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Barnston, Essex

Village in Essex, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Barnston
coordinates
os_grid_reference	TL646195
population	926
population_ref	(Parish, 2021)
civil_parish	Barnston
shire_district	Uttlesford
shire_county	Essex
region	East of England
constituency_westminster	Saffron Walden
post_town	DUNMOW
postcode_district	CM6
postcode_area	CM
dial_code	01371
static_image_name	St Mary, Barnston, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 1304052.jpg
static_image_caption	St Mary, Barnston
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Barnston is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. The village is on the B1008 road, about 1+3/4 mi south-east of Great Dunmow and 9 mi north-north-west from the county town of Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 926.

The local churches are St Andrews and the Mission Evangelical Church.

Governance

The first tier of local government is Barnston parish council. The parish is in the district of Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden.

Notable residents

Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686), puritan, retired to the village and died there.

Bridget Plowden (1910–2000), educational reformer, lived in later life at Martels Manor, on the edge of the village.

References

"2021 Census Parish Profiles". Office for National Statistics.
"Uttlesford Information regarding Barnston". www.uttlesford.gov.uk.
(2004). "Thomas Watson".
Green, Arthur. "Plowden [née Richmond], Dame Bridget Horatia".

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