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The town is famous for is four-yearly ritual of the [[flitch trials]], in which couples must convince a [[jury]] of six local bachelors and six local maidens that they have never wished themselves un-wed for a year and a day. If successful the couple are paraded through the High Street and receive a flitch of bacon. The last flitch trials were held in the town in the summer of 2004. The next trials will be in 2008. |
The town is famous for is four-yearly ritual of the [[flitch trials]], in which couples must convince a [[jury]] of six local bachelors and six local maidens that they have never wished themselves un-wed for a year and a day. If successful the couple are paraded through the High Street and receive a flitch of bacon. The last flitch trials were held in the town in the summer of 2004. The next trials will be in 2008. |
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* [http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/essexg16a.html Great Dunmow - White's Directory of Essex, 1848] |
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Revision as of 16:21, 1 April 2006
Template:Infobox England place with map Great Dunmow is a town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. Originally the site of a Roman settlement on Stane Street, the town thrived during the Middle Ages. Many buildings survive from this period, including a sixteenth century town hall.
The town is famous for is four-yearly ritual of the flitch trials, in which couples must convince a jury of six local bachelors and six local maidens that they have never wished themselves un-wed for a year and a day. If successful the couple are paraded through the High Street and receive a flitch of bacon. The last flitch trials were held in the town in the summer of 2004. The next trials will be in 2008.
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