Ramsden Crays, Essex
Historical Description
Ramsden Crays, a village and a parish in Essex, on the river Crouch, 3 miles ESE of Billericay station on the G.E.R. Post town, Brentwood; money order and telegraph office, Biliericay. Acreage, 1457; population, 195. The manor belongs to the Davies family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; gross value, £240. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower with spire.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Essex | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Ramsdon-Crays St. Mary | |
Hundred | Barstable | |
Poor Law union | Billericay |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ramsden Crays from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ramsdon-Crays (St. Mary))
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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