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"MESSING, a parish in the Witham division of the
hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX, 5½ miles (S. E.)
from Great Coggeshall, containing 705 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Colchester,
and diocese of London, rated in the kings
books at £8, and in the patronage of the Earl of Verulam.
The church is dedicated to All Saints; the east
window is decorated with paintings of the six Christian
graces, supposed to have been the gift of the Chibbornes,
in the reign of James I. Sir William de Messing, the
founder, is represented in the north wall by a recumbent
wooden figure of a Knight Templar. A school for the
education of poor children has a small endowment." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) -
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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 Messing to another place.
- Messing was a member of the Lexden Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL896188 (Lat/Lon: 51.835618, 0.750509), Messing which are provided by:
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- 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)
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- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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- Messing was a member of the Lexden and Winstree Poor Law Union