Rawreth
| Rawreth | ||
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Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Wickford | |
| Postcode district | SS11 | |
| Dialling code | 01268 | |
| Police | Essex | |
| Fire | Essex | |
| Ambulance | East of England | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Rawreth is a village and
.The place-name 'Rawreth' is first attested in the
The area is mainly agricultural, sparsely populated, and with a small amount of industry.
Historically most of the farmhouses in Rawreth were moated manors, many of which survive today.
The original
Governance
Rawreth is part of the electoral ward called Downhall and Rawreth. This ward stretches to and covers much of Rayleigh. The ward had a total population of 4,843 at the 2011 Census.[4]
Geography
A stream linked to the River Crouch passes under Church Road near to Rawreth Equestrian Centre. It joins the river near to the A1245 (old A130).
| The milestone in the photo is marked on the Ordnance Survey map, grid reference TQ773930.
It is located at the south end of Church Road very close to the bypassing new A130. There are a number of other map symbols in the Rawreth area. One is a blue horseshoe, which indicates horse riding or equitation. |
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Church
St Nicholas, Church Road. Medieval in design, only the tower is an original of that era, the majority of the building rebuilt in late Victorian times.
School
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School closed at its original location and has relocated to a new building just a few metres over the civil parish boundary into Rayleigh.
Chichester Hotel
The Chichester Hotel is supposed to have derived its name from the Norman Knight, Sir John de Chichester, rumoured to have been the first occupant of Chichester Hall, a 13th-century moated farmhouse which still survives.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.382.
- ^ "Rawreth". Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Downhall and Rawreth ward population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ The Chichester Hotel & Restaurant website, http://www.thechichesterhotel.co.uk/
- ^ Benton, P. (1888). The History of the Rochford Hundred. Vol. II. Harrington, London.
External links
Media related to Rawreth at Wikimedia Commons
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