Historical Trade Directories Local Historical InformationThe Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
CLAVERING, a parish and a hundred in Essex. The parish is in Saffron-Walden district; lies on the west border of the county, 3 and ½ miles SW of Newport r. station, and 6 and ½ SW by S of Saffron-Walden; and has a post-office under Bishops-Stortford. Acres, 3,798. Real property, £6,464. Pop., 1,047. Houses, 243. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged at Domesday to Suene; went to the Fitz-Rogers or Claverings, who had a castle on it; and passed, through the Nevilles and others, to the Barringtons. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Langley, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £491. Patron, Christ's Hospital. The church has effigies of a knight, a brass of the Welbores, and monuments of the Barlees; and was recently repaired. There are an Independednt chapel, a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £19.
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