Spellbrook

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Spellbrook
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Spellbrook
Location within Hertfordshire
Population275 (2005 est.)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SAWBRIDGEWORTH
Postcode district CM21
Dialling code 01279
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51°50′13″N0°09′18″E / 51.837°N 0.155°E / 51.837; 0.155 Coordinates: 51°50′13″N0°09′18″E / 51.837°N 0.155°E / 51.837; 0.155

Spellbrook is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, situated between Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth.

Hamlet (place) Small human settlement in a rural area

A hamlet is a small human settlement. In different jurisdictions and geographies, hamlets may be the size of a town, village or parish, be considered a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet have roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French hamlet came to apply to small human settlements. In British geography, a hamlet is considered smaller than a village and distinctly without a church.

Hertfordshire County of England

Hertfordshire is one of the home counties in southern England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it is placed in the East of England region.

Bishops Stortford town in Hertfordshire, England

Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, 27 miles (43 km) north-east of central London, and 35 miles (56 km) by rail from Liverpool Street station. Bishop's Stortford had an estimated population of 40,089 in 2017.

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Location

Spellbrook is one mile south of Bishop's Stortford, thirteen miles east of Hertford and ten miles north of Epping. It lies on the A1184 The river Stort flows through the east of the town, past the Three Horseshoes public house. It has a school, Spellbrook Primary [1] There is currently a campaign to persuade British Telecom to provide an adequate broadband service to the area. [2]

Epping, Essex Town and parish in Essex, UK

Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. The town is 17 miles (30 km) north-east from the centre of London, is surrounded by the northern end of Epping Forest, and on a ridge of land between the River Roding and River Lea valleys.

Stort Navigation river in the United Kingdom

The Stort Navigation is the canalised section of the River Stort running 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the town of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, downstream to its confluence with the Lee Navigation at Feildes Weir near Rye House, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

Nearby towns and cities: Bishop's Stortford, Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth town in East Hertfordshire, United Kindom

Sawbridgeworth is a small town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is 12 miles (19 km) east of Hertford and 9 miles (14 km) north of Epping.

Nearby villages: Trimms Green, Allen's Green, Little Hallingbury

Allens Green village in United Kingdom

Allen's Green is a village in Hertfordshire, England.

Little Hallingbury village and civil parish in Essex, UK

Little Hallingbury is a small village and a civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

Politics and local government

Spellbrook is administered by East Herts district council.

East Hertfordshire Non-metropolitan district in England

East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. The main settlement is Bishop's Stortford.

The local Town Council for Sawbridgeworth has 12 councillors, who also cover Spellbrook.

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References

  1. "Spellbrook C of E Primary School". www.spellbrook.herts.sch.uk.
  2. "Broadband for Thorley, Spellbrook and Little Hallingbury". Archived from the original on 13 August 2003.