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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ugley like this:
UGLEY, or Oakley, a parish in the district of Bishop-Stortford and county of Essex; 2 miles N of Stamford r. station, and 5½ NNE of Bishop-Stortford. Post town, Bishop-Stortford. Acres, 2,720. Real property, £3,019. Pop., 404. Houses, 88. The property is subdivided. Orford House is the seat of Gen. Chamberlayne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £160.* Patron, Christ's Hospital. The church was recently restored. There are a national school, and charities £75.
Ugley is now part of UTTLESFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how UTTLESFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ugley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ugley, in Uttlesford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6953
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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