Great Chishall, Essex

Historical Description

Chishall, Great, a parish in Essex, on the verge of the county, 5 miles SE of Royston station on the G.N.R., and 9 W by N of Saffron-Walden. Post town, Royston; money order office, Heydon; telegraph office, Barley. Acreage, 2542; population, 387. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Albans; net yearly value, £115. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Great Chishall from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Chishall, Great (St. Swithin))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.

The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Essex online:

• Chelmsford Chronicle
• Essex Newsman
• Essex Standard