High Wych
High Wych is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village is located a little over one mile south-west of the town of Sawbridgeworth, and around three miles north-east of Harlow in the neighbouring county of Essex.
High Wych | |
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St James Church, High Wych | |
High Wych Location within Hertfordshire | |
Population | 443 [1] 775 (2011 Census including Spellbrook)[2] |
OS grid reference | TL463143 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SAWBRIDGEWORTH |
Postcode district | CM21 |
Dialling code | 01279 |
Police | Hertfordshire |
Fire | Hertfordshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
The parish includes the settlements of Great Pennys, Trimms Green, Sacombs Ash, Allens Green, Chandlers, Carters, Rook End, Hoskins and Sayes Park.[3] The village contains a Church of England primary school[4] and a late 19th-century church, St James, with a marble reredos[3] and a Father Willis organ.[5] A moated site is all that remains of the medieval residence of Mathams.[3] There is also a Georgian historical house called the Manor of Groves which is now a hotel.
See also
References
- "Towns ยป High Wych, Herts". Hertfordshire.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- "High Wych, Hertfordshire". Hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- "High Wych School - Home Page". Highwych.herts.sch.uk. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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