CHAPPEL
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
CHAPEL, CHAPPEL, or PONTISBRIGHT, a parish in Lexden district, Essex; on the Colne river and the Colne Valley railway, 7 miles WNW of Colchester. It has a station, of the name of Chapel, on the railway; and its post-town is Marks-Tey, under Colchester. Acres, 1,146. Real propoery, £2,021. Pop., 370. Houses,86. The living is a p. curacy, under the vicarage of Great Tey, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £70. Patrons, the Parishioners. The church is old but good, and has a spire.
Transcribed by Noel Clark