Cressing
Cressing is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Within the parish is the village of Tye Green and the hamlet of Hawbush Green.
| Cressing | |
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 Cressing Village Sign | |
  Cressing Location within Essex | |
| OS grid reference | TL792209 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRAINTREE |
| Postcode district | CM77 |
| Dialling code | 01376 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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Cressing Temple is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from Cressing village, and less than 1 mile east from the village of White Notley.
The parish contains two churches, two public houses - no longer have a public house, 1 Restaurant, and a business park. A men's Sunday League and youth football teams play at Cressing Sports and Social Club in Tye Green. Cressing railway station, on the Braintree Branch Line, is at the west of the parish.
Sir Evelyn Wood (1838–1919), a Field Marshal and Victoria Cross recipient, was born at Cressing.[1]
References
- Mee, Arthur (1942). The King's England - Essex. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 104.
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