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Great Baddow is an urban village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the Chelmsford borough
Chelmsford (borough)

Chelmsford is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex....
 of Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England
England

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. It is close to the county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
, Chelmsford, and is one of the largest villages in the Country.

Great Baddow was named after the river Baddow which runs a mile or so east of the village, many will now know the river from its modern name, the Chelmer derived from Chelmsford. At the heart of the old village there are over 30 listed building
Listed building

A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance....
s. The village has been the site of a Marconi factory for many years, and major development started in the fifties with the building of the Rothmans Estate for workers at Marconi's and English Electric Valve Company
English Electric Valve Company

e2v , previously known as EEV, or the English Electric Valve Company, is a specialist component and sub-system designer, developer and manufacturer, with 6 European and US manufacturing facilities and its HQ in Essex, England....
 in Chelmsford.






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Great Baddow is an urban village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the Chelmsford borough
Chelmsford (borough)

Chelmsford is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex....
 of Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is close to the county town
County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
, Chelmsford, and is one of the largest villages in the Country.

Great Baddow was named after the river Baddow which runs a mile or so east of the village, many will now know the river from its modern name, the Chelmer derived from Chelmsford. At the heart of the old village there are over 30 listed building
Listed building

A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance....
s. The village has been the site of a Marconi factory for many years, and major development started in the fifties with the building of the Rothmans Estate for workers at Marconi's and English Electric Valve Company
English Electric Valve Company

e2v , previously known as EEV, or the English Electric Valve Company, is a specialist component and sub-system designer, developer and manufacturer, with 6 European and US manufacturing facilities and its HQ in Essex, England....
 in Chelmsford. During the 1960s the local council had multi-storey housing, shops, and offices built on the Vineyards, a country house turned hotel. . Today, the newly refurbished Vineyards flats are proving to be highly regarded and sought after properties.

Great Baddow has five pubs -- The White Horse, The Blue Lion, The Kings Head, The Beehive and The Star.

The manor was once a possession of Robert the Bruce

According to information in the village church of St Mary, the rebel leader Jack Straw
Jack Straw (rebel leader)

Jack Straw was one of the three leaders of the Peasants' Revolt or Great Rising of 1381, a major event in the history of England....
 led an ill-fated crowd (the "men of Essex") from the churchyard to London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, in one of the risings in the 1381 Peasants' Revolt
Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants' Revolt, Tyler?s Rebellion, or the Great Rising of AD 1381 was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major event in the history of England....
.

A former Chain Home
Chain Home

Chain Home was the codename for the ring of coastal radar stations built by the British before and during World War II. The system comprised two types of radar....
 radar
Radar

Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic radiation waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain....
 transmitter tower, originally sited at Canewdon
Canewdon

Canewdon is a village in the Rochford of Essex in EnglandThe origin of the name is unclear. It is believed by some to come from Canute the Great....
, can now be found on the outskirts of the village where it is used to test equipment by Marconi
BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British defense contractor and aerospace company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire, Hampshire, England, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc....
.

The village is also home to Great Baddow High School
Great Baddow High School

Great Baddow High School is a secondary school in Chelmsford, Essex, England. The ages of pupils range from 11 - 16 years old and students in sixth form ages from 16 onwards....
, situated on Duffield Road. The school is a sports college and shows exceptional performances in this field. As well as the high school it is also home to Baddow Hall Infant and Junior Schools, Beehive Lane County Primary School, Larkrise Primary School, (formerly Rothmans Primary School), and Meadgate County Primary Schools.

Nearby villages include

  • Galleywood
    Galleywood

    Galleywood is a village surrounded by countryside in the heart of Essex, about 30 miles from London, and close to the town of Chelmsford. It is off the A12 road which connects to the M25 motorway in London....
  • Sandon
    Sandon, Essex

    Sandon is a small village just off junction 17 of the A12 road in Essex, adjacent to Great Baddow and close to Danbury, Essex. It was known for an ancient oak tree on the village green that has been removed for safety reasons ....
  • Danbury
    Danbury, Essex

    Danbury is a village in Essex, England, England. It is 45 miles northeast of London and has a population of 6,500. It is perched on a hill 112 metres above sea level....
  • Little Baddow
    Little Baddow

    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....
  • Rettendon
    Rettendon

    Rettendon is a small village in Essex, England about 8 miles to the South East of the county town Chelmsford and to the North East of London. It is situated near the River Crouch and borders Battlesbridge and Rettendon Common....
  • Moulsham


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