Barnston, or Bimston, Essex
Historical Description
Barnston, or Bimston, a parish in Essex, on the river Chelmer, 2 miles SE of Dunmow station on the G.E.R., and 7¼ WSW of Braintree. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office at Dunmow. Acreage, 1349; population of the civil parish, 166; of the ecclesiastical, 147. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £314 with residence. The church is Norman. The parish is very ancient, and is mentioned in the Domesday Survey.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Essex | |
Hundred | Dunmow | |
Poor Law union | Dunmow |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Churches
Church of England
dedication unknown (parish church)
The church (dedication unknown) is a building of flint, consisting of chancel, nave, Norman south doorway, and a western turret containing 2 bells: in the chancel is a double piscina and a memorial window, placed there at the expense of Miss Toke, of Dover, to the Rev. William Toke, her father, rector, 1807-27, and another to the Livermore family: there are 130 sittings.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Barnston, or Bimston 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.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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