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"FINCHINGFIELD, a parish in the hundred of
HINCKFORD, county of ESSEX, 5½ miles (E. by N.) from
Thaxted, containing 2007 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of
London, rated in the king's books at £18. R. Marriot,
Esq. was patron in 1810. The church is dedicated to
St. John the Baptist. There is a place of worship
for Independents. William Bendlowes, in 1576, founded
an almshouse for four widows, towards the maintenance
of whom Sir Robert Kempe left £5 per
annum; he also bequeathed £5 a year for a school;
and Ann Cole, in 1730, gave a rent-charge of £6.3.;
for teaching and apprenticing children." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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- Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911, which includes most copies held at the ERO, Wharf Rd, Chelmsford. More information on other ways to view these census returns on the Essex
| Congregational Church, Finchingfield, Congregational |
- A full list of Essex churches
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Finchingfield to another place.
- Finchingfield was a member of the Hinckford Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL682327 (Lat/Lon: 51.967327, 0.447005), Finchingfield which are provided by:
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- Finchingfield was a member of the Braintree Poor Law Union