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Horndon on the Hill
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"HORNDON-on-the-HILL, a parish in the hundred
of BARSTABLE, county of ESSEX, 16½ miles (S. by w.)
from Chelmsford, containing 420 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Essex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books
at £14. 6. 8., endowed with £235 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of St. Paul's, London. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter. Here was formerly a market on
Saturday. A fair for wool is held on the 29th of June." [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
- A full list of Essex churches
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Horndon on the Hill to another place.
- Horndon-on-the-Hill was a member of the Barstable Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TQ663835 (Lat/Lon: 51.525928, 0.395868), Horndon on the Hill which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Horndon-on-the-Hill was a member of the Orsett Poor Law Union