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Braintree is a town in Essex, England, and is the principal settlement of Braintree District.^[1]

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Market towns in Essex
Towns in Essex

A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 1 in Great Britain beginning north of the River Thames, east of the A1 (roads beginning with 1).

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A12 road (England)

The A12 is a major road in Eastern England.

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A120 road

The A120 is an A-road in England, which runs between Puckeridge in Hertfordshire and Harwich in Essex.

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A131 road

The A131 road is a road in Essex, England.

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Actual Radio

Actual Radio, Colchester is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Colchester & North East Essex in the United Kingdom.

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Agronomy

Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation.

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Alec Hunter Academy (formerly The Alec Hunter County Secondary School for Boys and Girls, Alec Hunter Comprehensive School, Alec Hunter High School and Alec Hunter Humanities College) is a secondary school with academy status located in East Braintree, Essex, England.

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Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury

Andrew Wyndham Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury, (15 March 1939 – 9 April 2023) was a British solicitor and Liberal Democrat politician.

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Andrewsfield Aerodrome

Andrewsfield Aerodrome is located west northwest of Braintree, Essex, England, formerly RAF Andrews Field.

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Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales.

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Arriva Herts & Essex

Arriva Herts & Essex is a bus operator providing services in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, with services extending to Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Greater London.

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B roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads.

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Barry Douglas Lamb

Barry Lamb (born 9 May 1963 in South Shields, England) is an English experimental musician.

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Battle of Maldon

The Battle of Maldon took place on 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready.

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BBC East

BBC East is one of BBC's English Regions covering Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and parts of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (including the City of Milton Keynes).

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BBC Essex

BBC Essex is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Essex.

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Beans On Toast (musician)

Beans On Toast is the stage name of British folk songwriter Jay McAllister from Braintree, Essex, England, who rose to prominence out of the UK folk scene in 2005.

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Bishop of London

The bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch line

The Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch line was an railway line connecting existing railways at Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree.

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Black Death

The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.

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Black Notley

Black Notley is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Black Notley are Braintree District.

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Blue Zoo

Blue Zoo are an English new wave band, active between 1980 and 1985, and again since 2010.

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Bocking Windmill

Bocking Windmill or Bocking Churchstreet Windmill is a grade I listed post mill at Bocking, Essex, England which has been restored.

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Bocking, Essex

Bocking is a suburban village on the northern side of Braintree, in Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Bocking, Essex are Braintree District and former civil parishes in Essex.

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Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)

Braintree is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cleverly, a member of the Conservative Party. Braintree, Essex and Braintree (UK Parliament constituency) are Braintree District.

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Braintree and Bocking

Braintree and Bocking was an urban district in Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Braintree and Bocking are Braintree District and former civil parishes in Essex.

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Braintree branch line

The Braintree branch line is a railway branch line in the East of England that diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line at and runs north-west to.

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Braintree College

Braintree Campus, formerly known as Braintree College, is a further education college based in Braintree, Essex.

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Braintree District

Braintree District is a local government district in Essex, England.

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Braintree Freeport railway station

Braintree Freeport railway station is on the Braintree Branch Line in the East of England, serving the Braintree Village shopping centre (formerly known as Braintree Freeport).

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Braintree railway station (England)

Braintree railway station is the northern terminus of the Braintree Branch Line in the East of England, serving the town of Braintree, Essex.

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Braintree Sixth Form

Braintree Sixth Form is a school Sixth Form centre for educating 16- to 19-year-olds in Braintree, Essex, England.

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Braintree Town F.C.

Braintree Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England.

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Braintree Town Hall

Braintree Town Hall is a municipal facility in the Market Square in Braintree, Essex, England.

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Braintree, Massachusetts

Braintree, officially the Town of Braintree, is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

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Braintree, Vermont

Braintree is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States created by Vermont charter on August 1, 1781.

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Braughing

Braughing is a village and civil parish, between the rivers Quin and Rib, in the non-metropolitan district of East Hertfordshire, part of the English county of Hertfordshire.

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Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds, commonly referred to locally as Bury is a cathedral and market town in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1875 to 1891, Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882, and then of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891, who held the balance of power in the House of Commons during the Home Rule debates of 1885–1886.

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Chelmsford

Chelmsford is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Chelmsford are former civil parishes in Essex and towns in Essex.

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Chelmsford railway station

Chelmsford railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the city of Chelmsford, Essex at Duke St, Chelmsford CM1 1HT.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Clacton-on-Sea railway station

Clacton-on-Sea railway station is one of the two eastern termini of the Sunshine Coast Line in the East of England, serving the town of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

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Colchester

Colchester is a city in northeastern Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Colchester are former civil parishes in Essex, market towns in Essex and towns in Essex.

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Colchester railway station

Colchester railway station (also known as Colchester North or simply North Station by residents) is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, and is the primary station serving the city of Colchester, Essex.

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Common Brittonic

Common Brittonic (Brythoneg; Brythonek; Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, is an extinct Celtic language spoken in Britain and Brittany.

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Courtaulds

Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals.

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Cressing

Cressing is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Cressing are Braintree District.

