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Stisted (All Saints)

STISTED (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Braintree, hundred of Hinckford, N. division of Essex, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Braintree; containing 911 inhabitants. This parish is bounded by the river Blackwater, and exhibits much variety of surface and scenery, it comprises 2913a. 2r. 31p., of which about 2224 acres are arable, 337 pasture, and 288 wood. There are several stately mansions, and the village is beautifully situated on ground sloping gently to the river. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, valued in the king's books at £22: the tithes have been commuted for £750, and the glebe comprises 154 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the Norman style, with a tower on the south side surmounted by a shingled spire, and contains some interesting monuments.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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