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Great Dunmow was on the GHQ Line, a series of defences and concrete pillboxes built to hinder an anticipated German invasion in the Second World War. Many of these remain and are clearly visible along the Chelmer valley, one being located on the west bank of the River Chelmer in meadows behind the Dourdan Pavilion and recreation ground.
Garnetts Wood and Barnston Lays is a 25 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest two miles south of Great Dunmow in Essex. It is owned and managed by Essex County Council "for quiet public recreation". [1] [2] The site is coppiced woodland, mostly ancient, on glacial silt, sands, gravels and clay soils.
High Wood, Dunmow is a 41.5-hectare (103-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Great Dunmow in Essex. The local planning authority is Uttlesford District Council. [1] [2] The site on boulder clay and loess has areas of wet ash and maple woodland, and others of pedunculate oak and hornbeam. Some areas are ancient woodland.
Felsted is south of the A120 and is near Braintree, Great Dunmow and Chelmsford. It lies on the north bank of the River Chelmer as it leaves Great Dunmow and turns south towards Chelmsford. Latitude/Longitude in decimal degrees:51.85656 0.43327; Latitude/Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds:51° 51' 24" North 0° 26' 60" East
Uttlesford is a local government district in Essex, England.Its council is based in the town of Saffron Walden.The district also includes the town of Great Dunmow and numerous villages, including Stansted Mountfitchet, Takeley, Elsenham, Thaxted, and Newport.
Little Dunmow is a village situated in the Uttlesford district, in rural Essex, England, in the vale of the River Chelmer about 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of the town of Great Dunmow. It can be reached from the Dunmow South exit of the A120 by following the road towards Braintree (B1256) for 3.2 km before turning right for the village. The ...
Houses along Main Street in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., are submerged up to the top of the first floor in floodwaters from the Mississippi River in this July 21, 1993 photo, during the Great Flood of 1993.
Dunmow may refer to: Great Dunmow, a town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England Dunmow railway station, a disused station; John Dunmow, a Canon of Windsor; Little Dunmow, a village located about 3 miles outside the town of Great Dunmow