Thaxted

Thaxted
Thaxted Windmill and Church
Thaxted is located in Essex
Thaxted
Thaxted
Location within Essex
Population3,116 [1]
OS grid referenceTL615315
Civil parish
  • Thaxted
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNMOW
Postcode districtCM6
Dialling code01371
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
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Essex
51°57′14″N 0°20′46″E / 51.954°N 0.346°E / 51.954; 0.346

Thaxted is a town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of north-west Essex, England. The town is in the valley of the River Chelmer, not far from its source in the nearby village of Debden, and is 97 metres (318 feet) above sea level (where the parish church stands).[2]

The town is 15 miles (24 km) north from the county town of Chelmsford and 5.5 miles (9 km) east from the M11 motorway. The parish contains the hamlets of Cutlers Green, Bardfield End Green, Sibleys Green, Monk Street and Richmond's Green. Much of its status as a "town" rests on its prominent late medieval guildhall, a place where guilds of skilled tradesmen regulated their trading practices, and its English Perpendicular parish church.

  1. ^ "Thaxted (Essex, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
  2. ^ The Guildhall stands about 8 metres lower than the churchyard and the river another ten metres lower still. "Elevation Finder". freemaptools.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)