Wickham St Paul is a village and

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located five miles north of Halstead in the district of Braintree,

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. The village, in which some of the houses surround a large open green (with cricket pitch and swings), contains a

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, a public house, a part-time post office and a grocery store, part of a large farm shop and pick-your-own establishment. The

United Kingdom Census 2001 A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

listed Wickham St Paul to have a population of 330.

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Villages in Essex Braintree District {{essex-geo-stub