BEELEIGH
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
BEELEIGH, a hamlet in the parish of St. Peter-in-Mladon, Essex; 1 mile W of Maldon. A Premontratensian abbey was founded here, in 1180, by Robert de Mantell; and given, at the dissolution, to Sir John Gate. Bouchier, Earl of Essex, and his wife were buried in the church; and this, measuring 36 feet by 18, and having groined arches, still stands, and is used as a farm-office.
Transcribed by Noel Clark