Chignall St James, Essex : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Chignall St James. You may be able to find further references to Chignall St James in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Chignal St James parish Bartholomew
CHIGNAL-ST. JAMES, or Great Chignal a parish Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Chignall Smealy 0 2
Roxwell 0 2
Mashbury 0 2
Broomfield 0 2
Writtle 2 2
Good Easter 0 3
Pleshy 3 2
Chelmsford 25 4
Moulsham 0 2
Widford 0 4
Great Waltham 0 3
Little Waltham 0 3
Springfield 1 2
Shellow Bowells 0 2
Berners Roding 0 3
High Easter 0 3
Margaret Roding 0 3
Ford End 0 1
Willingale Doe 0 2
Willingale Spain 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Chignall St James. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CHIGNAL ST JAMES John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CHIGNAL ST JAMES OR GREAT CHIGNAL John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
GREAT CHIGNAL John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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