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Great Baddow, the Glossary

Great Baddow is an urban village and civil parish in the Chelmsford borough of Essex, England.^[1]

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Anglian stage

The Anglian Stage is the name used in the British Isles for a middle Pleistocene glaciation.

Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Arthur George Frederick Griffiths (9 December 1838 – 24 March 1908) was a British military officer, prison administrator and author who published more than 60 books during his lifetime.

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Badb

In Irish mythology, the Badb (Old Irish), or in modern Irish Badhbh—also meaning "crow"—is a war goddess who takes the form of a crow, and is thus sometimes known as Badb Catha ("battle crow").

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BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, based in London, England.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith).

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The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.

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Canewdon

Canewdon is a village and civil parish in the Rochford district of Essex, England. Great Baddow and Canewdon are civil parishes in Essex and villages in Essex.

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Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533.

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Chain Home

Chain Home, or CH for short, was the codename for the ring of coastal early warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force (RAF) before and during the Second World War to detect and track aircraft.

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Chelmer Village

Chelmer Village is a housing, retail and industrial development in the east of Chelmsford, Essex. Great Baddow and Chelmer Village are Chelmsford and city of Chelmsford.

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Chelmsford

Chelmsford is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. Great Baddow and Chelmsford are city of Chelmsford.

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Church of St Mary, Great Baddow

St Mary's Church is an active parish church in the village of Great Baddow, Essex, England.

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City of Chelmsford

The City of Chelmsford is a local government district with borough and city status in Essex, England.

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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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Conservation area (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, the term conservation area almost always applies to an area (usually urban or the core of a village) of special architectural or historic interest, the character of which is considered worthy of preservation or enhancement.

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Danbury, Essex

Danbury is a village in the City of Chelmsford district, in the county of Essex, England. Great Baddow and Danbury, Essex are city of Chelmsford, civil parishes in Essex and villages in Essex.

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Dressmaker

A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

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Earl of Mercia

Earl of Mercia was a title in the late Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Danish, and early Anglo-Norman period in England.

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Edward VI

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553.

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English Place-Name Society

The English Place-Name Society (EPNS) is a learned society concerned with toponomastics and the toponymy of England, in other words, the study of place-names (toponyms).

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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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Farmer

A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials.

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Fire station

A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment.

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Galleywood

Galleywood is a village surrounded by countryside in Essex; it is situated on the outskirts of the city of Chelmsford, about 30 miles from London. Great Baddow and Galleywood are city of Chelmsford and villages in Essex.

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Great Baddow High School

Great Baddow High School is a comprehensive secondary school in Chelmsford, Essex, England.

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Head (geology)

Head describes deposits consisting of fragmented material which, following weathering, have moved downslope through a process of solifluction.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Jack Straw (rebel leader)

Jack Straw (probably the same person as John Rakestraw or Rackstraw) was one of the three leaders (together with John Ball and Wat Tyler) of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, a major event in the history of England.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Little Baddow

Little Baddow is a village to the east of Chelmsford, Essex. Great Baddow and Little Baddow are city of Chelmsford and villages in Essex.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London Clay

The London Clay Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (early Eocene Epoch, c. 54-50 million years ago) age which crops out in the southeast of England.

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Manorialism

Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.

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Marconi Company

The Marconi Company was a British telecommunications and engineering company that did business under that name from 1963 to 1987.

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Marconi Research Centre

Marconi Research Centre is the former name of the current BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Laboratories facility at Great Baddow in Essex, United Kingdom.

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Moulsham

Moulsham is a suburb of Chelmsford, Essex, England. Great Baddow and Moulsham are Chelmsford and city of Chelmsford.

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National school (England and Wales)

A National school was a school founded in 19th-century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.

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Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.

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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsistence.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Rettendon

Rettendon is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chelmsford in Essex, England, about south east of the city of Chelmsford. Great Baddow and Rettendon are city of Chelmsford and villages in Essex.

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Ribbon development

Ribbon development refers to the building of houses along the routes of communications radiating from a human settlement.

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River Chelmer

The River Chelmer flows entirely through the county of Essex, England; it runs from the north-west of the county through Chelmsford to the River Blackwater, near Maldon. Great Baddow and River Chelmer are city of Chelmsford.

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Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale

Robert V de Brus (Robert de Brus), 5th Lord of Annandale (ca. 1215 – 31 March or 3 May 1295), was a feudal lord, justice and constable of Scotland and England, a regent of Scotland, and a competitor for the Scottish throne in 1290/92 in the Great Cause.

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Sandon, Essex

Sandon is a village and civil parish just off junction 17 of the A12 in Essex, England, adjacent to Great Baddow and close to Danbury. Great Baddow and Sandon, Essex are city of Chelmsford, civil parishes in Essex and villages in Essex.

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Sarsen

Sarsen stones are silicified sandstone blocks found extensively across southern England on the Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire; in Kent; and in smaller quantities in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Dorset, and Hampshire.

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Shoemaking

Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.

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Teledyne e2v

Teledyne e2v (previously known as e2v) is a manufacturer with its headquarters in England, that designs, develops and manufactures systems and components in healthcare, life sciences, space, transportation, defence and security and industrial markets.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Baddow

Also known as Baddow Brewery, Great Baddow, England, Great Baddow, Essex, Great Badow.

, The National Archives (United Kingdom), Vicar, William Calcraft.

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