Great Waltham — also known as Church End — is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, 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 ...
district, in the county of
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 Grea ...
.
The parish contains the village of
Ford End, and the hamlets of
Broad's Green,
Howe Street,
Littley Green,
North End and
Fanner's Green, and the hamlet of
Breeds
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, part of Great Waltham village.
Walthambury Brook, a tributary 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 ...
, flows west to east through the parish and at the north of the village.
It is twinned with the French town of
Ceyrat.
Landmarks
There were Roman settlements in the area. The Church of St Mary and St Lawrence is of Norman or earlier origin and is constructed of flint and stone. There is an Elizabethan
guildhall
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, also known as Badynghams, and a Grade I listed house called Langley's.
Amenities
The village has a primary school, a post office, two churches and a few pubs. It had a bakery, a garage and a small fire station but they closed down in the late 1900s. The village of
Little Waltham
Little Waltham is a village and civil parish just north of Chelmsford, in Essex, England. It is adjacent to the village of Great Waltham. The Domesday Book refers to the two villages as Waltham, consisting of several manors. The site of an Iron ...
is about one mile away.
Location grid
See also
*
The Hundred Parishes
References
External links
Listed buildings in Great Waltham
Villages in Essex
Civil parishes in Essex
City of Chelmsford
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