Sawbridgeworth
| Sawbridgeworth | |
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 St Mary the Great, Sawbridgeworth |
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| Sawbridgeworth shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 8,458 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL481151 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SAWBRIDGEWORTH |
| Postcode district | CM21 |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Sawbridgeworth is a small, mainly residential, town and also a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England.
Sawbridgeworth borders Harlow and is four miles south of Bishop's Stortford, twelve miles east of Hertford and nine miles north of Epping. It lies on the A1184 and has a railway station that links to Liverpool Street station in London. The River Stort flows through the east of the town, past the Maltings. Underlying the town at some depth is the London Clay stratum, with a thick layer of Boulder clay laid down during the ice ages, including the Anglian. The soil on top of this is a loam, with erratics of conglomerate known as "Hertfordshire puddingstone" found around the town. there is also Flint, Copper and Silver. There have also been belief that there is gold lying in the ground
Nearby villages: High Wych, Spellbrook, Much Hadham
Prior to the Norman conquest, most of the area was owned by the Saxon Angmar the Staller.
The Manor of "Sabrixteworde" (one of the many spellings previously associated with the town) was recorded in the Domesday Book. After the Battle of Hastings it was granted to Geoffrey de Mandeville I by William the Conqueror. Local notables have included John Leventhorpe, an executor of both King Henry IV and King Henry Vs' wills and Anne Boleyn, who was given the Pishiobury/Pishobury estate, located to the south of the town.
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