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Alphamstone

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“ALPHAMSTONE, a parish in the hundred of HINCKFORD, county of ESSEX, 6 miles (N. E. by E.) from Halstead, containing 244 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage of the Crown.” [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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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"ALPHAMSTONE, a parish in the hundred of Hinckford, in the county of Essex, 4 miles to the S. of Sudbury. The river Stour runs near it. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Rochester, value £257, in the gift of the lord chancellor. The parochial charities amount to £13 a year."

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Historical Geography

  • Alphamstone was a member of the Hinckford Hundred
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL879355 (Lat/Lon: 51.986169, 0.734967), Alphamstone which are provided by: