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Mowden is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hatfield Peverel, in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It is about 5 miles away from the city of Chelmsford and about 1 and a half miles away from the large villages of Boreham and Hatfield Peverel. It is also about a mile away from the main A12 road. There is also the hamlet of Nounsley nearby.
The A12 is a major road in southern England. It runs north-east/south-west between London and the coastal town of Lowestoft in the north-eastern corner of Suffolk, following a similar route to the Great Eastern Main Line until Ipswich. A section of the road between Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth became part of the A47 in 2017. Between the junctions with the M25 and the A14, the A12 forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E30. Unlike most A roads, this section of the A12, together with the A14 and the A55, has junction numbers as if it were a motorway.
Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex, with a population of 147,084. Its main town is Braintree.
Hatfield may refer to:
Hatfield Peverel is a village and civil parish at the centre of Essex, England. It is located 6 miles (10 km) north-east from Chelmsford, the nearest large town, to which it is connected by road and rail. The parish includes the hamlets of Nounsley and Mowden. Hatfield means a 'heathery space in the forest'; Peverel refers to William Peverel, the Norman knight granted lands in the area by William the Conqueror after the Norman invasion of 1066. Sited on high ground east of the River Ter, between Boreham and Witham on the A12, it is situated in the southern extremity of the Braintree District Council area. In 2020, the built-up area subdivision had an estimated population of 3,226. In 2011, the built-up area which includes Nounsley had a population of 3,950 and the parish had a population of 4,376.
Nounsley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hatfield Peverel, in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It it connected to the village of Hatfield Peverel to by a hill and footpaths. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 681.
Braintree District Council in Essex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 49 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.
Hatfield Peverel railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the villages of Hatfield Peverel and Nounsley, Essex. It is 35 miles 74 chains (57.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Chelmsford to the west and Witham and to the east. Its three-letter station code is HAP.
Hatfield Broad Oak is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Bishop's Stortford. Near the church of St Mary the Virgin is former Benedictine priory Hatfield Regis Priory.
Exposé is a British 1976 psychological thriller that was referred to as a video nasty during the 1980s. It is a low-budget example of the 1970s exploitation film, having significant amounts of sexual and violent content. The film was partly financed by Paul Raymond and starred Udo Kier, Linda Hayden and 1970s sex symbol Fiona Richmond. It was originally released straight to theaters in March 1976 and it received a heavy amount of cuts due to its graphic violent and sexual content. On its original cinematic release over three minutes were cut to allow it an X certificate. An uncut video version was banned in the UK following the passing of the Video Recordings Act 1984. Both the 1997 UK video and subsequent DVD re-releases contain significant edits.
Hatfield Heath is a village, civil parish, and an electoral ward in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, and at its west is close to the border with Hertfordshire. In close proximity are the towns of Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth. Stansted Airport is approximately 5 miles (8 km) to the north.
Great Totham is a village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England, and midway between Chelmsford and Colchester. The village includes the Island of Osea in the Blackwater estuary and is separated into two parts, north and south. The north side and the south side are about a mile and a half apart, distributed along the B1022. The parish contains the hamlet of Totham Hill.
Thomas Townson (1715–1792) was an English churchman and writer, archdeacon of Richmond from 1781.
Hatfield Peverel Priory was a Benedictine priory in Essex, England, founded as a secular college before 1087 and converted into priory as a cell of St Albans by William Peverel ante 1100. It is in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England and is located on the south side of the village of Hatfield Peverel, about 5 miles north-east of Chelmsford. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a timber-frame structure dominated the property.
Mowden may refer to the following places in England:
Beaulieu Park railway station is a planned station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England that will serve a new development in Boreham, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north-east of Chelmsford, Essex. It will be situated between Chelmsford to the west and Hatfield Peverel to the east. It was originally expected to open in 2022, though due to numerous issues, mainly relating to funding, this date has been pushed back to 2025.
Pincey Brook is a watercourse in the Uttlesford and Epping Forest districts of Essex, England, and is a tributary to the River Stort.
Grace Chappelow, was a British suffragette originally from Islington, London, England. A dedicated suffragette from at least the year 1909, she became a member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in her twenties and spent time in Holloway Prison for breaking windows.
Newman's End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Matching, and the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.
Peverel can refer to: