Wimbish

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Wimbish
Essex
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All Saints church, Wimbish
Location
Location: 52°0’25"N, 0°18’21"E
Data
Population: 1,629  (2011[1])
Post town: Saffron Walden
Postcode: CB10
Dialling code: 01799
Local Government
Council: Uttlesford

Wimbish is a village and parish in the Uttlesford hundred of Essex. It is located four miles south-east of Saffron Walden.

The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the Domesday Book.[2]

The village has its own non-denominational primary school (Wimbish Primary School) and a church (All Saints). The church tower was partly destroyed by lightning in 1756, and was rebuilt in brick but was later taken down again in 1883.

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