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TENDRING (St. Edmund), a parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Tendring, N. division of Essex, 10 miles (E. by S.) from Colchester; containing 925 inhabitants. The parish is in the centre of the hundred, and comprises 2767a. 2r. 33p., of which about 2619 acres are arable, 50 pasture, 78 woods and groves, and 20 waste; the surface is elevated, and the soil generally a rich loam resting upon gravel.

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TEY, MARKS (ALL Saints), a parish, in the union of Lexden and Winstree, Witham division of the hundred of Lexden, N. division of Essex, 5 miles (W.) from Colchester; containing 397 inhabitants. The parish takes the present adjunct to its name from the family of Marks, or Merks, to whom it anciently belonged, but is in some documents called Tey ad ulmos, from the number of elm-trees with which it formerly abounded, and for the growth of which the soil is peculiarly favourable. It comprises 1180a. 35p., of which 1157 acres are arable, 21 pasture, and about 2 wood. The living is a rectory not in charge, in the patronage of Balliol College, Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for £235, and there are 42 ½ acres of glebe. In the chancel of the church is a window containing the arms of Dr. Compton, Bishop of London, in painted glass.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

TEY, LITTLE (St. James), a parish, in the union of Lexden and Winstree, Witham division of the hundred of Lexden, N. division of Essex, 2 ¾ miles (E. by N.) from Great Coggeshall; containing 59 inhabitants. The parish is one of the smallest in the county, comprising only 448 acres, of which the soil, though heavy, is fertile. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £4, and in the gift of the Bishop of London : the tithes have been commuted for £146, and the glebe comprises 20 acres. The church is a small ancient edifice, with a belfry turret of wood.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

TEY, GREAT (St. Barnabas), a parish, in the union of Lexden and Winstree, Colchester division of the hundred of Lexden, N. division of Essex, 7 miles (S. E.) from Halstead ; containing 733 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2478a. 3r. 3p., of which about 2222 acres are arable, 93 meadow and pasture, 123 wood, and 40 garden-ground; there is a great variety of soil, but the lands are in a high state of cultivation.

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TAKELEY (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Dunmow, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 4 miles (W.) from Dunmow; containing 899 inhabitants. This parish, which had formerly a very extensive forest, comprises 3155a. 4p., whereof about 2408 acres are arable, 486 meadow, and 106 wood. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £11; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of London.

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