Ugley

Ugley
St Peter's Church, Ugley
Ugley Ugley shown within Essex
Population	449 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TL520284
– London	30 mi (48 km) S
District	Uttlesford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BISHOP'S STORTFORD
Postcode district	CM22
Dialling code	01279
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
List of places UK England Essex

Coordinates: 51°56′03″N 0°12′37″E / 51.9342°N 0.2103°E / 51.9342; 0.2103

Ugley is a small village and civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is about 2 miles (3 km) north from Stansted Mountfitchet, and situated between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford. Within the parish is the village of Ugley Green, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south.

Ugley was first recorded in 1041 as "Uggele". It appears in the Domesday Book as "Ugghelea". The name probably means "woodland clearing of a man named Ugga."

Within Ugley there are several buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Grade II* listed church, St Peter's, has a 13th-century nave and a Tudor brick tower.^[2] Orford House is a Grade II* listed building built by Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, c.1700.^[3]

The village's name has been noted on lists of unusual place names.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Grade II*) (1275055)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved June 2014.
↑ Historic England. "Orford House (Grade II*) (1221630)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved June 2014.
↑ Lyall, Sarah (22 January 2009). "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
↑ Symons, Mitchell (8 November 2012). The Bumper Book For The Loo: Facts and figures, stats and stories – an unputdownable treat of trivia. Transworld. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-4481-5271-1.

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Ugley

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