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Great Burstead
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“BURSTEAD (GREAT), a parish in the hundred of BARSTABLE, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (S. S. E.) from Billericay, containing 1861 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage; in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £17. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev. Edward Evans. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, About a mile north of it are some earthworks, enclosing a space of about four acres, and called Blunt's Walls, where various Roman remains have been dug up. There is a free school at Billericay for the benefit of the children of the whole parish.” [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
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- Great Burstead was a member of the Barstable Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TQ692923 (Lat/Lon: 51.604119, 0.441865), Great Burstead which are provided by:
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- Great Burstead was a member of the Billericay Poor Law Union