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Cressing Road

Cressing Road, also known as the Rare Breed Meat Co. Braintree, Essex and Cressing Road are Braintree District.

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Crittall Windows

Crittall Windows Ltd is an English manufacturer of steel-framed windows, today based in Witham, Essex, close to its historic roots in the county.

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Digital Audio Broadcasting

Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services in many countries around the world, defined, supported, marketed and promoted by the WorldDAB organisation.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Dream 100 FM

Dream 100 was an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer.

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East Anglian Daily Times

The East Anglian Daily Times is a British local newspaper for Suffolk and Essex, based in Ipswich.

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East London

East London is the northeastern part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen.

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.

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Essex County Council

Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England.

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Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)

Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, (9 February 1838 – 2 December 1919) was a British Army officer.

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FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic English football.

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Felsted

Felsted (sometimes spelt Felstead) is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

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Field marshal

Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the second most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks, but junior to the rank of Generalissimo.

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Finchingfield

Finchingfield is a village in the Braintree district in North Essex, England, a primarily rural area. Braintree, Essex and Finchingfield are Braintree District.

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First Essex

First Essex is a bus company operating services in the county of Essex.

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Flemish people

Flemish people or Flemings (Vlamingen) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch.

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Flitch of bacon custom

The awarding of a flitch of bacon to married couples who can swear to not having regretted their marriage for a year and a day is an old tradition, the remnants of which still survive in Great Dunmow, Essex.

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Founding Fathers of the United States

The Founding Fathers of the United States, commonly referred to as the Founding Fathers, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for the new nation.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Garden Organic

Garden Organic, formerly known as the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), is a UK organic growing charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.

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Giles Long

Giles Bruce Long MBE (born 9 July 1976, Harold Wood, London), is a retired British swimmer, public speaker, TV presenter & commentator.

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Gosfield

Gosfield is a village in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Gosfield are Braintree District.

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Gosfield School

Gosfield School is an English co-educational independent school in Gosfield, in the Braintree district of Essex.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Great Britain Historical GIS

The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS) is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801.

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Great Dunmow

Great Dunmow is a historic market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Great Dunmow are towns in Essex.

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Great Notley

Great Notley is a village to the south-west of Braintree, Essex in England. Braintree, Essex and Great Notley are Braintree District.

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Great Totham

Great Totham is a village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England, and midway between Chelmsford and Colchester.

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Great Yeldham

Great Yeldham is a village in north Essex, England, about from the Suffolk border. Braintree, Essex and Great Yeldham are Braintree District.

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Greater Anglia

Greater Anglia (legal name Transport UK East Anglia Limited) is a British train operating company owned as a joint venture by Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co.

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Greatest Hits Radio East

Greatest Hits Radio East is a regional radio network serving the East of England, as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network.

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Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom

Greyhound racing is a sport in the United Kingdom.

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Halstead

Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Halstead are Braintree District and towns in Essex.

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Harlow

Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Harlow are former civil parishes in Essex and towns in Essex.

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Harwich International Port

Harwich International Port is a North Sea seaport in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports.

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Haverhill, Suffolk

Haverhill is a market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire.

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Heart East

Heart East is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.

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Hedingham & Chambers

Hedingham & Chambers is a bus operator, part of the larger Go East Anglia unit within Go-Ahead, consisting of the Hedingham and Chambers brands.

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Henry Adams (farmer)

Henry Adams (January 21, 1583 – October 6, 1646) was an English colonial farmer.

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High Garrett

High Garrett is a hamlet on the A131 road near the town of Braintree, Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and High Garrett are Braintree District.

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Ipswich railway station

Ipswich railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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ITV Anglia

ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England.

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James Challis

James Challis FRS (12 December 1803 – 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer.

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John Adams

John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.

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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829.

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John Ray

John Ray FRS (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was a Christian English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists.

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Katharine O'Shea

Katharine Parnell (née Wood; 30 January 1846 – 5 February 1921), known before her second marriage as Katharine O'Shea, and usually called Katie O'Shea by friends and Kitty O'Shea by enemies, was an English woman of aristocratic background whose decade-long secret affair with Charles Stewart Parnell led to a widely publicized divorce in 1890 and his political downfall.

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Keith Flint

Keith Charles Flint (17 September 1969 – 4 March 2019) was an English singer and a vocalist of the electronic dance act The Prodigy.

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Lawrence D. Hills

Lawrence Donegan Hills (2 July 1911 – 20 September 1990) was a British horticulturalist and writer.

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Liam Howlett

Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 21 August 1971) is an English record producer, musician, songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band the Prodigy.

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Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without.

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Local board of health

A local board of health (or simply a local board) was a local authority in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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London Stansted Airport

London Stansted Airport is the tertiary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

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Louie Spence

Louie Spence (born 6 April 1969) is an English dancer, choreographer and television presenter, best known for the TV show Pineapple Dance Studios.

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Louisa Nottidge

Louisa Nottidge (1802-1858) was a British woman whose unjust detention in a lunatic asylum attracted widespread public attention in mid-19th century England.

