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Great Baddow is a large suburban village and civil parish in the Chelmsford borough of Essex, England. It is close to the city of Chelmsford and, with a population of over 13,000, [2] is one of the largest villages in the country.
Great Baddow is a large suburban village and civil parish in the Chelmsford borough of Essex, England. It is close to the city of Chelmsford and, with a population of over 13,000, is one of the largest villages in the country.
Location: Chelmsford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe; View on OpenStreetMap
- Baduven to Great Baddow
- Saxon Era
- 1071
- 1172
- 1200
- 1216
- 1238
- 1300
- 1326
- 1381 – The Peasants Revolt
The Doomsday Book of 1106 says that Great Baddow was originally called Baduven. Along with Chelmsford, Great Baddow was very small, little more than one street really. The larger settlements in the area were Writtle, Springfield and Moulsham. By 1172 the village was known as Great Baddow, which is the date of the first baptism in St. Mary’s Church....
First recorded details of Great Baddow when Great Baddow belonged to Algar, Earl Of Mercia and then his son, Earl Eadwine until 1071.
Saxon rebellion in which Earl Eadwine was slain & Great Baddow seized by William the Conqueror. William gave the Lordship of Baddow to the Monastery Of Holy Trinity at Caen, Normandy, which was founded by Matilda his queen. After a short while the Lordship reverted to the Crown 1087
St. Mary’s Church history: Henry I gave the Lordship of Great Baddow to his son Robert, Earl of Gloucester. Maud, Robert’s daughter and wife of Robert De Gernon, Earl Of Chester founded the Priory of Reppington (now known as Repton, Derbyshire) and endowed this Priory with the advowson of St. Mary’s Church, Great Baddow as a foundation gift. This a...
The main walls of the St. Mary’s Church are made of flint-rubble with fragments of Roman brick & tile. These are sturdy walls dressed against erosion by wind & rain with limestone, with some parts of the east being dressed in brick. The church was later added to in the 16th century. Parts of the old Norman church can still be seen in the Chancel’s ...
During the reign of Henry III, the Lordship of Great Baddow passed successively through the families of the Earl Of Chester and Earl of Huntingdon.
Magna was added to the name of St. Mary’s Church. The Lordship of Great Baddow passed down to Robert’s son William. William gave the manor & lands to William de Mulesham (Moulsham).
1300 was a busy time for re-ordering St. Mary’s Church: – The south wall was removed to make way for an archade in the early decorated style formed of three arches with two interesting and very simple circular shafts and capitals with two responds supported by corbels issuing from plain piers. There is also a Piscina in the South wall near to the S...
Richard De Badewe, born (in Great Baddow) of a Knightly family, became the Chancellor of the University Of Cambridge and founded University Hall that was later to become Clare College.
Jack Straw led an ill-fated rabble from St. Mary’s Churchyard off on one of the risings connected with the Peasants Revolt. In 1381 Jack Straw led the peasants of Essex on the now infamous Peasants Revolt (also know as Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, and the Great Rising). They gathered in St. Mary’s churchyard before heading to London and Parliament to pro...
Great Baddow is a village located in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It is situated on the outskirts of Chelmsford and is known for its historic buildings, beautiful countryside, and vibrant community.
This place is situated in Essex County, South East, England, United Kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 51° 42' 0" North, 0° 30' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Great Baddow.
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Great Baddow. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Baddow like this: BADDOW (Great), a village, a parish, and a sub district, in the district of Chelmsford, Essex.
