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Galleywood in Great Baddow parish

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"Galleywood is a village surrounded by countryside in Essex, about 30 miles from London, and close to the city of Chelmsford. . . Galleywood dates back to early medieval times and was recorded in 1250 as Gauelwode (Galleywood Common), a hamlet of Great Baddow, part of an ancient forest interspersed with open scrubland. In early-Victorian times the village was centred on The Eagle crossroads, The Street and Well Lane, education being provided by a school that doubled as a Chapel of Ease on Sundays and by a Methodist chapel built in Well Lane. . . The population has grown from under 800 in 1851 to around 1,000 in 1951 and to over 6,000 in 2004. . . Within the village outskirts there are several surviving long established working farms, some with buildings dating back to the 14th century." [Wikipedia]

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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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