Hatfield Peverel
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| Hatfield Peverel | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 5,500 |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | TL7911 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Braintree |
| 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: | CHELMSFORD |
| Postal district: | CM3 |
| Dialling code: | 01245 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | |
| European Parliament: | East of England |
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Hatfield Peverel is a large urban village and civil parish in the centre of Essex, England. Its population, including the hamlet of Nounsley, is approximately 5,500 (in 2004). Hatfield means a 'heathery space in the forest'; Peverel refers to William Peverel, the Norman knight granted lands in the area by William the Conqueror after the Norman invasion of 1066. Sited on high ground east of the River Ter, between Boreham and Witham on the A12, it is situated in the southern extremity of the Braintree District Council area (to which it elects two members). However, it is only 6 miles northeast of Chelmsford, the nearest large town, to which it is more directly connected by road and rail.
A Parish council meets on the first Monday of each month at the Village Hall. There is a main line railway station (London 40 mins, Colchester 25 mins ) with a seven-day service, though ticket office opening times vary drastically, and a notable railway viaduct across the Ter just west of the station. Hatfield Peverel is the site of a priory founded by the Saxon Ingelrica, wife of Ranulph Peverel and reputed to be the mistress of William the Conqueror, to atone for her sins, and dissolved by Henry VIII. The parish church, St Andrew's (Church of England) is the surviving fragment of the Norman priory church nave. There is also a Methodist Church and a Salvation Army (northeast London headquarters) congregation. The town has a Primary school (St Andrew's) and infant schools, Scout and Guide organisations with headquarters in Church Road, a Post Office, library, and doctor's and dentist's surgeries. It is the site of a large Arla Foods factory producing dairy products, as well as other small business concerns. There are six public houses, a farm shop and several other retail outlets. Major houses: Berwick Place, Crix, Hatfield Place, Hatfield Wick, The Priory.
The community is a diverse one with families centered around local activities as well as those who use the good transport links to find both employment and entertainment over a wide area of Essex. There are various events such as the family fete run by the Carter family. Richard Carter takes a group of children up to London weekly. He was award an OBE on 4.11.05 which at MCR.
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