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Exquisitely preserved medieval wool town with over 300 listed buildings, including crooked timber-framed houses and a magnificent church.
19 km · about 20 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Castle Hedingham is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Halstead, 41km from The Backs, Cambridge.
Castle Hedingham is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 1,063, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Castle Hedingham sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Castle Hedingham to your route.
Castle Hedingham is a village and civil parish in northern Essex, England, located four miles west of Halstead and 3 miles southeast of Great Yeldham in the Colne Valley on the ancient road from Colchester, Essex, to Cambridge. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,186.
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Castle, the ancestral seat of the de Veres, Earls of Oxford. The first earl, Aubrey de Vere III, finished the initial building of the keep and established a Benedictine nunnery, Castle Hedingham Priory, near the castle gates. Hugh de Vere, fourth earl of Oxford, purchased the right to hold a market in the town of the crown in the mid-13th century. He also founded a hospital just outside the gates of the castle around 1250.
The village's main attractions are the well preserved Norman Hedingham Castle, the Colne Valley Railway, Kirby Hall and its many timber-framed medieval buildings.
The church of St. Nicholas is late Norman and Gothic, building having commenced around 1180. The fine double hammerbeam roof is attributed to Thomas Loveday, who was responsible for work on St John's College, Cambridge. Its Romanesque wheel window and cemetery cross are remnants of the Norman church.
The church has a ring of 6 bells. https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?tower=11865
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Castle Hedingham is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 51.9901 latitude, 0.5988 longitude.
Castle Hedingham has a population of approximately 1,063 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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