Arkesden
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The village is Script error: No such module "convert". south-west from Saffron Walden, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and Script error: No such module "convert". north-west from the county town of Chelmsford. The Wicken Water stream flows through the village.
Arkesden is referred to as "Archesdana" in Domesday Book of 1086, located in the ancient hundred of Uttlesford.[1]
The parish, with its own council, is part of the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden, and according to the 2001 census, had a population of 363, increasing slightly to 366 at the 2011 census.[2]
The 13th-century parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, heavily restored in 1855. The village has a village hall, on the church green, and one public house, the Axe and Compasses.
The musician Steve Marriott, of rock band Small Faces, died in a fire at his home at Arkesden in 1991.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
- ↑ Open Domesday: Arkesden. Accessed 6 January 2022.
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External links
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