Manuden, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
MANEWDEN (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bishop-Stortford, hundred of Clavering, N. division of Essex, 4 miles (N.) from Bishop-Stortford; containing 688 inhabitants. It comprises 2486a. 2r. 36p., of which 2057 acres are arable, 316 meadow and pasture, and 66 woodland. A considerable trade is carried on in malt, for which there are two malt-houses. The village is situated in a fertile valley on the banks of the river Stort; a fair is held in it on Easter-Monday, chiefly for toys and pedlery. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £14; impropriator, Launcelot A. Cousmaker, Esq.: the great tithes have been commuted for £630, the vicarial for £215, and the glebe comprises 55 acres. The church is an ancient cruciform structure, with a tower, and contains some handsome monuments.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 247-251. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51131 Date accessed: 11 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Probate records
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