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Wimbish
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Wimbish
Location within Essex
Population1,629 (2011) [1]
Civil parish
  • Wimbish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Saffron Walden
Postcode district CB10
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Ambulance East of England
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Coordinates: 52°00′N0°19′E / 52.000°N 0.317°E / 52.000; 0.317

Wimbish is a village and civil parish within Uttlesford, in Essex, England. [2] The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the Domesday Book. [3] The village has its own non-denominational primary school (Wimbish Primary School) and a church (All Saints). The church tower was partly destroyed by lightning in 1756, and was rebuilt in brick but was later taken down again in 1883.

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Governance

Wimbish is part of the electoral ward called Wimbish and Debden. [4] The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,407. [5] Women in the ward had the third highest life expectancy at birth, 96.5 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 154 Cambridge & Newmarket (Saffron Walden) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319231739.
  3. ↑ Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Doomsday: Wimbish". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wimbush and Debden ward population 2011" . Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Bennett, James; et al. (22 November 2018). "Contributions of diseases and injuries to widening life expectancy inequalities in England from 2001 to 2016: a population-based analysis of vital registration data". Lancet public health. Retrieved 23 November 2018.


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