St Vincent's Hamlet
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St Vincent's Hamlet is a hamlet in the Borough of Brentwood, 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 about three miles away from the town of Brentwood
Brentwood, Essex
Brentwood is a town and the principal settlement of the Borough of Brentwood, in the county of Essex in the east of England. It is located in the London commuter belt, 20 miles east north-east of Charing Cross in London, and near the M25 motorway....

. For transport there is the M25 motorway
M25 motorway
The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...

, the A12 road, the A1023 road
A1023 road
The A1023 is an A-road in Essex, England.The road is approximately long and at its western end is an exit from the Brook Street Roundabout ....

 and the A128 road
A128 road
The A128 is an A-road in Essex, England.The road is approximately long and it runs from Orsett, at its southern origin, to Chipping Ongar at its north end....

 nearby. Old MacDonald's Farm (an animal petting farm) is nearby.

The hamlet is said to have been part of the Rochetts estate which was the home and death-place of John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom...

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External links

  • http://www.localmouth.com/go/st-vincents-hamlet
  • http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/18212
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