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[[Image:Broxted church.JPG|thumb|left|250px|St Mary's church]]
'''Broxted''' is a [[village]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[Uttlesford]] district, in the county of [[Essex]], [[England]]. It is located 11 km (7 miles) northeast of [[Bishop's Stortford]], [[Hertfordshire]] and is 23 km (15 miles) northwest from the county town of [[Chelmsford]]. The village is in the district of [[Uttlesford]] and in the parliamentary constituency of [[Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)|Saffron Walden]]. There is a [[Parish councils in England|Parish Council]].<ref name="localgov">{{cite web |url=http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/CFFiles/Parishes/parishsearchresults.cfm?parishID=7 |title=Uttlesford Information regarding Broxted |accessdate=2007-03-14 |format=HTML |work=www.uttlesford.gov.uk }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> According to the 2001 census it had a population of 526.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. The village lies on the road between [[Molehill Green]] and [[Thaxted]]. It has one pub called the Prince of Wales. Broxted was known earlier as Chawreth.
'''Broxted''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Uttlesford]] district, in the county of [[Essex]], England. It is situated {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-east from [[Bishop's Stortford]], [[Hertfordshire]] and {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-west from the [[county town]] of [[Chelmsford]]. The parish includes the hamlets of [[Cherry Green, Essex|Cherry Green]] and Brick End.

Broxted is in the parliamentary constituency of [[Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)|Saffron Walden]]. There is a [[Parish councils in England|Parish Council]].<ref name="localgov">{{cite web|url=http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/CFFiles/Parishes/parishsearchresults.cfm?parishID=7 |title=Uttlesford Information regarding Broxted |accessdate=2007-03-14 |work=www.uttlesford.gov.uk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030937/http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/CFFiles/Parishes/parishsearchresults.cfm?parishID=7 |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> According to the 2001 census it had a population of 526,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=794665&c=broxted&d=16&e=15&g=447288&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1311256858325&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood statistics]</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=February 2018}} reducing to 508 at the 2011 Census.<ref name=ONS>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170213987|title=Broxted Parish |accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref> The village lies on the road between [[Molehill Green]] and [[Thaxted]]. It has one [[public house]], the Prince of Wales. In the 16th and 17th centuries, part of Broxted was known as Chawreth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/12/017451|title=Historical Gazetteer: Broxted|website=www.placenames.org.uk|publisher=The Historical Gazetteer of England's Place Names|accessdate=18 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914212652/http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/12/017451|archive-date=14 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[The Hundred Parishes]]


==References==
==References==
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<references/>According to the English ancestry section by J. Gardner Bartlett in the Shed Genealogy,70 Thomas Shedd "was born in Chawreth (now Broxted), County Essex, in 1508, but when a young man settled in the adjoining rural parish of Debden in Uttlesford Hundred where he passed the rest of his life. This hilly parish covers about forty-five hundred acres, has a population of about eight hundred, and contains six manors, viz: Debden Hall, Deanes, [p. 13] Tendring, Weldbarnes, Molehall, and Amberden Hall, the latter located on rising ground in a grove two miles south-east of the church.


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Broxted}}
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* [http://www.broxted.org/ Official Broxted Website, supported by Broxted Parish Council]
* [http://www.broxted.org/ Official Broxted Website, supported by Broxted Parish Council]

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51°55′12″N 0°17′37″E / 51.9200°N 0.2935°E / 51.9200; 0.2935

Broxted is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. It is situated 11 km (6.8 mi) north-east from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and 23 km (14 mi) north-west from the county town of Chelmsford. The parish includes the hamlets of Cherry Green and Brick End.

Broxted is in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. There is a Parish Council.[2] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 526,[3][full citation needed] reducing to 508 at the 2011 Census.[1] The village lies on the road between Molehill Green and Thaxted. It has one public house, the Prince of Wales. In the 16th and 17th centuries, part of Broxted was known as Chawreth.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Broxted Parish (1170213987)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Uttlesford Information regarding Broxted". www.uttlesford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  3. ^ Neighbourhood statistics
  4. ^ "Historical Gazetteer: Broxted". www.placenames.org.uk. The Historical Gazetteer of England's Place Names. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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