Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURSTEAD (Great)

BURSTEAD (Great), a parish and a subdistrict in Billericay district, Essex. The parish lies around, and contains, the town of Billericay; which is near the Eastern Counties railway, and has a head post office. Acres, 3,502. Real property, £8,941. Pop., 2,095. Houses, 398. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £188.* Patron, the Rev. E. Evans. The vicarage of Billericay is a separate benefice. A school has £60 from endowment; and other charities £44.-The subdistrict contains seven parishes, the greater part of another, and a liberty. Acres, 20,367. Pop., 4,803. Houses, 960.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Great Burstead AP/CP       Great Burstead SubD       Billericay RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place names: BURSTEAD     |     BURSTEAD GREAT     |     GREAT BURSTEAD
Place: Great Burstead

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