Berden

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Berden
Essex
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Location
Grid reference: TL469298
Location: 51°56’51"N, 0°8’14"E
Data
Population: 465  (2011[1])
Post town: Bishop' Stortford
Postcode: CM23
Local Government
Council: Uttlesford
Parliamentary
constituency:
Saffron Walden

Berden is a village and parish in Essex, adjacent to the border with Hertfordshire. Berden village is approximately six miles north of Bishop's Stortford in the latter county, and 21 miles north-west of the county town of Chelmsford.

According to the 2001 census Berden had a population of 427, increasing to 465 at the census 2011.[1]

Berden forms part of Clavering Hundred and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a location with four villagers and five smallholders.[2]

The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas. Berden Hall dates to the 1580s, although a manor and Berden Priory existed in Berden in mediæval times.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120611&c=CM23+1AB&d=16&e=62&g=6426436&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443352775191&enc=1. Retrieved 27 September 2015. 
  2. "Berden", Open Domesday

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