Lambourne
Sign in to saveLambourne is a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Epping and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Romford. The small settlement of Lambourne itself comprises just the parish church and a couple of houses. The largest settlement in the parish is the village of Abridge, and the parish also includes the hamlet of Lambourne End. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,051.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Lambourne
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lambourne
- UK place.population
- 2,051
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Epping Forest
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Brentwood and Ongar
- UK place.post_town
- ROMFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- RM4
- UK place.postcode_area
- RM
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Epping Forest
- Population
- +2013
- Area
- +10.5
- Image
- Lambourne Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 91262.jpg
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Lambourne is a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Epping and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Romford. The small settlement of Lambourne itself comprises just the parish church and a couple of houses. The largest settlement in the parish is the village of Abridge, and the parish also includes the hamlet of Lambourne End. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,051.
==History== Like much of the neighbouring area, Lambourne was thickly wooded in the Middle Ages with forest gradually being cleared for agriculture. A few remnants of the historic Hainault Forest are found in the southern fringe of the parish, and now form part of a country park.