Great Canfield
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 Great Canfield civil parish, Uttlesford District 1945 |
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| Great Canfield shown within Essex | |
| Population | 414 (2011 Census |
| OS grid reference | TL 58251 18352 |
| • London | 25 mi (40 km) SW |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dunmow |
| Postcode district | CM6 |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Great Canfield is a village and a civil parish in the Uttlesford District of Essex, England. The village, which sits at the south-east edge of its civil parish, is approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-west from the small town of Great Dunmow, and 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from High Roding. The civil parish contains the hamlets and small settlements of Hope End Green, Hellmans Cross, Bacon End, Baconend Green, and Puttocks End. The River Roding defines the parish border at the south-east, and for 1 mile cuts through the parish before providing part of the north-east border.
Great Canfield civil parish contains Grade listed buildings and historic landscapes, and records dating to the Domesday Book. One entry found in the Domesday Book describes Great Canfield as having a "Value to the Lord in 1066 [of] £6" and agricultural resources from years 1066 to 1086: "Meadow 51 acres. Woodland 160 pigs. 1 mill." Great Canfield has historically a grounding in agricultural practices until recent years of industrialization and the re-distribution of work labour. Among other parishes found in England, Great Canfield is considered by many to be an important part of England's historic heritage.
Great Canfield is one of 104 parishes within the scope of The Hundred Parishes Society, which covers "450 square miles of northwest Essex, northeast Hertfordshire and southern Cambridgeshire". The society aims to raise awareness of the area's character and history and conserve and protect its historic buildings, natural landscape and culture. St Mary's Church at Great Canfield is of particular interest. The church is typically Norman and thought to have been constructed between 1100-1150. It is described as being "in the shadow of an old Motte and Bailey and it was perhaps built on the site of an earlier church". The church contains a 13th–century painting of The Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, which is described as of "exceedingly good quality". St Mary's is part of a six-church Group ministry in west Essex—the other churches are St Mary the Virgin in Aythorpe Roding, St Andrews's in Halstead, St Mary the Virgin in High Easter, All Saints in High Roding, and The Church of St Margaret of St Antioch. The group shares a part-time priest who conducts services in each of the member churches.
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