Chignal St James – Chelmsford Hundred 1863 Whites directory

CHIGNAL ST. JAMES is a small parish, 3½ miles N.W. by W. of Chelmsford, containing only 258 souls, and about 900 acres of land, between two tributary streams of the river Can. It has been variously spelt Chignall, Chighenale, and Cingehala. The latter was its name at the Domesday Survey. It is in two manors, … Read more