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Little Easton, Essex

Historical Description

Easton, Little, a village and a parish in Essex on the river Chelmer, 2 miles NW by N from Dunmow station on the G.E.R., and 6¼ E by S from Stanstead, with a post office under Dunmow; money order and telegraph office, Dun-mow. Acreage, 1602; population, 336. Easton Lodge, a, fine mansion standing in a park of 800 acres, is the seat of Lord and Lady Brooke. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; yearly value, £251 with residence, in the gift of the Countess of Warwick. The church has two brasses and is good. There are almshouses for four widows.

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 
HundredDunmow 
Poor Law unionDunmow 

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 Little Easton 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 districtCM6
Post TownDunmow

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