Ugley

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Ugley






Statistics
Population:	430 (1991)
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TL520284
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:	BISHOP'S STORTFORD
Postal district:	CM22
Dialling code:	01279
Politics
UK Parliament:	Saffron Walden
European Parliament:	East of England

Ugley is a small village located just off the B1383 road (the former A11) in the non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is about two and a half miles (4 km) north of Stansted Mountfitchet.

Ugley was first recorded in 1041 as Uggele. It appears in the Domesday Book as Ugghelea. The name probably means "woodland clearing of a man named Ugga."

Within Ugley there are several buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries. The church has a 13th-century nave and a Tudor brick tower.

One of Ugley's organisations, of long repute, is the Ugley Women's Institute. Its members became so annoyed with all the witticisms that they recently changed its name to "The Women's Institute (Ugley branch)."