Wenden Lofts, Essex
Historical Description
Wenden Lofts, a parish in Essex, 4 miles NW by W of Audley End station on the G.E.R., and 6 W by N of Saffron Walden. Post town. Saffron Walden; money order office, Elmdon; telegraph office, Heydon. Acreage, 799; population of the civil parish, 67; of the ecclesiastical, with Elmdon, 662. There is a parish council of six members and a chairman. Lofts Hall, an ancient Elizabethan mansion of brick, dating from 1579, is a seat of the Wilkes family. The living is a rectory, united with Elmdon, in the diocese of St Albans; joint net value, £280 with residence. The church, which stands in the grounds of Lofts Hall, is a building of cut flint and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, N aisle, N and S porches, and a pinnacled western tower. It has a brass of 1450.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Essex | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Wenden-Lofts St. Dunstan | |
Hundred | Uttlesford | |
Poor Law union | Saffron-Walden |
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 Wenden Lofts from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wenden-Lofts (St. Dunstan))
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
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