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List Of Places In Essex
This is a list of towns, villages and most notable hamlets and neighbourhoods in the ceremonial county of Essex (not the historic county). A * Abberton *Abbess Roding *Abridge * Aldham *Alphamstone * Alresford *Althorne *Ardleigh *Arkesden *Ashdon *Asheldham * Ashen *Ashingdon *Audley End *Aythorpe Roding B *Bardfield Saling * Barnston * Barrow Hill *Basildon *Battlesbridge *Beauchamp Roding *Beaumont *Belchamp Otten *Belchamp St Paul *Belchamp Walter *North Benfleet *South Benfleet *Berden *Berners Roding *Bicknacre *Billericay *Birch *Birchanger *Birdbrook *Blackmore *Black Notley *Bobbingworth * Bocking *Boreham *Borley * Boxted * Bradfield *Bradwell-on-Sea *Bradwell Waterside * Braintree * Brentwood *Brightlingsea * Broomfield *Broxted *Buckhurst Hill * Bulmer *Bulphan * Bures Hamlet *Bures St Mary *Burnham-on-Crouch C *Canvey Island *Castle Hedingham *Chadwell St Mary *Chafford Hundred *Chelmsford (the county town) *Chignall Smealy *Chigwell *Childerditch *Chipping Ong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Greater London to the south and south-west. There are three cities in Essex: Southend, Colchester and Chelmsford, in order of population. For the purposes of government statistics, Essex is placed in the East of England region. There are four definitions of the extent of Essex, the widest being the ancient county. Next, the largest is the former postal county, followed by the ceremonial county, with the smallest being the administrative county—the area administered by the County Council, which excludes the two unitary authorities of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea. The ceremonial county occupies the eastern part of what was, during the Early Middle Ages, the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex. As well as rural areas and urban areas, it forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a Parish (administrative division), parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet has roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French ' came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from (West Germanic languages, West Germanic) Franconian languages. Compare with modern French ', Dutch language, Dutch ', Frisian languages, Frisian ', German ', Old English ' and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the Qila, qala (Dari language, Dari: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashdon
Ashdon, is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is about northeast of Saffron Walden and northwest from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Uttlesford and the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. The village has its own Parish Council. Geography The village is approximately northeast of the nearest town, Saffron Walden. It is on the River Bourn, a tributary to the River Granta, a tributary to the River Cam. The village is close to the Essex/Cambridgeshire county border. According to the 2011 census the population of the parish was 893, up from 792 in 2001. Apart from Ashdon village, the parish also includes Steventon End () and Church End (). The River Bourn has caused much flooding in recent years to the village of Ashdon in 2000 and 2001 saw heavy winds and rain flood it immensely. On 14 June 2007 the village fell victim to flash flooding when a month's rain fell in an hour causing heavy flooding. Historically, one tenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkesden
Arkesden is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is south-west from Saffron Walden, approximately from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and north-west from the county town of Chelmsford. The Wicken Water stream flows through the village. Arkesden is referred to as "Archesdana" in the ''Doomsday book'' of 1086, located in the ancient hundred of Uttlesford. Accessed 6 January 2022. The parish, with its own , is part of the parliamentary constituency of |
Ardleigh
Ardleigh is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is situated approximately northeast from the centre of Colchester and northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. Ardleigh is in the district of Tendring and the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own Parish Council. The parish had a population of 2081 according to the 2001 census and includes the area known as Crockleford Heath. In 1086 Ardleigh was originally owned by Geoffrey de Mandeville. The Great Eastern Main Line passes close to the village but the railway station closed in November 1967. The closest railway station is now at Manningtree, northeast. The village is on the A137 road, a route from Colchester to Ipswich, Suffolk. Ardleigh Reservoir is less than to the southwest. The area includes a number of smallholdings founded by the Land Settlement Association. Governance Ardleigh is part of the electoral ward called Ardleigh and Little Bromley. The popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Althorne
Althorne is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located east-southeast from the county town and city of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Maldon district and in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon & East Chelmsford. The village has its own Parish Council. The civil parish has a population of 1,159. Althorne is on the Dengie peninsula, about 5 km (3 miles) north-west of Burnham-on-Crouch. It is approximately north-west from the centre of Bridgemarsh Island in the River Crouch. The village of Althorne is connected to London, by the Southminster Branch Line, operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which links Wickford to London Liverpool Street Station. The railway station is Althorne railway station, though the station itself is cut adrift from the main village, only accessible from a long and steep track leading up to the edge of Althorne. There are no A roads close to the village - the main roads being the B1010 to Burnham and the B1018 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alresford, Essex
