Little Holland, Essex

Historical Description

Holland, Little, a parish in Essex, on the coast, near the mouth of Holland Brook, 2 miles S of Great Holland, 2 from Clacton station, and 3 S by W of Kirby station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Great Clacton, under Colchester. Acreage, 652; population, 78. The coast rises in cliffs. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Great Clacton, in the diocese of St Albans. The church is in ruins.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Holland from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Holland, Little)

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

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Essex online:

• Chelmsford Chronicle
• Essex Newsman
• Essex Standard