Black Notley
| Black Notley | |
 Black Notley church and Hall |
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  Black Notley |
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| Population | 1,646 (2001) 2,478 (2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | TL764210 |
| Civil parish | Black Notley |
| District | Braintree |
| Shire county | Essex |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRAINTREE |
| Postcode district | CM77 |
| Dialling code | 01376 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Braintree |
Coordinates: 51°51′07″N 0°33′58″E / 51.8519°N 0.5660°E
Black Notley is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Braintree and is 15 km (9.3 mi) north-northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district and parliamentary constituency of Braintree. The parish is part of the Cressing, Black Notley, White Notley and Faulkbourne parish cluster.[2]
The place-name 'Notley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 998 as Hnutlea, and appears as 'Nutlea' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'nut wood'. 'Black Notley' is first attested in 1240.[3]
According to the 2011 census including Young's End it had a population of 2,478.[1]
Cressing railway station, on the Braintree Branch Line, is less than 1 km from the village. It is close to the River Brain. In 2002 work was completed on the new estate, built in place of the old hospital giving 350 new houses to the area.[4]
Notable residents
- Arthur Halestrap - one of the last surviving soldiers of World War I.
- William Bedell - Anglican churchman.
- John Ray - Naturalist, known as the father of English natural history.
References
- 1 2 "ONS Data Explorer". ONS. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "Parish cluster map". www.braintree.gov.uk. Archived from the original (JPG) on 2006-10-14. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ↑ Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.345.
- ↑ "BLACK NOTLEY Where old and new are united". Essex Chronicle. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
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