Alresford ( or ) is a village and electoral ward in Essex, England. It is centred southeast of Colchester and is northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village and its civil parish are the district of Tendring. The local primary school is Alresford Primary School (~150 pupils, ages 4–11) and the village has a pre-school and church. Alresford won the Essex Village of the year competition in 2012 and tied for first place (in its class) for another Essex Village of the Year award in 2019. Population According to national census figures for April 2001, there were 2,125 inhabitants in 842 households, with an almost even gender balance. The percentage of the population above the age of 45 is higher than the national average. The population of the parish reduced to 2,009 at the 2011 Census. Geography The village, southeast of Colchester, lies above Alresford Creek, a tributary to the River Colne. The village's railway station usually sees one service per hour to Walt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphamstone
Alphamstone is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located south of Sudbury in Suffolk and is northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. The parish is part of the Stour Valley South parish cluster. The parish is with a geology of fertile clay-soils, and is at an elevation of above sea level. The population is included in the civil parish of Lamarsh. The village is a mile west of the River Stour, which forms the Essex-Suffolk county-border in the local area. The village has one parish church, the C of E St Barnabas. It was built in the thirteenth century and went through restorations in the 16th and 19th centuries. In 1831 the population of the village was 244 inhabitants.Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) It is about from the nearest railway station at Bures on the Sudbury Branch Line The Gainsborough line is the current mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldham, Essex
Aldham is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located west of Colchester. The village is in the borough of Colchester and in the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own parish council. The ancient parish covered but local-government boundary changes reduced this to by the mid-twentieth century. The village borders Fordstreet, Marks Tey and the River Colne to the north. The parish is geographically on an incline, with the land sloping from around in the northwest down to around near the Roman River, where it is susceptible to flooding. The 2001 census gave the parish population as 513, decreasing to 491 at the 2011 census. It is from the A12 road, a major trunk road. History There have been Iron Age finds in the area near Fordstreet and also pottery that may indicate Roman settlement. The village was founded in the Middle Ages, and by the time of the Domesday Book of 1086 there was a population of 12 with four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abridge
Abridge is a village in Essex, England. It is on the River Roding, southwest of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Epping Forest (district), Epping Forest and in the parliamentary constituency of Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency), Brentwood and Ongar. It is part of the civil parish of Lambourne and is served by Lambourne Parish councils in England, Parish Council. It takes its name from the brick bridge over the River Roding, which is situated just to the north of the modern centre, on the road to Theydon Bois. History Abridge lies on the historically important stagecoach route between London and Chipping Ongar and has been an important crossing point of the River Roding for many centuries. The boundary of the Conservation Area includes the historic core of the village which is evident on the Chapman and Andre Map of 1777. Originally in the parish of Lambourne, Holy Trinity Church was built in 1836; before this, parishioners had to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbess Roding
Abbess Roding is a village in the civil parish of Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding and the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. The village is included in the eight hamlets and villages called The Rodings. It is in west Essex, north from Chipping Ongar, and west from the county town of Chelmsford. History According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Roding derives from "Rodinges", as is listed in the ''Domesday Book'' and recorded earlier as such at c.1050, with the later variation 'Roinges Abbatisse' recorded in 1237. The 'Abbess' refers to the manorial possession by a man called 'Aitrop' held under the ownership of the Abbess of Barking Abbey. In the ''Domesday'' account Abbess Roding is listed as in the Hundred of Ongar. The manor held 18 households, seven villagers, two smallholders, five slaves, and one freeman, with 2 lord's plough teams, 3.5 men's plough teams, of meadow, and a woodland with 20 pigs. In 1066 there were 10 cattle, 40 pigs, 100 shee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abberton, Essex
Abberton is a village in Essex, England. It is located approximately east of Abberton Reservoir and is south of Colchester. The village is in the borough of Colchester and in the parliamentary constituency of North Essex. The town is served by Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council. Etymology The word Abberton is derived from 'Eadburg's estate' (''Ēadburge'' + tūn). History Abberton is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086-87 as ''Edburghetuna'' and as ''Edburgetuna'' in the Hundred of Winstree, when it was part of the lands of Count Eustace in Essex, held by Ralph de Marcy and further held by Ranulf Peverel in demesne; it was held by Siward, a free man, as a manor in the time of King Edward the Confessor before the Norman Conquest of 1066. It was later recorded as ''Eadburgetona'' in 1108, ''Adbur(u)g(h)(e)ton(e)'' in 1208–1321, ''Adburthon'' in 1280, also ''Abberton'' from 1230. Abberton was among the villages which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
