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Gestingthorpe

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"GESTINGTHORPE, a parish in the hundred of HINCKFORD, county of ESSEX, 3 miles (N. E.) from Castle-Hedingham, containing 694 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, within the jurisdiction of the Commissary of Essex and Herts, concurrently with the Bishop of London, rated in the king's books at £7, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty: there is also a sinecure rectory, rated at £13. 6. 8. J. T. H. Elwes, Esq. was patron in 1804. The church is dedicated to St. Mary." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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Census

  • 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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Church History

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Historical Geography

  • Gestingthorpe was a member of the Hinckford Hundred
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