Black Notley

Black Notley
Black Notley church and Hall
Black Notley  Black Notley shown within Essex
Population	1,646 (2001)
OS grid reference	TL764210
Civil parish	Black Notley
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRAINTREE
Postcode district	CM77
Dialling code	01376
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Braintree
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Coordinates: 51°51′07″N 0°33′58″E / 51.8519°N 0.5660°E

Black Notley is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Braintree and is 15 km (9.3 mi) north-northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district and parliamentary constituency of Braintree. The parish is part of the Cressing, Black Notley, White Notley and Faulkbourne parish cluster.^[1]

The place-name 'Notley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 998 as Hnutlea, and appears as 'Nutlea' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'nut wood'. 'Black Notley' is first attested in 1240.^[2]

According to the 2011 census it had a population of 2,478.^[3]

Cressing railway station, on the Braintree Branch Line, is less than 1 km from the village. It is close to the River Brain. In 2002 work was completed on the new estate, built in place of the old hospital giving 350 new houses to the area.^[4]

Notable residents

• Arthur Halestrap - one of the last surviving soldiers of World War I.
• William Bedell - Anglican churchman.
• John Ray - Naturalist, known as the father of English natural history.

References

1. "Parish cluster map" (JPG). www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
2. Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.345.
3. "ONS Data Explorer". ONS. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
4. "BLACK NOTLEY Where old and new are united". Essex Chronicle. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

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