Fordham, Essex
| Fordham | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 All Saints church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°55’22"N, 0°48’13"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 835 (2011) |
| Post town: | Colchester |
| Postcode: | CO6 |
| Dialling code: | 01206 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Colchester |
Fordham is a village and parish in the Lexden hundred of Essex, six miles north-west of the town of Colchester. It has a population measured at 835 in the 2011 census.[1] The parish includes the nearby hamlets of Fordham Heath and Hemp's Green.
Features and facilities
Fordham is bounded to the south by the River Colne. It has a post office, a school, a place of worship and a historic pub, called The Three Horseshoes. Another pub, The Shoulder of Mutton is also in Fordham parish, on the main Colchester–Halstead Road near the bridge over the Colne that stands on the site of the ford that gave the hamlet of Fordstreet its name. There is a fair held every year on the first Saturday of July, and a vehicle show on the second Sunday of August. An area of 500 acres in the parish was turned over to the Woodland Trust in 2001 for future woodland.[2]
Church
All Saints' Church dates from about 1340 and is a Grade-I listed building.[3]
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123525&c=Fordham&d=16&e=62&g=6424263&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1443523364544&enc=1. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ↑ Fordham site. Retrieved 1 October 2014
- ↑ "Name: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS List entry Number: 1239789". English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1239789. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
