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The parish church of Holy Trinity was built on the site of a Roman camp. The first record of it dates from 1163 and the church was considerably altered between 1870 and 1874. It houses a beautiful stone font with decorated oak canopy.
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sherds to the east of the village. Ring Hill Fort to the west of Audley End is believed to date from the Iron Age, and there is significant evidence of Roman settlement.
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St Peter's church at Littlebury Green was built in 1885. The village formerly supported a chapel, situated on Chapel Green, but no trace of it remains.
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and the hamlets of Catmere End and Chapel Green at the west, and parts of the estate of
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Joan Bradbury, widow of Thomas Bradbury who founded a school in the 17th century.
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at the southeast. The parish had a population of 869 at the 2011 census.
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line passes through the village and it formerly had its own station.
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from the ninth century, and was retained by the Crown following
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The name Littlebury first appears in a 10th-century will as
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The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with
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in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to
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with a total population at the 2011 census of 1,708.
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Littlebury is located in Essex
Essex
OS grid reference
TL516396
Civil parish
District
Uttlesford
Shire county
Essex
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
CB11
Dialling code
Police
Essex
Fire
Essex
Ambulance
East of England
UK Parliament
Saffron Walden
UK
England
Essex

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