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Rivenhall

Village and civil parish in Essex, England

Human settlement in England

List of places: UK; England; Essex

51°50′N 0°40′E / 51.833°N 0.667°E / 51.833; 0.667

Rivenhall is a village and civil parish near Witham in the Braintree district in the English county of Essex. It is near the small settlement of Rivenhall End.^[1] In 2021 the parish had a population of 1147.^[2]

It has a primary school called Rivenhall Church of England School. For transport there is the busy A12 nearby and Witham railway station.

The Anglo-Saxon church of St. Mary and All Saints and the nearby manor house have been in continuous human use sine their origins as parts of a Roman villa.^[3] The church is a grade I listed building.^[4] The church was presumed to have been built around the 8-9th century.

It also had a Royal Air Force airfield called RAF Rivenhall.

On 1 October 1933 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Witham which became unparished in 1974. On 1 April 1982 Rivenhall became a parish again.^[5]

References

^ "History of Rivenhall, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Rivenhall". City Population. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^ Rackham, Oliver (1976). Trees and Woodland in The British Landscape. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4746-1404-7. Page 42
^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS (1169594)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ "Braintree Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 5 March 2024.