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Little Horkesley
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"HORKSLEY (LITTLE), a parish in the Colchester
division of the hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX,
2½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Nayland, containing 238 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
of Colchester, and diocese of London, endowed
with £1200 royal bounty. Mrs. Warren and E. C.
Warren, Esq. were patrons in 1825. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter and St. Paul. Here was a priory of
Cluniac monks, subordinate to the monastery of Thetford
in Norfolk, founded in the reign of Henry I. by Robert
Fitz-Godebold, and Beatrix his wife, and valued at the
dissolution at £27. 7. 11. per annum. The navigable
river Stour runs along the northern side of this 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
- A full list of Essex churches
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Little Horkesley to another place.
- Little Horkesley was a member of the Lexden Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL960321 (Lat/Lon: 51.952842, 0.850833), Little Horkesley which are provided by:
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- 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.)
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- Little Horkesley was a member of the Lexden and Winstree Poor Law Union