Place:Rayleigh, Essex, England

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NameRayleigh
Alt namesRageleiasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 104
Ragewneiasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 104
TypeTown, Urban district
Coordinates51.6°N 0.6°E
Located inEssex, England
See alsoRochford (district), Essex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Rayleigh is a market town and civil parish in Essex, England; it is located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, east of central London. It had a population of 32,150 at the census in 2011.


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Rayleigh Urban District was an urban district in the county of Essex, England. It was created in 1929 by the merger of the civil parishes of Rayleigh and Rawreth, both previously in the Rochford Rural District.

Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the District of Rochford.

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