Braintree, Essex, England

E90840
civil parish town

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Braintree (UK Parliament constituency) 1

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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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)