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HORKSLEY (LITTLE), a parish in Lexden district, Essex; contiguous to the SW side of Great Horksley, and 4 miles E of Bures r. station. Post town, Great Horksley, under Colchester. Acres, 1, 029. Real property, £2, 919. Pop., 253. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. Horksley Hall is the seat of Mrs. Warren. 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 Rochester. Value, £69. Patron, Mrs. Warren. The church stands high; is ancient and tolerable; has a tower; and contains interesting brasses and wooden effigies of Crusaders.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Little Horkesley AP/CP Lexden and Winstree RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | HORKSLEY | HORKSLEY LITTLE | LITTLE HORKSLEY |
| Place: | Little Horkesley |
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