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"GOLDHANGER, a parish in the hundred of THURSTABLE,
county of ESSEX, 4¼ miles (E. N. E.) from Maldon,
containing 459 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £25. 19. 4½. N. Westcombe,
Esq. was patron in 1798. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter. The parish is bounded on the south
by the Blackwater river and Osey island. There are
very extensive salterns, at which the manufacture of salt
from sea-water is carried on with considerable success
by the agency of steam: they are recorded in Domesday book
as existing at the time of the Norman survey." [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 Goldhanger to another place.
- Goldhanger was a member of the Thurstable Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL903088 (Lat/Lon: 51.745575, 0.755176), Goldhanger which are provided by:
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- 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.
- Goldhanger was a member of the Maldon Poor Law Union