Chickney
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Essex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Chickney
| civil_parish = Chickney
| country= England
| region= East of England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.927627|0.28369290|display=inline,title}}
| post_town= Dunmow
| postcode_area= CM
| postcode_district= CM6
| dial_code=
| shire_district= Uttlesford
| shire_county= Essex
| hide_services= Yes
| population = 38
| population_ref = (2001)
| area_total_km2=2.887
|static_image=Geograph-647974-by-Mark-Camp.jpg
|static_image_caption=St Mary's Church
}}
Chickney is a village and civil parish near Broxted and southwest of Thaxted, in Uttlesford, Essex, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.hundredparishes.org.uk/FreshFiles/PDFs/CHICKNEY%20-%2020150630.pdf|title=Chickney|publisher=The Hundred Parishes|accessdate=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224112952/http://www.hundredparishes.org.uk/FreshFiles/PDFs/CHICKNEY%20-%2020150630.pdf|archive-date=24 February 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=6586 |title=History of Chickney, in Uttlesford and Essex | Map and description |publisher=Visionofbritain.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-11-02}} The parish borders Broxted, Debden, Henham and Thaxted.{{cite web|url=https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/62719/touches.html|title=Areas touching Chickney|publisher=Mapit|accessdate=26 September 2022}} Chickney just has a parish meeting, there is no parish council.{{cite web|url=https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/5143/Town-and-parish-councils|title=Town and parish councils|publisher=Uttlesford District Council|accessdate=26 September 2022}} In 2001 the parish had a population of 38.{{cite web|author=Neighbourhood Statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61_60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790396 |title=Check Browser Settings |publisher=Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-11-02}}
Landmarks
There are 10 listed buildings in Chickney.{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/chickney-uttlesford-essex|title=Listed buildings in Chickney, Uttlesford, Essex|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=26 September 2022}} Chickney has a church called St Mary's Church{{cite web|url=http://www.essexchurches.info/church.asp?p=Chickney |title=St Mary's Church, Chickney, Essex |publisher=Essexchurches.info |date= |accessdate=2011-11-02}} which is Grade I listed and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.{{cite web|author=Good Stuff IT Services |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-122145-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-chickney |title=Church of St Mary the Virgin - Chickney - Essex - England |publisher=British Listed Buildings |date=1967-02-20 |accessdate=2011-11-02}} Sibleys railway station in the parish closed in 1953.{{PastScape |num=502056 |desc=SIBLEYS STATION |access-date=23 February 2018}}
History
The name origin of Chickney is uncertain. It could mean 'Chicken Island' or possibly, 'Cicca's Island'.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Essex/Chickney|title=Chickney Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|accessdate=26 September 2022}} Chickney was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cicchenai.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7568411&queryType=1&resultcount=1 |title=DocumentsOnline | Image Details |publisher=The National Archives |date= |accessdate=2011-11-02}}
See also
References
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External links
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/TL5728
- http://www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk/chickney/historyofchickney.html
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Category:Civil parishes in Essex
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