Great Sampford
Great Sampford is a village and
2011 Census was 586.[1] The village includes a primary school, two places of worship and one public house. It is located three miles to the north-east of the town of Thaxted and eight miles to the south-east of Saffron Walden
.
It used to have a
River Pant
runs through the south of the village.
It is connected to Hempstead by Howe Lane.
The village contains two churches - the
Baptist Church, which also owns a small hall adjacent to the property, used by the community for the pre-school; and also a Church of England
parish church, St Michael's.
Also in the village is a green and cricket club. Next to the green is a playground which includes a skatepark, donated by the
zip wire
funded by an Uttlesford District Council Community Grant, a small football pitch and a tennis court.
Governance
Great Sampford is part of the electoral ward called The Sampfords. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,900.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "The Sampfords ward population 2011". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
External links
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