Broomfield is a village and residential suburb in the

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district, immediately north of the city itself. It is the site of a major Accident & Emergency hospital. There are two public houses as well as primary and secondary schools and sports clubs. The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.

Local amenities

Broomfield Hospital is one of the largest in the East of England. It is a national specialist centre for Plastics and Burns treatment. It also is a specialist clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of complex Ear, Nose and Throat cases. There are two sports clubs - Broomfield F.C. and Broomfield Cricket Club. Broomfield Football Club was established in 1905. The club still plays on its ground in Mill Lane, Broomfield The charity Green Zone Community Climate Action began in the village.

Schools

Broomfield Primary School is a primary school located on School Lane. Chelmer Valley High School is a secondary school situated next to the hospital.

Transport

Several First Essex bus routes run between Broomfield and Chelmsford city centre.

Religious sites

The local church is St Mary with St Leonard, on Church Green. It has a round tower, which is unusual for an Essex church. It is part of Chelmsford North Deanery. There is also a Methodist church, at 124 Main Road.

Saxon princely tomb

Broomfield has an important

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

burial site which was discovered by workmen in 1888, after which there was a partial excavation. A more complete excavation was later made by CH Reid. Finds include weapons, gold ornaments and domestic items such as glassware, cups and buckets. The finds are now in the

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. The burial has been compared with

Taplow Taplow is a village and civil parish in the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire, England. It sits on the left bank of the River Thames, facing Maidenhead in the neighbouring county of Berkshire, with Cippenham and Burnham to the east. It is th ...

and

Sutton Hoo Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeology, Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when an undisturbed ship burial containing a wea ...

.WT Jones, ''Early Saxon Cemeteries in Essex''

References

External links

Broomfield Parish Council

Broomfield Conservation Area

Broomfield Parish map
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