Chignall

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Chignall
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Chignall
Location within Essex
Population311 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHELMSFORD
Postcode district CM1
Dialling code 01245
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51°45′54″N0°25′22″E / 51.76500°N 0.42278°E / 51.76500; 0.42278

Chignall is a civil parish in the City of Chelmsford in Essex, England. [1] The civil parish has 311 inhabitants (2011). [2] The villages were recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Cingehala. [3] The parish was created in 1888 from the parishes of Chignal St James and Chignall Smealy. [4] [5]

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References

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