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M11 motorway

The M11 is a motorway that runs north from the North Circular Road (A406) in South Woodford to the A14, northwest of Cambridge, England.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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Met Office

The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.

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Mike Baker (journalist)

Michael Baker (16 February 1957 – 22 September 2012) was a British journalist best known for his work with the BBC.

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National Cycle Route 16

National Cycle Route 16, part of the National Cycle Network, connects Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire to Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

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National Greyhound Racing Club

The National Greyhound Racing Club was an organisation that governed Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom.

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National Highways

National Highways (NH), formerly the Highways Agency and later formerly Highways England, is a government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major A roads in England.

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The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South.

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Next of Kin (band)

Next of Kin are an English pop rock band from Braintree, Essex, composed of brothers Nathan (drums), Mark (guitar) and Kieran Bass (bass guitar).

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North London

North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames.

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Notley High School

Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form is situated in Braintree in Essex, England.

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Olly Murs

Oliver Stanley Murs (born 14 May 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality.

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Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Braintree

Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Braintree is a Catholic parish church in Braintree, Essex.

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Oxford United F.C.

Oxford United Football Club is a professional association football club in the city of Oxford, England.

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Panfield

Panfield is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Panfield are Braintree District.

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Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (literally Pierrefitte on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Pub

A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.

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Q (magazine)

Q was a popular music magazine.

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Rayne, Essex

Rayne is a village of about 2,300 residents in the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. Braintree, Essex and Rayne, Essex are Braintree District.

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River Blackwater, Essex

The River Blackwater is a river in Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and river Blackwater, Essex are Braintree District.

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River Brain

The River Brain is a tributary of the River Blackwater in Essex, England.

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Roman roads

Roman roads (viae Romanae; singular: via Romana; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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Roman roads in Britannia

Roman roads in Britannia were initially designed for military use, created by the Roman army during the nearly four centuries (AD 43–410) that Britannia was a province of the Roman Empire.

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Rupert Everett

Rupert James Hector Everett (born 29 May 1959) is a British actor.

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Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. Braintree, Essex and Saffron Walden are market towns in Essex and towns in Essex.

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Samuel Courtauld (industrialist)

Samuel Courtauld (c. 1793 – 22 March 1881) was a British industrialist who developed his family firm, Courtaulds, to become eventually the world's largest textile company.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as Southend, is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Southend-on-Sea are former civil parishes in Essex and towns in Essex.

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Stane Street (Colchester)

Stane Street is a Roman road that runs from Ermine Street at Braughing, Hertfordshire to Colchester in Essex.

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Stephensons of Essex

Stephensons of Essex is a privately owned bus company based in Rochford, Essex.

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Steve Harley

Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice (27 February 1951 – 17 March 2024), known by his stage name Steve Harley, was an English singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock group Cockney Rebel.

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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel were an English rock band who formed in the early 1970s in London.

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Stisted

Stisted is a civil parish, Church of England parish, and former manor near Braintree, Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Stisted are Braintree District.

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Stratford station

Stratford is a major multi-level interchange station serving the town of Stratford and the mixed-use development known as Stratford City, in the London Borough of Newham, East London for London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and Elizabeth line services.

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Stratford, London

Stratford is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham.

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Successor parish

Successor parishes are civil parishes with a parish council, created in England in 1974.

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Sudbury transmitting station

The Sudbury transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications and broadcasting transmission at Sudbury, England.

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Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury is a market town in the south west of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour near the Essex border, north-east of London.

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Sustrans

Sustrans is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network.

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Symphytum

Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common name comfrey (pronounced, from the Latin confervere to 'heal' or literally to 'boil together', referring to uses in ancient traditional medicine).

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Tabor Academy, Braintree

Tabor Academy is a Secondary school with Academy status located in Braintree, Essex, England.

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Takeley

Takeley (Also known as Kervin town) is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

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The Edith Borthwick School

The Edith Borthwick School is a mixed special school located in Braintree, Essex, England.

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The Insane Picnic

In the early 1980s, English band The Insane Picnic (styled as the insane picnic) were one of the pioneering D.I.Y. cassette bands, composed of members Peter Ashby, Barry Douglas Lamb and Owen Turley.

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The Prodigy

The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band formed in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by producer, keyboardist, and songwriter Liam Howlett.

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The Woman in White (novel)

The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins's fifth published novel, written in 1860 and set from 1849 to 1850.

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Town hall

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal building (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.

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Tye Green

Tye Green is a village in the civil parish of Cressing and the Braintree district of Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and Tye Green are Braintree District.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Urban district (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Vestry

A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies, which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry".

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Walton-on-the-Naze railway station

Walton-on-the-Naze railway station is one of the two eastern termini of the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England.

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Warner & Sons

Warner & Sons (also Warner and Sons) was a British textile manufacturer specialising in silk for the furnishing industry.

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Warner Textile Archive

The Warner Textile Archive is a UK-based collection of textiles, designs and paper records operated by Braintree District Museum Trust.

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White Notley

White Notley is a parish in Essex, England. Braintree, Essex and White Notley are Braintree District.

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Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree,_Essex

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