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The following are extracts from the History, Gazetteer,
and Directory of the County of Essex by William White
published in 1848.
Great HollandHOLLAND (GREAT) a scattered village, 3½ miles S.W. of Walton on the Naze, has in its parish 481 souls, and 2063A. 3R. 25P. of land, extending to the sea shore, where about 800 acres are protected from the incursions of the tides by a long sea wall, kept in repair by the Commissioners of Sewers. A small creek sperates it from Little Holland, and the soil is various, some of it heavy, but all in high cultivation. It was held by Lestan, a Saxon, in the Confessor's reign, amd by Walter de Doai. It afterwards passed to the Bouchier, Darcy, Travers, and other families. Samuel Dennis Esq., is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to the Knights of Windsor (owners of the Hall estate), L. Foaker, J. Page, Mrs. Reeve, and a few smallers owners. The Church (All Saints,) is an ancient edifice, with a tower and three bells. The interior was repaired, and an organ erected in 1844. The rectory, valued in K>B> at £17. 13s. 9d., and 1831 at £700, is in the patronage of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and incumbency of Rev. Henry Rice, who has about 7A. of glebe, and a good residence. The tithes were commuted in 1841 for £777. 16s. per annum. The National School was built in 1832. | |
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