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Black Notley, Essex

Black Notley Black Notley is a village in Essex, on the River Brain about two miles south of Braintree and ten miles north of the county town, Chelmsford. Two miles further downstream is its sister village, White Notley. The name 'Notley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 998 as Hnutlea, and appears as Nutlea in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'nut wood'. (Read more)