- Little Baddow
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.742
longitude= 0.573
official_name= Little Baddow
population =
shire_district= Chelmsford
shire_county =Essex
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Maldon & East Chelmsford
post_town=Chelmsford
postcode_district=CM3 4
postcode_area=CM
dial_code= 01245
os_grid_reference= TL776080Little Baddow is a large thriving
village to the east ofChelmsford ,Essex . The name "Baddow" comes from an Old English word meaning 'bad water', although this probably refers to the meadow area in Great Baddow as opposed to any water mass in Little Baddow.Fact|date=October 2007 The village is positioned on one of the few elevated hills in Essex.Like many English villages the mainly car owning population has led to a decline in the number of shops in the village. While the community once supported several businesses there is now only one grocery shop, which also serves as the village post office. As well as the post office there are two pubs ('The Generals Arms' and 'The Rodney'), the
Elm Green Preparatory School , a village hall. There are two long established churches, the Anglican St Mary the Virgin and the United Reformed Church. Both churches are architecturally interesting and have long histories.The manor was once a possession of
Robert the Bruce [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=3LBIzUN5D1wC&pg=PA24&dq=baddow+and+bruce&sig=ioEpAXbmHg_LfEuTHhOswxVjKYY#PPA24,M1] Scripta Diversa, By George Osborne Sayles, 1982] [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=wHZcIRMhSEMC&pg=PA733&dq=bruce+and+Baddow&sig=_1iJsPKVqilBVmDkwuV2Afapp7o] Magna Carta Ancestry, By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, 2005]Thomas Hooker who founded the Colony of Connecticut lived in the village as a child and was a school teacher there before going to Holland and then to New England. (see [http://www.quakersurnames.net/hooker.htm] and [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8663/thomashooker.html] )
References
External links
* English home of Thomas Hooker one of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut
* http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/little+baddow;essex
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