Great Maplestead

Great Maplestead is a village and civil parish in the district of , England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 385. In the sixteenth century the Deane family were Lords of the Manor of Great Maplestead.
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  • Type: Village with 385 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Essex, UK
  • Also known as: “Great Maplestead, Essex” and “Maplestead”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hedingham Castle and St John the Baptist Church, Little Maplestead.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, in the village of , , is arguably the best preserved Norman keep in England. The castle fortifications and outbuildings were built around 1100, and the keep around 1140. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great Maplestead.

Church
Photo: Roger Cuthbert, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great Maplestead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Maplestead and Sible Hedingham.

Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of , England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 257.

Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. The village is located within the Colne Valley, in the northern region of Essex, close to both the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire borders, situated on the A1017 road. is situated 1½ miles west of Great Maplestead.

Hamlet
White Ash Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural, in the district of , England. It is a little over a mile west of the town of ; the village of is also nearby. is situated 2½ miles south of Great Maplestead.

Great Maplestead

Latitude
51.98074° or 51° 58′ 51″ north
Longitude
0.63207° or 0° 37′ 55″ east
Population
385
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
Open location code
9F32XJJJ+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302621170
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648062
Wiki­data ID
Q2009096
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Great Maplestead” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Great Maplestead”
  • Chinese: “Great Maplestead”
  • Dutch: “Great Maplestead”
  • French: “Great Maplestead”
  • Irish: “Great Maplestead”
  • Italian: “Great Maplestead”
  • Ladin: “Great Maplestead”
  • Latin: “Mappesteda Magna”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Great Maplestead”
  • Persian: “گریت مپلستد”
  • Polish: “Great Maplestead”
  • Swedish: “Great Maplestead”
  • Turkish: “Great Maplestead”
  • Welsh: “Great Maplestead”
  • “Great Maplestead”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Castle Hedingham and Wickham St. Paul.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Great Maplestead Vullage Hall and St Giles, Great Maplestead.

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