MOULSHAM
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
MOULSHAM, a hamlet and a chapelry in Chelmsford parish, Essex. The hamlet lies on the right bank of the river Chelmer, immediately suburban to Chelmsford town; and is populous. The manor belonged anciently to the Crown; was given to Westminster abbey; and went, at the dissolution, to the family of Mildmay. Moulsham Hall was rebuilt, for Earl Fitzwalter, by Leoni; is now the seat of Sir H.B.P. St. John Mildmay, Bart.; and contains some interesting portraits, including one of the founders of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A small Dominican priory stood on the spot still called the Friars. Some Roman relics were found in 1850. The chapelry was constituted in 1838. Post-town, Chelmsford. Pop. In 1861, 4,229. Houses, 865. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £290. Patron, the Rector of Chelmsford. The church was built in 1841, at a cost of about £2,500; and is in the early English style, with a bell-turret.
Transcribed by Noel Clark
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