The name Baddow is believed to have been derived from the River Beadwan, now known as the River Chelmer, which marks the northern boundary of the village. Beadwan is thought to be a Celtic word of uncertain meaning,[2] possibly "birch stream" or a reference to the goddess Badbh.[3]
The village includes woodlands owned by the National Trust and Essex Naturalist Trust.
Although there are no shops in the village, there are two pubs, The Generals Arms and The Rodney, a village hall, and Elm Green Preparatory School. Churches are the Anglican St Mary the Virgin and the United Reformed Church. St Mary's is a Grade I listed building with a late 11th-century core. It contains a 14th-century 'Devil's door', dating to the time when medieval Christians believed the North of side of a church to be the abode of the Devil.[4]
The village sports ground and clubhouse is used by Little Baddow Cricket club and the local running club, Little Baddow "Ridge" runners.
Thomas Hooker who founded the colony of Connecticut lived in the village and was a school teacher there before going to Holland and then to New England.[6]
^Hartley-Smith, Alan. "Marconi Radar History / A Biographical Memoire". marconiradarhistory.pbworks.com. Marconi Radar History. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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little, baddow, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2009,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Little Baddow news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Little Baddow is a village to the east of Chelmsford Essex Little BaddowSt Mary s Little BaddowLittle BaddowLocation within EssexPopulation1 586 2011 Census 1 OS grid referenceTL776080DistrictChelmsfordShire countyEssexRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townChelmsfordPostcode districtCM3Dialling code01245PoliceEssexFireEssexAmbulanceEast of EnglandUK ParliamentMaldon amp East ChelmsfordList of places UK England Essex 51 44 31 N 0 34 23 E 51 742 N 0 573 E 51 742 0 573The name Baddow is believed to have been derived from the River Beadwan now known as the River Chelmer which marks the northern boundary of the village Beadwan is thought to be a Celtic word of uncertain meaning 2 possibly birch stream or a reference to the goddess Badbh 3 The village includes woodlands owned by the National Trust and Essex Naturalist Trust Although there are no shops in the village there are two pubs The Generals Arms and The Rodney a village hall and Elm Green Preparatory School Churches are the Anglican St Mary the Virgin and the United Reformed Church St Mary s is a Grade I listed building with a late 11th century core It contains a 14th century Devil s door dating to the time when medieval Christians believed the North of side of a church to be the abode of the Devil 4 The village sports ground and clubhouse is used by Little Baddow Cricket club and the local running club Little Baddow Ridge runners The manor was once a possession of Robert the Bruce 5 Thomas Hooker who founded the colony of Connecticut lived in the village and was a school teacher there before going to Holland and then to New England 6 Eric Eastwood settled in Little Baddow after he started work at Marconi Research Laboratory in 1948 He lived there until his death in his home in 1978 7 References edit Civil Parish population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 5 September 2016 Great Baddow Key to English Place names English Place Name Society Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 14 July 2013 Great Baddow Parish Council published 2005 accessed 2011 10 13 Ash Russell 1973 Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain Reader s Digest Association Limited p 241 ISBN 9780340165973 Sayles George Osborne 1982 Scripta Diversa Thomas Hooker geocities com Hartley Smith Alan Marconi Radar History A Biographical Memoire marconiradarhistory pbworks com Marconi Radar History Retrieved 29 August 2017 External links edit nbsp Media related to Little Baddow at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Essex location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Little Baddow amp oldid 1166256088, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
