Little Baddow is a village to the east of

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

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. The name ''Baddow'' comes from an Old English word meaning 'bad water', and which was the original name of the

River Chelmer The River Chelmer is a river that flows entirely through the county of Essex, England, running from the northwest of the county through Chelmsford to the River Blackwater near Maldon. Course The source of the river is in the parish of Debden i ...

. The village is positioned on one of the many elevated hills in Essex and comprises extensive woodlands owned by the

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and Essex Naturalist Trust, and is bounded by the River Chelmer to the north. Although there are no shops or businesses in the village, there are two pubs, ''The Generals Arms'' and ''The Rodney'', a village hall, and Elm Green Preparatory School. Churches are the Anglican St Mary the Virgin and the United Reformed Church. St Mary's is a Grade I listed building with a late 11th-century core. It contains a 14th-century ' Devil's door', dating to the time when medieval Christians believed the North of side of a church to be the abode of the Devil. The village sports ground and clubhouse is used by Little Baddow Cricket club and the local running club, Little Baddow "Ridge" runners. The manor was once a possession of

Robert the Bruce Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventual ...

Thomas Hooker Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding spea ...

who founded the colony of Connecticut lived in the village and was a school teacher there before going to Holland and then to New England.Thomas Hooker
geocities.com Eric Eastwood settled in Little Baddow after he started work at Marconi Research Laboratory in 1948. He lived there until his death in his home in 1978.

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