Fairstead

Fairstead is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of , England. Whilst isolated in a community of farming hamlets, the parish of Fairstead has close connections with and is 9.8 miles from , Essex's county town.
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  • Type: Locality with 203 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: Fairstead (civil parish), Essex” and “Fairstead, Essex

Places of Interest

Highlights include White Notley railway station and Parish Church of All Saints.

Railway station
is on the Braintree Branch Line in the , serving the village of , Essex. It is 41 miles 60 chains down the line from and it is situated between to the south and to the north.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Witham and Braintree.

is a town and civil parish in the district, in the county of , England. It stands on the Roman road between the cities of and .

is a town in , . For a town of its size it boasts very few amenities. However, a shopping village on the outskirts, 'Freeport', has roughly 80 shops.

Village
is a village and civil parish between and , in , England. It was conceived in the 1920s as a model village by the industrialist Francis Henry Crittall, who established a Crittall Windows factory there to manufacture components for metal windows. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Fairstead.

Fairstead

Latitude
51.8222° or 51° 49′ 20″ north
Longitude
0.5599° or 0° 33′ 36″ east
Population
203
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
Open location code
9F32RHC5+VW
Geo­Names ID
7295101
Wiki­data ID
Q2372547
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Fairstead” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Фаирстеад
  • Cebuano: Fairstead
  • Chinese: Fairstead
  • Dutch: Fairstead
  • French: Fairstead
  • Irish: Fairstead
  • Ladin: Fairstead
  • Min Nan Chinese: Fairstead
  • Polish: Fairstead
  • Swedish: Fairstead
  • Turkish: Fairstead, Essex
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