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  Fordham Location within Essex | |
| Population | 835 (2011 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Fordham is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of Essex, England, six miles north-west of Colchester. Its population was recorded as 835 in the 2011 Census [1] and estimated at 823 in 2019. [2] The parish includes the nearby hamlets of Fordham Heath and Hemp's Green.
Fordham is part of the Essex electoral ward of Fordham and Stour Valley. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,332. [3]
Fordham is bounded to the south by the River Colne. An area of 500 acres (202 ha) in the parish was turned over to the Woodland Trust in 2001 for future woodland. [4]
The village has a historic pub, The Three Horseshoes. And a cafe and an antique showroom, The Shoulder of Mutton, stands on the main Colchester–Halstead Road, near the bridge over the Colne, which replaced the ford that gave the hamlet of Fordstreet its name.
Fordham offers primary education to about 100 pupils at All Saints Church of England Primary School. [4] [5]
The village hosts an annual fair on the first Saturday of July and a vehicle show on the second Sunday of August.
All Saints' Church is a Grade I listed building, which dates mainly from about 1340. [6] It was formerly under the patronage of Earl de Grey. [7] The village also had a chapel of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in the 19th century. [8]
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