. The New England historical and genealogical register . HIGH STREET LOOKING NORTH, CHELMSFORD. 1902.] Our English Parent Towns. 375 OUE ENGLISH PARENT * By Oscar Fay Adams, Esq., of Boston, Mass Less than an hours ride east from London, on the Colchesterdivision of the Great Eastern railway, is a thriving town incorpo-rated so recently as September 18, 1889, the name of which appearsin Domesday Book as Chelmeresfort, and Chelmersforde, andin other ancient records as Chelmereford, Chelmesford, and Chelmsford, as it is to-day. Long before bridges came to bebuilt at this spot, t
. The New England historical and genealogical register . HIGH STREET LOOKING NORTH, CHELMSFORD. 1902.] Our English Parent Towns. 375 OUE ENGLISH PARENT * By Oscar Fay Adams, Esq., of Boston, Mass Less than an hours ride east from London, on the Colchesterdivision of the Great Eastern railway, is a thriving town incorpo-rated so recently as September 18, 1889, the name of which appearsin Domesday Book as Chelmeresfort, and Chelmersforde, andin other ancient records as Chelmereford, Chelmesford, and Chelmsford, as it is to-day. Long before bridges came to bebuilt at this spot, there was a ford across the river Chelmer, andhence the name, Chelmers ford. The Cann here joins its waterswith those of the Chclmar, and there are bridges in plenty of the more important, the single stone arch across the Cannthat connects the town with the parish of Moulsham, replaces a pre-decessor built in the time of the Conquerour, by Maurice, the Normanbishop of London. Ancient as it may be considered, Chelmsford is exceedingly modernin so
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