Braintree, Essex, England

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Braintree, Essex, England is a historic market town in the county of Essex, known for its textile and manufacturing heritage and its role in the development of the wool trade.

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Braintree (UK Parliament constituency) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
town
administrativeDistrict Braintree District
ceremonialCounty Essex NERFINISHED
country England
dialCode 01376
distanceTo about 10 miles northeast of Chelmsford
about 15 miles west of Colchester
about 40 miles northeast of London
governingBody Braintree District Council
hasHeritage cloth production
silk weaving
hasMarketCharter medieval period
hasMuseum Braintree District Museum
hasPostcodeArea CM
hasPostcodeDistrict CM7
CM77
hasRailwayStation Braintree railway station
hasRoadConnection A120 road NERFINISHED
A131 road NERFINISHED
hasShoppingCentre Braintree Village
hasTwinTown Braine-l'Alleud NERFINISHED
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine NERFINISHED
historicCounty Essex NERFINISHED
knownFor historic market town
manufacturing heritage
textile industry
wool trade
locatedIn East of England
Essex NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
locatedOnRiver River Blackwater
near Bocking
Great Notley
Halstead
Witham
notableIndustry Courtaulds textile manufacturing
Crittall window manufacturing
OSGridReference TL760230
parliamentaryConstituency Braintree, Essex, England self-linksurface differs
surface form: Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)
railwayLine Braintree Branch Line
region East of England
servedBy Greater Anglia
timezone GMT
timezoneDST BST

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Braintree namedAfter Braintree, Essex, England
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay namedAfter Braintree, Essex, England
Braintree, Essex, England parliamentaryConstituency Braintree, Essex, England self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)