Wickham Bishops
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Wickham Bishops is a village and civil parish in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is located around three miles north of the town of Maldon and around two miles south-east of Witham, in whose post town it lies.
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Location within Essex | |
Population | 3,700 (2021)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL840120 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WITHAM |
Postcode district | CM8 |
Dialling code | 01621 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
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51.7763°N 0.6681°E / 51.7763; 0.6681 |
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The place name Wickham Bishops is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wicham, meaning 'dwelling place with a (dairy) farm'. Bishops refers to the fact that the land belonged to the Bishop of London.[2] Other references note the historic name of Wycham Episcopi.[3]