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Hadstock, Essex

Historical Description

Hadstock, a village and a parish in Essex. The village stands near the boundary with Cambridgeshire, 1½ mile S from Linton station on the G.E.R., and 4 miles ENE from Chesterford. It has a post office under Cambridge; money order and telegraph office, Linton; was once a market town, and formerly had a fair on 17 June. The parish comprises 1731 acres; population, 429. Traces have been seen of a Roman villa. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £282 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St Botolph, is Norman and cruciform, and has a tower. It was rebuilt in 1884. A well set round with stones, and called St Botolph's Well, is in the churchyard. There is a Congregational chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient CountyEssex 
Ecclesiastical parishHadstock St. Botolph 
HundredFreshwell 
Poor Law unionLinton 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hadstock from the following:


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.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictUttlesford
CountyEssex
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtCB21
Post TownCambridge

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