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Asheldham
St. Lawrence's church, Asheldham
Asheldham is located in Essex
Asheldham
Asheldham
Location within Essex
Population199 (Parish, 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceTL969011
Civil parish
  • Asheldham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSOUTHMINSTER
Postcode districtCM0
Dialling code01621
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51°40′27″N 0°50′47″E / 51.6742°N 0.8464°E / 51.6742; 0.8464

Asheldham is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located about 14 km (8.7 mi) southeast of Maldon and is 26 km (16 mi) east-southeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Maldon and the parliamentary constituency of Maldon & East Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 199. The parish shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Dengie.[2]

It is on the Dengie peninsula, and is about 12 miles by road from Maldon. The former parish church, dedicated to St Lawrence became redundant in May 1973 and was converted into use as a youth church and residential centre for the Chelmsford Diocese.[3][4] With a chancel, nave and tower dating from the 1300s, it is a Grade II listed building.[5]

A Ham class minesweeper, HMS Asheldham, launched in September 1953 was named after the hamlet.

Archeological excavations into Romano-British field systems, Anglo-Saxon graves and medieval buildings have taken place in the village.[6][7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
  2. ^ "Parish Council Contacts". www.maldon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
  3. ^ "St Lawrence, Asheldham Church, Essex". www.essexchurches.info. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. ^ "ESSEX CHURCHES". www.simonknott.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. ^ "ASHELDHAM YOUTH CHURCH CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, Asheldham - 1110970 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  6. ^ Baker, John T. (2006). Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-902806-53-2.
  7. ^ Hallam, H. E.; Thirsk, Joan (8 December 1988). The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 2, 1042-1350. Cambridge University Press. p. 917. ISBN 978-0-521-20073-8.
  8. ^ Oosthuizen, Susan (2006). Landscapes Decoded: The Origins and Development of Cambridgeshire's Medieval Fields. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-902806-58-7.
  9. ^ Rippon, Stephen (27 November 2008). Beyond the Medieval Village: The Diversification of Landscape Character in Southern Britain. OUP Oxford. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-19-920382-6.
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  • Media related to Asheldham at Wikimedia Commons
  • Information and photographs of Asheldham village
  • The history of Asheldham
  • Asheldham in the Domesday Book


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