Rivenhall

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St Mary and All Saints' church

Rivenhall is a village and civil parish near Witham in the Braintree district in the English county of Essex. It is near the small settlement of Rivenhall End.[1]

It has a primary school called Rivenhall Church of England School. For transport there is the busy A12 nearby and Witham railway station.

The Anglo-Saxon church of St. Mary and All Saints and the nearby manor house have been in continuous human use sine their origins as parts of a Roman villa.[2] The church is a grade I listed building.[3]

It also had an Royal Air Force airfield called .

References[]

  1. ^ "History of Rivenhall, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ Rackham, Oliver (1976). Trees and Woodland in The British Landscape. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4746-1404-7. Page 42
  3. ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS (1169594)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

Coordinates: 51°50′N 0°40′E / 51.833°N 0.667°E / 51.833; 0.667

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