Barnston, Essex
{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Barnston
| coordinates = {{coord|51.8499|0.3886|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TL646195
| population = 947
| civil_parish = Barnston
| shire_district = Uttlesford
| shire_county = Essex
| region = East of England
| constituency_westminster = Saffron Walden
| post_town = DUNMOW
| postcode_district = CM6
| postcode_area = CM
| dial_code = 01371
| static_image_name = St Mary, Barnston, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 1304052.jpg
| static_image_width =
| static_image_caption = St Mary, Barnston
| website = {{URL|https://barnstonvillage.co.uk/}}
}}
Barnston is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. The village is on the B1008 road, about {{Convert|1+3/4|mi}} south-east of Great Dunmow and {{Convert|9|mi|4=0}} north-north-west from the county town of Chelmsford.
The local churches are St Andrews and the Mission Evangelical Church.{{cite web |title=Uttlesford Information regarding Barnston |url=http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/CFFiles/Parishes/parishsearchresults.cfm?parishID=4 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927031008/http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/uttlesford/CFFiles/Parishes/parishsearchresults.cfm?parishID=4 |archivedate=September 27, 2007 |accessdate=2007-01-26 |work=www.uttlesford.gov.uk}}
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 850, increasing to 947 at the census 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120411&c=Barnston&d=16&e=62&g=6426278&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1443260627686&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
Governance
Barnston is part of the electoral ward named Barnston and High Easter. The total population of this ward at the 2011 census was 1,701.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/barnston-and-high-easter-e05004262#sthash.zCIrwSZz.dpbs|title=Barnston and High Easter ward population 2011|accessdate=26 September 2015}} The first tier of local government is Barnston parish council. The parish is in the district of Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden.
Notable residents
Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686), puritan, retired to the village and died there.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2004 |title=Thomas Watson |url=http://www.fivesolas.com/watson/wattarget.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307232229/http://www.fivesolas.com/watson/wattarget.htm |archive-date=7 March 2005 |website=fivesolas.com |via=Internet Archive}}
Bridget Plowden (1910–2000), educational reformer, lived in later life at Martels Manor, on the edge of the village.{{Cite ODNB|id=74720|title=Plowden [née Richmond], Dame Bridget Horatia|last=Green|first=Arthur}}
See also
References
External links
{{Commons category|Barnston, Essex}}
- [https://barnstonvillage.co.uk/ Barnston Parish Council]
- [https://barnstonvillagehall.co.uk/ Barnston Village Hall]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070526150606/http://www.barnstonafc.info/ Barnston AFC], archived in 2007
- {{OpenDomesday|TL6419|barnston|Barnston}}
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