Takeley, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Takeley Holy Trinity is an Ancient Parish in Essex.

TAKELEY (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Dunmow, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 4 miles (W.) from Dunmow; containing 899 inhabitants. This parish, which had formerly a very extensive forest, comprises 3155a. 4p., whereof about 2408 acres are arable, 486 meadow, and 106 wood. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £11; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of London. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for £654. 10., and the vicarial for £220; £105. 10. are paid to certain impropriators: a glebe belonging to the appropriator and impropriators contains 22a. 38p., and the vicar has 1a. 1r. 22p. The church is an ancient edifice of stone, with a south aisle, in which is a sepulchral chapel belonging to the Bassingbourne estate. A small priory was founded at Takeley in the reign of Henry I., as a cell to the abbey of St. Valery, in Picardy. Dr. Robert Fowler, Archbishop of Dublin, was buried here October 19th, 1801.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 294-297. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51326&amp;amp;strquery=takeley Date accessed: 19 February 2011.

When Takeley was first registered by the Normans in 1086-87 its boundaries were approximately 8 miles (13 km) in length, with a total area of 3,000 acres (12 km²). However, since the development of Stansted Airport, it has lost nearly a third of its land. Takeley consists of several Ends and Greens, namely Brewer's End (Briar's End), The Street, Smith's Green, Bamber's Green (Bambrose Green), Molehill Green (Morrell's Green), Mill End and Cooper's End. Cooper's End has since been demolished and the cargo area of the airport now stands on the ground once occupied by the settlement. The access to and from the airport at Cooper's End was closed briefly in January 1991 but was re-opened in November of that year. Cooper's End roundabout was developed during the construction of the new airport terminal and is placed just west of the terminal.

Takeley is a village and civil Parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex County Council.

The diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914, prior to this Essex parishes were in the jurisdiction of the Bishops of London until 1845 when they transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The diocese of Chelmsford has 474 parishes and 600 churches and is the second largest region in the church of England outside London.

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Poor Law Unions
Dunmow Poor Law Union,Essex

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