Elmdon

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Elmdon






Statistics
Population:
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TL465395
Administration
District:	Uttlesford
Shire county:	Essex
Region:	East of England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Essex
Historic county:	Essex
Services
Police force:	Essex Police
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	East of England
Post office and telephone
Post town:	SAFFRON WALDEN
Postal district:	CB11
Dialling code:
Politics
UK Parliament:
European Parliament:	East of England

Elmdon is a village in the Uttlesford district of Essex and near the boundary with Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

The name means 'hill of elms' and this village homes the only three elm trees in Essex. Elmdon provides a public house and restaurant; a village hall; a church; and a bus shelter with bus links to Bishop's Stortford.

[edit] The Elmdon Dial

In January 2006, an event which will go down in the history of Elmdon, Essex occurred. After 7 years of tough fighting, Elmdon won back its pub. In 1997 someone bought the pub, previously called the 'King's Head', with the intention of shutting it down in order that he might rent out rooms. Many people from the village protested, as the loss of their pub meant that there were no longer any amenities in Elmdon. It ended up in court, where many people from Elmdon turned up. It was then that Mrs Longman, a resident of Elmdon (now deceased), shouted out the infamous comment "You can't do this to our pub! We want it back!" For many years following, a fundraising event, 'The King's Headless' was held twice a year for the reopening the pub and to draw the community together. The hard work was worth it in the end. Christopher Crane, now the landlord, had bought the plot and converted it into its present state. The new pub and restaurant, now called 'The Elmdon Dial', is open to the public. You can enjoy a meal in the restaurant, a cup of tea in the 'Oak Room' lounge or a pint in the 'Tap Room' bar. The Elmdon Dial bases its name on a recently uncovered sundial near Elmdon. View the Sundial

To see the 'Dials' website click here

[edit] References

Elmdon by Jean Robin, published by Cambridge University Press. This book gives a detailed outlook on Elmdon between 1861 and 1964 including censuses, records, statisticsand changes. ISBN 0-521-22820-4

Kinship at the Core: An Anthropology of Elmdon, a Village in North-west Essex in the Nineteen-Sixties by Marilyn Strathern and Audrey Richards, published by Cambridge University Press in 1981.