Ugley

Ugley

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Ugley
latitude= 51.9342
longitude= 0.2103
os_grid_reference= TL520284
population = 430 (1991)
shire_district= Uttlesford
shire_county = Essex
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Saffron Walden
post_town= BISHOP'S STORTFORD
postcode_district= CM22
postcode_area=CM
dial_code= 01279

Ugley is a small hamlet located just off the B1383 road (the former A11) in the non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is about a mile north of Stansted Mountfitchet, and located between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford, two of the wealthiest towns in East Anglia.

Ugley was first recorded in 1041 as "Uggele". It appears in the "Domesday Book" as "Ugghelea". The name probably means "woodland clearing of a man named Ugga."

Within Ugley there are several buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries. The church has a 13th-century nave and a Tudor brick tower.

One of Ugley's organisations, of long repute, is the Ugley Women's Institute. Its members became so annoyed with all the witticisms that they recently changed its name to "The Women's Institute of Ugley". It is [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?chyno=1054829 still registered as "UGLEY WOMENS INSTITUTE" with the Charity Commision] .

External links

ee also

* List of places in Essex
* "Rude Britain"
* Idle Working Men's Club


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