Berden is a village and
civil parish in
Essex, England. Berden village is approximately north from
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated po ...
,
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
and north-west from the
county town
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elect ...
of
Chelmsford. Berden parish, with its own
parish council, is in the district of
Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of
Saffron Walden.
According to the 2001 census Berden had a population of 427, increasing to 465 at the census 2011.
Berden was part of
Clavering hundred and is mentioned in the
Domesday Book of 1086 as a location with four villagers and five smallholders.
"Berden"
, Open Domesday
St Nicholas' Church
The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas. Berden Hall
Berden Hall is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan country house in Berden, in the Uttlesford District of Essex, England. The house was built in the 1580s. In 2012 the house was on the market for £3.5 million.
History
A manor house existed in Berden ...
dates to the 1580s, although a manor and Berden Priory
Berden Priory was a priory in 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 t ...
existed in Berden in medieval times.
See also
* The Hundred Parishes
The Hundred Parishes is an area of the East of England with no formal recognition or status, albeit that the concept has the blessing of county and district authorities. It encompasses around 450 square miles (1,100 square kilometres) of northwes ...
References
External links
*
Berden village web site
Recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk
Villages in Essex
Civil parishes in Essex
Uttlesford
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