Great Waltham
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Great Waltham is a village and a parish in the Chelmsford
District, in the county of Essex
. It has a guildhall called Great Waltham Guildhall. It is a few miles away from the large town of Chelmsford
. There is a large house called Langley's which has existed for over 300 years and is surrounded by a deer park, although the parkland is actually used for cattle grazing.
The parish also consists of the village of Ford End
, and four hamlets – Howe Street
, Littley Green
, North End, Church End and Broads Green.
Great Waltham is on Walthambury Brook. It has a primary school, a post office, two churches and a few pubs. It used to have a bakery, a garage and a small fire station but they closed down in the late 1900s. The village of Little Waltham
exists about a mile away.
Chelmsford (borough)
Chelmsford is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex.-History:...
District, 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...
. It has a guildhall called Great Waltham Guildhall. It is a few miles away from the large town 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...
. There is a large house called Langley's which has existed for over 300 years and is surrounded by a deer park, although the parkland is actually used for cattle grazing.
The parish also consists of the village of Ford End
Ford End
Ford End is a small village in the parish of Great Waltham half way between Chelmsford and Great Dunmow in Essex, England....
, and four hamlets – Howe Street
Howe Street
Howe Street is a hamlet near the A130 road and the River Chelmer, in the parish of Great Waltham, in the Chelmsford District, in the county of Essex. It is near the town of Chelmsford. It has a small population of less than 200, and has a pub called The Green Man. It had a post office until...
, Littley Green
Littley Green
Littley Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Great Waltham, in the Chelmsford borough, in the county of Essex, England. Littley Green has a pub called The Compasses Inn.- External links :*...
, North End, Church End and Broads Green.
Great Waltham is on Walthambury Brook. It has a primary school, a post office, two churches and a few pubs. It used to have a bakery, a garage and a small fire station but they closed down in the late 1900s. The village of Little Waltham
Little Waltham
Little Waltham is a village just north of Chelmsford. 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 Age village was excavated before upgrading the main road north between the current...
exists about a mile away.