Sandon, Essex
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Sandon is a small village just off junction 17 of the A12 in Essex
, adjacent to Great Baddow
and close to Danbury
. It was known for an ancient oak tree covering most of the village green. This rare Spanish oak was planted in 1888 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and was removed for safety reasons in 2000 after collapsing due to long-standing fungal infection (this oak tree was used by a local artist for many of his paintings, and is still represented on the village sign, after a brief interruption while the sign was repaired after vandalism). Three new oak trees were planted on the village green to continue its legacy and mark Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee.
Sandon has a secondary School, which is on Molrams Lane, the border between Sandon and Great Baddow.
The Sandon School in Chelmsford, Essex is a 11-18 mixed comprehensive of 1200 students and is a specialist College in Mathematics and Computing which has just received redesignation offering a two year Key Stage 3 in English, Mathematics, ICT and Science.
“A good school and improving school” OFSTED (October 2007)
Holders of Sportsmark, Healthy Schools Award and Investors in People.
Sandon's only pub is The Crown, which is situated on the village green opposite St. Andrews Church (in recent years, the Crown was closed for one year following a fire in January 2004, but it re-opened in March 2005). Foundation stones from a long-demolished village primary school can be spotted in the walls of the pub car park.
There are two pits located next to the A12. These are the results of gravel extraction during previous decades. In recent years these pits have been subject to an application to be utilised as landfill sites, but now have been planted on and are used by children as play areas and by dog walkers.
Major changes to the village over the last 40 years include the building of the Gablefields estate (on the east edge of the village) on the site of the old Gable Farm in 1975, the construction of the A12 bypass further to the east around 1986, and the construction in the intervening area of an extension to Gablefields, The Lintons, in the 1990s.
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...
, adjacent to Great Baddow
Great Baddow
Great Baddow is an urban village in the Chelmsford borough of Essex, England. It is close to the county town, Chelmsford and, with a population of over 13,000, is one of the largest villages in the country....
and close to Danbury
Danbury, Essex
Danbury is a village in Essex, England. It is located northeast of Charing Cross, London and has a population of 6,500. It is situated on a hill above sea level.-Origins:The village was built on the site of a megalithic hill fort noted for its oval shape....
. It was known for an ancient oak tree covering most of the village green. This rare Spanish oak was planted in 1888 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and was removed for safety reasons in 2000 after collapsing due to long-standing fungal infection (this oak tree was used by a local artist for many of his paintings, and is still represented on the village sign, after a brief interruption while the sign was repaired after vandalism). Three new oak trees were planted on the village green to continue its legacy and mark Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee.
Sandon has a secondary School, which is on Molrams Lane, the border between Sandon and Great Baddow.
The Sandon School in Chelmsford, Essex is a 11-18 mixed comprehensive of 1200 students and is a specialist College in Mathematics and Computing which has just received redesignation offering a two year Key Stage 3 in English, Mathematics, ICT and Science.
“A good school and improving school” OFSTED (October 2007)
Holders of Sportsmark, Healthy Schools Award and Investors in People.
Sandon's only pub is The Crown, which is situated on the village green opposite St. Andrews Church (in recent years, the Crown was closed for one year following a fire in January 2004, but it re-opened in March 2005). Foundation stones from a long-demolished village primary school can be spotted in the walls of the pub car park.
There are two pits located next to the A12. These are the results of gravel extraction during previous decades. In recent years these pits have been subject to an application to be utilised as landfill sites, but now have been planted on and are used by children as play areas and by dog walkers.
Major changes to the village over the last 40 years include the building of the Gablefields estate (on the east edge of the village) on the site of the old Gable Farm in 1975, the construction of the A12 bypass further to the east around 1986, and the construction in the intervening area of an extension to Gablefields, The Lintons, in the 1990s.
External links
- http://www.sandon-church.info Sandon Church website, giving information about St Andrew's, its services and events, as well as important contacts