Fyfield is a village in the County of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is a small market town, and a civil parish called Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is located East of Epping, South-East of Harlow and North-West of Brentwood.-Geography:...

, 7.9 miles (12.7 km) south-east of Harlow

Harlow

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...

 and 8.3 miles (13.3 km) west of Chelmsford

Chelmsford

Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

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Trivia

• The Fyfield Pea
  Lathyrus tuberosus
  Lathyrus tuberosus, also known as the Tuberous Pea, Tuberous Vetchling, Earthnut Pea, or Aardaker, is a small, climbing perennial plant, native in moist temperate parts of Europe and Western Asia....
  
  , a type of peaflower
  Fabaceae
  The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
  
   was discovered in the area by a tenant farmer of Fyfield Hall in 1859.
• Fyfield is home to Fyfield Hall, which is the oldest inhabited timber framed building in England.

Notable residents

Wayne Lineker, brother of broadcaster and ex-professional footballer Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker

Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...

, lived in Fyfield until he was jailed for two and a half years for tax fraud.

James Brown once resided in Fyfield during the 1970s whilst visiting a friend

Location Grid

External links

• History
• Village Hall
• Fyfield Hall - Oldest inhabited timber frame building in the UK