A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FAMBRIDGE (North), a parish in Maldon district, Essex; on the river Crouch, at a ferry to South Fambridge, 6½ miles S of Maldon r. station. Post town, Latchingdon, under Maldon. Acres, 1, 248. Real property £1, 577. Pop., 191. Houses, 34. The name Fambridge is thought to be a corruption of Foambridge, and to have been derived from a bridge which anciently stood here, and raised foam in the current. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £283.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good.
(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: | North Fambridge CP/AP Maldon RegD/PLU Essex AncC |
| Place names: | FAMBRIDGE | FAMBRIDGE NORTH | NORTH FAMBRIDGE |
| Place: | North Fambridge |
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