Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex, with a population of 147,084. Its main town is Braintree.
The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham Station, near Halstead in Essex, England. The railway consists of a 1 mile (1.6 km) long running line, with a fully reconstructed station, signal box and railway yard.
Braintree is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cleverly, a Conservative. He is the former Chairman of the Conservative Party and currently a minister in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Saffron Walden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Kemi Badenoch, a Conservative. She is currently the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and a minister in the GEO.
North Essex was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Belchamp Otten is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately 4.3 miles (7 km) west of Sudbury, Suffolk and is 23 miles (37 km) north-northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. It is near Belchamp St Paul and Belchamp Walter. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of Braintree. The parish is part of the Stour Valley North parish cluster
Belchamp was a rural district in Essex in England. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Sudbury rural sanitary district which was in Essex.
The Colne Valley and Halstead Railway (CVHR) was a former railway between Haverhill, Suffolk and Chappel and Wakes Colne, Essex, in England.
Stambourne is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District in north Essex, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 409. Stambourne's closest neighbouring villages are Ridgewell, Toppesfield, Cornish Hall End and Great Yeldham.
Great Yeldham is a village in north Essex, England, about 6 miles (10 km) from the Suffolk border. Great Yeldham is situated along the busy main A1017 road between Braintree and Haverhill.
Sible Hedingham is a large village and civil parish in the Colne Valley in the Braintree District of Essex, in England. It has a population of 3,994 according to the 2011 census. Sible Hedingham lies in the northern corner of Essex, close to both the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire borders. The village covers some 2,123 hectares.
Little Maplestead is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England.
Great Henny is a village and civil parish near Sudbury, in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the villages of Little Henny and Twinstead. The hamlet of Henny Street, within the parish, is on the River Stour which forms the parish's eastern border.
Little Henny is a locality and civil parish near Sudbury, in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. Little Henny is located in between Great Henny and Bulmer Tye. Unusually for a civil parish in the area, it has no church - though the foundations of a medieval church exist. With its very small population, the "village" comprises just a few houses, with no public house or shops.
Knowl Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Belchamp St Paul and the Braintree district of Essex, England.
Robert I de Vaux, also known as Robert de Vallibus, Lord of Pentney, was a prominent 11th-century noble. A Norman knight, Robert participated in William, Duke of Normandy's invasion of England in 1066, with his brother Aitard. He obtained lands of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex in England from Roger Bigod as tenant in chief. Robert was succeeded by his son Robert.
Robert II de Vaux of Pentney also known as Robert de Vallibus, Lord of Pentney, was a prominent 12th-century noble. He succeeded to the lands in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex in England, held by his father Robert which had been received from Roger Bigod after the Norman conquest of England. Robert was the founder of the Augustinian Pentney Priory, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, St Mary and St Magdalene, which he established c.1130, for the souls of Agnes his wife and their children. He was succeeded by his eldest son William.
