Barnston, Essex

Barnston is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. The village is on the B1008 road, about 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) south-east of Great Dunmow and 9 miles (14 km) north-north-west from the county town of Chelmsford.

Barnston
St Mary, Barnston
Barnston is located in Essex
Barnston
Barnston
Location within Essex
Population947 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTL646195
Civil parish
  • Barnston
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNMOW
Postcode districtCM6
Dialling code01371
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
Websitebarnstonvillage.co.uk

The local churches are St Andrews and the Mission Evangelical Church.[2]

According to the 2001 census it had a population of 850, increasing to 947 at the census 2011[1]

Governance

Barnston is part of the electoral ward named Barnston and High Easter. The total population of this ward at the 2011 census was 1,701.[3] The first tier of local government is Barnston parish council. The parish is in the district of Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden.[2]

Notable residents

Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686), puritan, retired to the village and died there.[4]

Bridget Plowden (1910–2000), educational reformer, lived in later life at Martels Manor, on the edge of the village.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. "Uttlesford Information regarding Barnston". www.uttlesford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
  3. "Barnston and High Easter ward population 2011". Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. "Thomas Watson". fivesolas.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2005 – via Internet Archive.
  5. Green, Arthur. "Plowden [née Richmond], Dame Bridget Horatia". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74720. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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