West Hanningfield

West Hanningfield is a small village and civil parish[1] in south Essex, England. It is located approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) south-southeast of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the borough of Chelmsford and in the parliamentary constituency of Rayleigh.

West Hanningfield

Village sign
West Hanningfield
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTQ727997
Civil parish
  • West Hanningfield
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHELMSFORD
Postcode districtCM2
Dialling code01277 (and 01245)
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

It is located to the north of Hanningfield Reservoir. Surrounding villages include South Hanningfield, Stock, Rettendon and East Hanningfield. It is also close to the Chelmsford suburbs of Galleywood and Great Baddow.

The local public house is known as the Three Compasses. The village also contains a primary school, a village hall and a hairdresser. It is the home of Lord Hanningfield the disgraced Tory Peer and former Conservative leader of Essex County Council.[2]

The Church of St Mary and St Edward is Grade II* listed church in the east end of the village. It is of twelfth-century origin, with considerable alterations made in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It has a weather boarded timber-framed tower, thought to date from the early thirteenth century, with timbers recently dated as being felled between AD 1382–1414. The bells were cast in 1676, and are a rare example of a complete seventeenth-century ring, although not operable for some time. The Church Buildings Council consider them of historic significance. A Whitechapel Bell Foundry report noted that the bellframe was cut to install the bells.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Parish Councils". www.chelmsford.gov.uk. March 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-34668301
  3. Bridge, M C (2016). "Church of St Mary And St Edward, Church Road, West Hanningfield, Essex: Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers from the Tower and Bellframe. Historic England Research Report 24/2016". research.historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

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