Elsenham
Sign in to savethumb|right|upright|The village sign: the top section depicts Elsenham Hall; the bottom sections show St Mary's Church and the pump Elsenham is a village and civil parish in north-west Essex in eastern England. It lies north-east of Bishop's Stortford, its post town, which is over the county boundary in Hertfordshire. It is east of the large village of Stansted Mountfitchet and lies to the north of London Stansted Airport. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,571 and the Elsenham built up area had a population of 3,501.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Elsenham
- UK place.population
- 3,571
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Elsenham
- UK place.shire_district
- Uttlesford
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North West Essex
- UK place.static_image_name
- Elsenham church.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- UK place.post_town
- Bishop's Stortford
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Uttlesford
- Population
- +2446
- Image
- Elsenham church.JPG
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thumb|right|upright|The village sign: the top section depicts Elsenham Hall; the bottom sections show St Mary's Church and the pump Elsenham is a village and civil parish in north-west Essex in eastern England. It lies north-east of Bishop's Stortford, its post town, which is over the county boundary in Hertfordshire. It is east of the large village of Stansted Mountfitchet and lies to the north of London Stansted Airport. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,571 and the Elsenham built up area had a population of 3,501.
==History== Elsenham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Alsenham and Elsenham in the Hundred of Uttlesford. Part belonged to Robert Gernon and part to John, nephew of Waleran. The village is best known for Elsenham Jam, which was produced on the Elsenham estate of Sir Walter Gilbey, and marketed with the slogan, "the most expensive jam in the world". Elsenham Jam is no longer produced in Elsenham, the company having moved to Wales.