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Coordinates:51.6523N0.1191E

AbridgeisavillageinEssex,England.Itisonthe RiverRoding,16miles(26km)southwestofthe countytownofChelmsford.Thevillageisinthe districtofEppingForestandintheparliamentary constituencyofBrentwood&Ongar.Itispartofthe civilparishofLambourneandisservedbyLambourne ParishCouncil.[1] IttakesitsnamefromthebrickbridgeovertheRiver Roding,whichissituatedjusttothenorthofthe moderncentre,ontheroadtoTheydonBois.

Abridge

Contents
1History 2Geography 3Woodlands 4Walks 5Transport 5.1Bus 5.2Train 6Notableresidents 7References 8Externallinks

Abridge

AbridgeshownwithinEssex

Population OSgridreference Civilparish District Shirecounty Region Country Sovereignstate Posttown Postcodedistrict Diallingcode Police Fire Ambulance EUParliament

1,500(2001Census) TQ466969 Lambourne EppingForest Essex East England UnitedKingdom

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History
Abridgeliesonthehistoricallyimportantstagecoach routebetweenLondonandChippingOngarandhas beenanimportantcrossingpointoftheRiverRoding formanycenturies.OntheSaxton'sMapofEssex, 1576,itismarkedasHeybridge.Theboundaryofthe ConservationAreaincludesthehistoriccoreofthe villagewhichisevidentontheChapmanandAndre Mapof1777.OriginallyintheparishofLambourne, HolyTrinityChurchwasbuiltin1836beforethis, parishionershadtowalktothreemilestoLambourne Churchbyafootpath.AWesleyanchapelwasbuiltin

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Abridgein1833itbecameCongregationalin1844.[2] Thehymntune"Abridge"wasnamedafterthevillage byIsaacSmith17341805.[3]

UKParliament

BrentwoodandOngar

Listofplaces:UKEnglandEssex

ListedbuildingsincludetheBlueBoarInn(early19thcentury),thegroupofmedievalbuildingsthatformthe RodingRestaurant,the18thcenturyhouseimmediatelynortheastoftherestaurant,RodingHouse(late medieval)andRiverCottageinOngarRoad,andTheMaltstersArms(18thcentury). TotheeastofthevillageisStaplefordAerodromeformerlyRAFStaplefordTawneyof11Groupeastsector.

Geography
Thevillageisinthesouthwestofthecounty,16miles(26km)fromChelmsford.ItisclosertoLondon, being14miles(23km)northeastofcentralLondon.ItliesontheRiverRodingandissurroundedbyarural area.ThenearestmajorsettlementsareLoughton2.2miles(3.5km)totheWest,Chigwell2.4miles(3.9km) tothesouthwestandTheydonBois1.7miles(2.7km)northofthevillage. ItlieswithintheM25orbital,butitsclosestmajorroadlinkistheM11motorwayatjunction5(towards Londononly).ThemainroadthatlinksthevillagewiththeM11andEssexandLondonistheA113.Its nearestraillinkisTheydonBoistubestation,ontheCentralLine(TravelcardZone6),1.6miles(2.6km)to thenorthofthevillage.The541buslinksthevillagewithLoughton,TheydonBoisandEpping.Itextendsto HarlowonSundays.OnMonFri,the575servicelinksthetownwithEppingandRomford,thoughthese busesareveryinfrequent.

Woodlands
TotheSouthEastisAPSEgrove,commonlyincorrectlycalledAPESgroveandhasbeennicknamed Bluebell.Mostwoodlandsareopentopublicuse.

Walks
SpectacularviewsovertheRodingValleyaretobeenjoyedwhenwalkingSouthtoLambournechurchvia variouseasywalkingroutesthroughspectacularopenfarmland,whichisbeingsympatheticallyfarmedto preservethisuniqueGreenBeltspaceforall.

Transport
Bus
Currentlyroutes541and575servethevillage.LondonTransportroute10randailytoLondonBridgeuntil 1964,withvariousextensionstoVictoriastationandElephantandCastle.[4]

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ThenearestrailwaystationsareLondonUndergroundservicesandarefromLoughton,DebdenandTheydon BoiswherefrequenttrainsoperatedirectlytoLondon.Route541(LoughtontoEpping)servesallofthese stationsdaily.

Notableresidents
AlanCurbishleyFootballclubmanager DavidEssexFormermusicalresident

References
1. ^"LambourneParishCouncilKeyContacts" (http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/local_democracy/democratic_services/default.asp? modgovlink=http%3A%2F%2Frds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk%2FmgParishCouncilDetails.asp%3FID%3D328). www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk.Retrieved20070121. 2. ^http://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15570 3. ^http://hymntime.com/tch/bio/s/m/i/smith_i.htm 4. ^http://www.eplates.info/010s.html

LambourneParishCouncilWebpage(http://www.essexinfo.net/lambourneparishcouncil)

Externallinks
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