Birdbrook
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| Birdbrook | |
  Birdbrook shown within Essex |
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| Population | 369 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Birdbrook |
| District | Braintree |
| Shire county | Essex |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HALSTEAD |
| Postcode district | CO9 |
| Dialling code | 01440 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Saffron Walden |
| List of places: UK • England • Essex | |
Birdbrook is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately 6 km (4 miles) southeast of Haverhill, Suffolk and is 34km (21 miles) north from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Braintree and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. The parish is part of the Bumpsteads and Upper Colne parish cluster.[1] It is 93 metres above sea level. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 369.[citation needed] There is a Public House, The Plough and a Church, St Augustine of Canterbury.
Nearby Moyns Park, a Grade I listed Elizabethan country house, is said to have been where Ian Fleming put the finishing touches on his novel From Russia with Love.
[edit] References
- ^ Parish cluster map (JPG). www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
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