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Great Dunmow is a historic market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies to the north of the A120 road, approximately midway between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree, 5 mi (8 km) east of London Stansted Airport. Originally the site of a Roman settlement on Stane Street, the town thrived during the Middle ...
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. Categories: Disambiguation pages. Place name disambiguation pages.
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.
Royal Air Force Great Dunmow or more simply RAF Great Dunmow is a former Royal Air Force station in the parish of Little Easton, Essex, England. The airfield is located approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) mi west of Great Dunmow, north of the A120; about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of London. Opened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force ...
Old Town Hall, Great Dunmow. / 51.8729; 0.3623. The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Great Dunmow, Essex, England. The structure, which is now in retail use, is a Grade II listed building. [1]
Flitch of bacon custom. Thomas and Ann Shakeshaft, awarded the Dunmow flitch in 1751, being carried in procession through the town. Etching by George Cruikshank. The awarding of a flitch of bacon[ a ] to married couples who can swear to not having regretted their marriage for a year and a day is an old tradition, the remnants of which still ...
Church End Mill is a four-storey tower mill with a conical cap with a ball finial. The mill had four single Patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft and was winded by a six-bladed fantail. The tower is 40 feet (12.19 m) high to curb level, 20 feet (6.10 m) diameter at base level and 10 feet (3.05 m) diameter at the curb. [ 2]
Little Dunmow Priory in Little Dunmow was an Augustinian priory in Essex, England. [1] The priory was founded as a church by Juga de Baynard in 1104, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and consecrated by Maurice, bishop of London. [2][3][4] Juga was the widow of Ralph Baynard, baron of Little Dunmow, sheriff of Essex and builder of Baynard's ...