Castle Hedingham

Castle Hedingham

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.991
longitude= 0.604
official_name= Castle Hedingham
population = 1000
shire_district= Braintree
shire_county = Essex
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Saffron Walden
post_town= Halstead
postcode_district = CO9
postcode_area= CO
dial_code= 01787
os_grid_reference= TL787357

Castle Hedingham is a small village in north-east Essex, UK, located four miles west of Halstead and is situated in the valley of the River Colne on the ancient road from Colchester, Essex, to Cambridge.

It developed around Hedingham Castle, the ancestral seat of the de Veres, Earls of Oxford. The first earl, Aubrey de Vere III, finished the initial building of the keep and established a Benedictine nunnery near the castle gates. Hugh de Vere, fourth earl of Oxford, purchased the right to hold a market in the town of the crown in the mid-13th century. He also founded a hospital just outside the gates of the castle around 1250.

The village's main attractions are the well-preserved Norman castle, the Colne Valley Railway and its many timber-framed medieval buildings.

The church of St Nicholas is late Norman and Gothic, building having commenced around 1180. The fine double hammer-beam roof is attributed to Thomas Loveday, who was responsible for work on St John's College, Cambridge. Its Romanesque wheel window and cemetery cross are remnants of the Norman church.

Notable residents

*Aubrey de Vere, holder of the entire manor of Hedingham (later Castle Hedingham) in Domesday Book, 1086
*Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford - completed the stone keep at Hedingham
*Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford - one of the 25 Barons of Magna Carta
*Mark Catesby - English naturalist.
*Edward Bingham - Victorian potter whose Castle Hedingham Ware has become increasingly sought-after.
*Eric Ravilious - Painter, book illustrator & wood engraver.

External links

* [http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/content_page.asp?content_page_id=110&content_parents=48,94 SEAX Archaeology - Unlocking Essex's Past] An in-depth essay about Castle Hedingham.
* [http://www.hedinghamschool.co.uk/ Hedingham School]
* [http://castlehedingham.org/castlehedinghaminfo.html A brief history of the village]


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