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Little Horkesley, Essex

Historical Description

Horkesley, Little, a parish in Essex, contiguous to the SW side of Great Horkesley, and 4 miles N from Colchester station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Colchester; money, order office. Great Horkesley; telegraph office, Nay-land. Acreage, 1026; population of the civil parish, 171; of the ecclesiastical, 190. Horkesley Hall is a spacious mansion in the Classic style, standing in beautiful grounds, and "Westwood House is a fine mansion in the Tudor style, standing in a park of 65 acres. A Cluniac priory, a cell to Thetford monastery, was founded here in the time of Henry I., by Robert Fitzgodebold, and was suppressed by Cardinal Wolsey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £70. The church stands high, is ancient and has a tower and five bells, and contains interesting brasses and wooden effigies of Crusaders. It was restored in 1878 at considerable cost, a vestry and organ chamber being added at the same time. There is a small charity.

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 parishLittle Horksley St. Peter and St. Paul 
HundredLexden 
Poor Law unionLexden and Winstree 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictColchester
CountyEssex
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtCO6
Post TownColchester

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