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Ugley or Oakley, Essex

Historical Description

Ugley or Oakley, a parish in Essex, 2 miles N of Stansted station on the main line of the G.E.R., and 5½ NNE of Bishop Stortford. It has a post office, of the name of Oakley, under Bishop Stortford; money order and telegraph office, Stansted, Quendon. Acreage, 2122; population, 398. Orford House, a fine old country mansion, was erected by Admiral Russell, commander of the allied English and Dutch fleets in the battle of La Hogue, 19 May, 1692. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £116 with residence. Patron, Christ's Hospital. The church, dedicated to St Peter, an ancient building of flint in the Early English style, consists of chancel, nave, transept, S chapel, S porch, organ chamber, and an embattled western tower,. which is brick in the Tudor style. Bollington, a hamlet of Oakley, about half a mile SW, was the property of King Harold, and was originally a parish with a church. The chapel on the S side of Oakley Church was erected with part of the material of the church at Bollington. Oakley Green is a hamlet about a mile S.

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 parishUgley St. Peter 
HundredClavering 
Poor Law unionBishop-Stortford 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

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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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