Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WIDFORD

WIDFORD, a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex; 1¾ mile SW of Chelmsford r. station. It has a post-office under Chelmsford. Acres, 692. Real property, £1,527. Pop., 257. Houses, 50. The manor, with Hylands Park, belongs to A. Pryor, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £257.* Patron, A. Pryor, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1862.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Widford CP/AP       Chelmsford RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Widford

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