Great Leighs – Chelmsford Hundred 1863 Whites directory

LEIGHS, (GREAT) or Lees, is a parish of scattered houses, about 7 miles N.N.E. of Chelmsford, and 5 miles S.S.W. of Braintree. It is intersected by the small river Ter, and contains 909 souls, and 3125A. 3R. 30P. of land, of which 564 souls and 1810 acres are in CHATLEY hamlet, which is in Witham … Read more