Birdbrook Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Birdbrook
Coordinates:52.0432°N 0.4878°W
Os Grid Reference:TL707412
Population:397
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Civil Parish:Birdbrook
Shire District:Braintree
Shire County:Essex
Region:East of England
Constituency Westminster:Braintree
Post Town:HALSTEAD
Postcode District:CO9
Postcode Area:CO
Dial Code:01440
Static Image Name:St. Augustine of Canterbury church, Birdbrook, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 167924.jpg
Static Image Caption:St. Augustine of Canterbury church, Birdbrook

Birdbrook is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately 6km (04miles) southeast of Haverhill, Suffolk and is 34 km (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.[2] It is 93 metres above sea level. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 397.[1] 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.

References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 31 August 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Parish cluster map . 2007-01-27 . JPG . www.braintree.gov.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061014102407/http://www.braintree.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8095EE77-2A1C-41DB-984D-CC05F89C25B1/0/parishclustermap2005.jpg . 2006-10-14 .

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