Witham
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Witham () is a town and civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It stands on the Roman road between the cities of Chelmsford ( south-west) and Colchester ( north-east). The River Brain runs through the town and joins the River Blackwater on the outskirts. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 27,797 and the population of the built up area was 27,395.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Witham
- UK place.population
- 27,797
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Witham
- UK place.shire_district
- Braintree
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Witham
- UK place.post_town
- WITHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- CM8
- UK place.postcode_area
- CM
- UK place.dial_code
- 01376
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL821145
- UK place.static_image_name
- Town Hall, Witham, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 65400.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Witham Town Hall
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Located in
- Braintree
- Population
- 25353
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.witham.gov.uk
- Image
- Catholic Parish Church, Witham, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 65403.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01376
Show 10 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Waldbröl
- Commons category
- Witham
- OS grid reference
- TL821145
- postal code
- CM8
- topic's main category
- Category:Witham
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Witham
- P8168
- Avesnes-sur-Helpe
- different from
- River Witham
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Hermann Conring
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Witham rail crash
- 20th and 21st centuries
- Transport
- Railway
- Roads
- Cycling
- Commuters
- Economy and facilities
- Sport and leisure
- Media
- Education
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Notable residents
- Listed buildings
- References
- External links
Witham () is a town and civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It stands on the Roman road between the cities of Chelmsford ( south-west) and Colchester ( north-east). The River Brain runs through the town and joins the River Blackwater on the outskirts. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 27,797 and the population of the built up area was 27,395.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Witham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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