Downham, Essex

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Downham
Essex
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St Margaret's
Location
Grid reference: TQ728960
Location: 51°38’22"N, 0°29’24"E
Data
Post town: Billericay
Postcode: CM11
Dialling code: 01268
Local Government
Council: Chelmsford
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rayleigh

Downham is a small village and ancient parish in the Barnstable Hundred of Essex. It is located approximately seven miles south of the county town of Chelmsford. The closest two towns are Billericay, three miles west-south-west, and Wickford, two-and-a-half miles south-east.

The village is close to Hanningfield Reservoir.

There is an Indian/Thai restaurant in the former public house.

Downham has approximately 200 households.[1]

References

  1. "Statistics". www.ramsdenheath.info. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230410/http://www.ramsdenheath.info/vdsstats.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-14. 

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