CHIGNAL-SMEALY, or Little Chignal, a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex; 4 ½ miles NW by N of Chelmsford town and r. station. Post-town, Great Waltham, under Chelmsford. Acres, 476. Real property, £709. Pop., 70. Houses, 14. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £120. Patron, alternately F. Austin, Esq. and James Cooke, Esq. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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