Chignall St James

Chignal St James
Chignal St James
	Chignal St James Location within Essex
Civil parish	Chignall;
District	Chelmsford;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHELMSFORD
Postcode district	CM1
Dialling code	01245
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Essex 51°45′42″N 0°25′03″E / 51.76173°N 0.41757°E

Chignal St James is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chignall, in the Chelmsford district in Essex, England. The village is part of the civil parish of Chignall, and is situated 3½ miles northwest by west from the county town of Chelmsford. In 1881 the parish had a population of 224.^[1]

The spelling of the village name is open to discussion.^{[according to whom?]} Sometimes it is spelt as "Chignall St James" at other times, as "Chignal St James" or "Chignal Saint James".

Businesses providing employment in the area include Ashdown Engineering, Gardening Express & Balance Life Magazine,^{[citation needed]} and local farms.

The area once included a Roman villa, the site of which was discovered in the 1970s.^[2]^[3] Originally the village was a settlement for farmers and their labour force that worked the land, but as mechanisation took over the farming population left. The village is now partly a commuter settlement, and partly resident to remaining agricultural workers and retired people.^{[citation needed]}

The village has a public house, The Three Elms, thought^{[by whom?]} to be over 500 years old.

In 2009 there was a planning proposal to create a quarry close by to the village, but this was turned down by the planning authorities.^{[citation needed]}

Notable village landmarks include an old brick-built farm barn with a dove-cote thought^{[by whom?]} to be the oldest and only example of its type in Essex, an old red brick school (now a dwelling), the former church, and the Old Rectory.

References

^ "Chignall St James AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ SEAX - Essex Record Office - Reference: C/DZ 7/4
^ BBC - Domesday Reloaded - Roman Villa at Chignal St James

External links

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[1] "Chignall St James AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[2] SEAX - Essex Record Office - Reference: C/DZ 7/4

[3] BBC - Domesday Reloaded - Roman Villa at Chignal St James

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