Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex, with a population of 147,084. Its main town is Braintree.
Braintree Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England. It was created in 1894. In 1934 the parish of Bocking was removed from the Rural District and became part of the newly created Braintree and Bocking Urban District, thus dividing the Rural District into two detached parts. It was named after Braintree and administered from Bocking.
Braintree is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cleverly, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
Great Bardfield is a large village in the Braintree district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the town of Braintree, and approximately 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Saffron Walden.
Bardfield Saling is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Salings, in the county of Essex, England. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Braintree and is 12 miles (19 km) north from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of Braintree. The parish is part of the Panfield, Shalford and The Salings parish cluster.
Finchingfield is a village in the Braintree district in north-west Essex, England, a primarily rural area. It is approximately 6 miles (10 km) from Thaxted, further from the larger towns of Saffron Walden and Braintree.
Cressing is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Within the parish is the village of Tye Green and the hamlet of Hawbush Green.
Young's End is a hamlet in the Braintree district of Essex, England. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Black Notley.
Great Notley is a suburban development, built mostly by Countryside Properties, to the south-west of Braintree, Essex in England. It has an approximate population of 5,500 and became an independent civil parish on 1 April 2000 as a result of The Great Notley Parish Council Order 2000.
Belchamp St Paul is a village and civil parish in the Braintree distirct of Essex, England.
Shalford is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. The village is approximately 4 miles (6 km) north from Braintree on the B1057 road. The parish includes the hamlets of Church End, Jasper's Green, and Shalford Green.
Fairstead is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Whilst isolated in a community of farming hamlets, the parish of Fairstead has close connections with Great Leighs and is 9.8 miles (15.8 km) from Chelmsford, Essex's capital. The parish encompasses the hamlets of Fuller Street and Rank's Green. Fairstead had a population of 290 according to the 2011 census. In the 1870s, Fairstead was described as being:
Wethersfield is a village and a civil parish on the B1053 road in the Braintree district of Essex, England. It is near the River Pant. Wethersfield has a school, a social club, a fire station and one places of worship. Nearby settlements include the town of Braintree and the village of Finchingfield. The village probably gets its name from a Viking invader named Wuthha or Wotha, whose "field" or clearing it was. Reverend Patrick Brontë, father of the Brontë sisters, was a young curate here in 1807, as was the Rev. John West, missionary to Canada, who married Harriet Atkinson here in 1807.
Great Saling is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Salings, in the Braintree district of the English county of Essex. The population of the civi parish at the 2011 Census was 282. It is near the town of Braintree. The hamlet of Blake End was part of the parish.
Gransmore Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Felsted, in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the towns of Braintree and Great Dunmow, and Felsted village. The hamlet is situated on the B1417 road, with the A120 road nearby to the north.
Surrex is a hamlet in the civil parish of Coggeshall, and the Braintree district of Essex, England. The hamlet is at the junction of the A120 road and a minor road to the village of Feering, and is 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the small market town of Coggeshall.
Jasper's Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Shalford and the Braintree district of Essex, England. The town of Braintree is 3 miles (5 km) to the southeast. Other parish hamlets are Shalford Green and Church End.
Cornish Hall End is on the B1057 road three miles north of Finchingfield and 4 miles (6 km) south of Steeple Bumpstead in the Braintree district of Essex, England. The main part of the village is a ribbon development of about 60 houses on either side of the road with many outlying farms, hamlets and individual houses.
