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Human settlement in England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barnston is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. The village is on the B1008 road, about 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) south-east of Great Dunmow and 9 miles (14 km) north-north-west from the county town of Chelmsford.
Barnston | |
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![]() St Mary, Barnston | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 947 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL646195 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DUNMOW |
Postcode district | CM6 |
Dialling code | 01371 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Website | barnstonvillage |
The local churches are St Andrews and the Mission Evangelical Church.[2]
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 850, increasing to 947 at the census 2011[1]
Barnston is part of the electoral ward named Barnston and High Easter. The total population of this ward at the 2011 census was 1,701.[3] 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.[2]
Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686), puritan, retired to the village and died there.[4]
Bridget Plowden (1910–2000), educational reformer, lived in later life at Martels Manor, on the edge of the village.[5]