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| Thaxted | |
 Thaxted Windmill and Church |
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  Thaxted
Thaxted shown within Essex |
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| Population | 2,526 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Uttlesford |
| Shire county | Essex |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNMOW |
| Postcode district | CM6 |
| Dialling code | 01371 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Saffron Walden |
| List of places: UK • England • Essex | |
Thaxted
Thaxted is a town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, with about 2,500 inhabitants.
History
Thaxted appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Tachesteda, Old English for "place where thatch was got." Once a centre of cutlery manufacture, Thaxted went into decline with the rise of Sheffield as a major industrial centre. A light railway, the Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway, eventually opened in 1913, though the railway itself never reached nearer than three-quarters of a mile (1.2km) from the town, as building earthworks across the River Chelmer proved too costly. With the growth of road transport, the line was closed to passengers in 1952 and closed altogether in 1953. The name of Cutler's Green, a small hamlet about a mile to the west of Thaxted, recalls the trade that yielded the area's early wealth.
Population
Thaxted's population has remained almost unchanged down the centuries, hovering near the 2,000 mark. In 1829 there were 2,293 people living in Thaxted; in 1848 there were 2,527. At the time of the 1881 census that figure fell to 1,914, and fell further in 1921 to 1,596. [2] In 2001, the population was 2,526.[1]
Notable buildings
Notable Thaxted buildings include Horham Hall, Thaxted Guildhall dating from around 1450 and John Webb's Windmill built in 1804. The parish church of St John is renowned for its flying-buttressed spire, perpendicular windows and Adam and Eve glass. The church, which overlooks the town, is often referred to as the Cathedral of Essex.[3]
 The Guildhall |
 Parish church of St John |
 Dick Turpin's cottage |
Notable residents
The British composer Gustav Holst was a long term resident. Sections of his most famous work, The Planets, were inspired by local characters[citation needed]. Holst's setting of the patriotic hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country" to the trio melody of "Jupiter" in The Planets is named after the town.
Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle and many other novels, was raised in the town.
Conrad Noel (1869-1942), an ardent Christian Socialist, Noel was Thaxted's most famous and controversial vicar, serving in the post from 1910 until his death.
John Hunter (1932-2005) who was at the forefront of what is now the national movement to marry agricultural prosperity with the conservation of natural and historical features in the landscape; he was also the pre-eminent landscape archaeologist / historian of Essex and Cambridgeshire. He is the author of two books and many shorter papers on these subjects.
The actors Fiona Shaw and Saffron Burrows share a house in Thaxted.
Society and leisure
Thaxted has many clubs and societies. Thaxted Morris was founded in 1911 and is the oldest revival Morris dancing group in England.[3] Thaxted Morris Men hosted the meeting at which the "Morris Ring" was formed as a national organisation in 1934; and continue to host one of their meetings every year: in 2009 this was a celebration of the Ring's 75th anniversary.
The annual Thaxted festival takes place over four weekends in June and July every year, presenting a programme of musical concerts.[3]
The town was used for many of the exterior scenes in the 1952 comedy film Time Gentlemen Please.
