Great Dunmow | |
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![]() High Street, Great Dunmow | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 10,396 (2021 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL628218 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DUNMOW |
Postcode district | CM6 |
Dialling code | 01371 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Website | greatdunmow-tc |
Great Dunmow is a historic market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies to the north of the A120 road, approximately midway between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree, 5 mi (8 km) east of London Stansted Airport.
Originally the site of a Roman settlement on Stane Street, the town thrived during the Middle Ages. Dunmow means "Meadow on the Hill".[3] The settlement was variously referred to as Dunmow Magna, Much Dunmow, or most commonly Great Dunmow.