is sometimes called Bradwellnext-the-Sea; and comprises 4,734 acres of land, and 5,381 of water. Real property, £8,151. Pop., 1,094. Houses, 217. The property is divided among a few. Bradwell Lodge is a chief residence. There are decoys for wild fowls. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £1,624.* Patron, W. M. Warner, Esq. The church is good; and there are charities £109.-The subdistrict contains five parishes. Acres, 25,887. Pop., 2,828. Houses, 579.
Bradwell on Sea is now part of MALDON District. Click here for graphs and data of how MALDON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bradwell on Sea itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bradwell on Sea, in Maldon and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6552
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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