Chigwell
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Chigwell is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London. It is on the Central line of the London Underground. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 14,599 and the built up area had a population of 12,250.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Chigwell
- UK place.static_image_name
- 'The Olde Kings Head' inn - geograph.org.uk - 731636.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The former Olde King's Head
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 15.68
- UK place.population
- 14,599
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ435935
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 12
- UK place.london_direction
- SW
- UK place.civil_parish
- Chigwell
- UK place.shire_district
- Epping Forest
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- CHIGWELL
- UK place.postcode_area
- IG
- UK place.postcode_district
- IG7
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Epping Forest
- Population
- 12987
- Area
- 15.68
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.britnett-carver2.co.uk/chigwellpc
- Image
- High Road, Chigwell - geograph.org.uk - 92815.jpg
- Dialing code
- 020
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- twinned administrative body
- Mantes-la-Ville
- Commons category
- Chigwell
- postal code
- IG7
- OS grid reference
- TQ435935
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Florian Kunz
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Economic development
- RAF Chigwell
- Geography
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Education
- Culture
- Transport
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Chigwell is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London. It is on the Central line of the London Underground. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 14,599 and the built up area had a population of 12,250.
==History== The manor of Chigwell was held by Earl Harold under Edward the Confessor. From the 1550s it was the property of the Hicks Beach family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chigwell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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