Little Baddow

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Little Baddow
Little Baddow shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TL776080
District	Chelmsford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Chelmsford
Postcode district	CM3 4
Dialling code	01245
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Maldon & East Chelmsford
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Coordinates: 51°44′31″N 0°34′23″E / 51.742, 0.573

Little Baddow is a large thriving village to the east of Chelmsford, Essex. The name Baddow comes from an Old English word meaning 'bad water', although this probably refers to the meadow area in Great Baddow as opposed to any water mass in Little Baddow.^{[citation needed]} The village is positioned on one of the few elevated hills in Essex.

Like many English villages the mainly car owning population has led to a decline in the number of shops in the village. While the community once supported several businesses there is now only one grocery shop, which also serves as the village post office. As well as the post office there are two pubs ('The Generals Arms' and 'The Rodney'), the Elm Green Preparatory School, a village hall. There are two long established churches, the Anglican St Mary the Virgin and the United Reformed Church. Both churches are architecturally interesting and have long histories.

The manor was once a possession of Robert the Bruce^[1]^[2]

Thomas Hooker who founded the Colony of Connecticut lived in the village as a child and was a school teacher there before going to Holland and then to New England. (see [3] and [4])

[edit] References

^ [1] Scripta Diversa, By George Osborne Sayles, 1982
^ [2]Magna Carta Ancestry, By Douglas Richardson , Kimball G. Everingham, 2005

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The towns and villages of
Chelmsford borough, Essex, England:

Around the town of Chelmsford: Broomfield • Chelmer Village • Great Baddow • Springfield • North Melbourne

Towns: Chelmsford • South Woodham Ferrers

Villages: Bicknacre • Boreham • Chalk End • Chapel Row • Chatham Green • Chignal Smealy • Chignal St James • Cooksmill Green • Danbury • Downham • East Hanningfield • Fanner's Green • Ford End • Galleywood • Galleyend • Good Easter • Great Leighs • Great Oxney Green • Great Waltham • Highwood • Howe Green • Howe Street • Little Baddow • Little Leighs • Littley Green • Little Waltham • Margaretting • Margaretting Tye • Mashbury • Moulsham • Newney Green • North End • Pepper's Green • Pleshey • Ramsden Heath • Rettendon • Rettendon Place • Roxwell • Runwell • Sandon • South Hanningfield • Stock • Tye Green • West Hanningfield • Writtle • Woodham Ferrers