Chigwell
Statistics
Population:	12,449
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TQ435935
Administration
District:	Epping Forest
Shire county:	Essex
Region:	East of England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Essex
Historic county:	Essex
Services
Police force:	Essex Police
Ambulance service:	East of England
Post office and telephone
Post town:	CHIGWELL
Postal district:	IG7
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:	Epping Forest
European Parliament:	East of England

Chigwell is a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... Constituent country is an official term used to describe three of the four principal component parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): England; Scotland; Wales. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... There are a number of policing agencies in the United Kingdom. ... Essex Police is a Home Office (territorial) police force with responsibility for policing the county of Essex in south east England. ... This is a list of ambulance services in the United Kingdom: Ambulance services in England, after July 1, 2006 are A few deviations from the above have been made for operational reasons. ... The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock, in the East of England region. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... IG7 is the postcode for Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ... Epping Forest is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the Strasbourg building The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary... East of England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ...

Chigwell is 11.6 miles (18.7 km) north east of Charing Cross and near the boundary with the London Borough of Redbridge. It is served by a London Underground station and has a London (020) area code. It forms part of the Greater London Urban Area. The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ... The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in East London. ... The nickname the Tube comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile trains travel. ... The Greater London Urban Area is the conurbation based around London in the South East of England. ...

Traditionally a rural farming community, but now largely suburban, Chigwell was mentioned in the Domesday Book and later lauded by Charles Dickens in the novel Barnaby Rudge where the Maypole Inn is said to have been based on the village's King's Head pub. Charles Dickens frequently visited Chigwell, which he described in a letter as "the greatest place in the world...Such a delicious old inn opposite the church...such beautiful forest scenery...such an out of the way rural place!". Doomesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ... Dickens redirects here. ... Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty is a historical novel by the author Charles Dickens. ... Dickens redirects here. ...

From 1933 to 1974 it formed together with Buckhurst Hill and Loughton the Chigwell Urban District. Parish councils were re-established for the parishes of Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, and Loughton in 1996. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Buckhurst Hill is a suburban town in the Epping Forest district of Essex. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Chigwell Urban District was an urban district in the county of Essex, England. ... Buckhurst Hill is a suburban town in the Epping Forest district of Essex. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Chigwell now has many large suburban houses such as those on Manor Road which featured in the popular English situation comedy Birds of a Feather. It is a wealthy area, which since the TV series Essex Wives journalists have called (with Loughton and Buckhurst Hill), the Essex golden triangle. Birds Of A Feather is the second track on Phishs 1998 album The Story of the Ghost. ... Essex Wives was a 2002 television documentary series featuring women living in Essex, near London, United Kingdom. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ...

Chigwell School, a public school, was founded from a bequest by Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York, in 1629. Among its many famous past pupils is William Penn, who later went on to found Pennsylvania. The diarist John Aubrey recorded that it was at Chigwell School that Penn had a mystical vision, which influenced his later conversion to Quakerism. The original 17th-century schoolroom where Penn was taught still stands, and is now the school library. Chigwell School is an English public school in the Epping Forest district of Essex. ... William Penn William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ... John Aubrey. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ...

Famous residents

Chigwell is widely regarded as a wealthy area and contains some large and expensive houses. Famous residents have included:

• Sir Alan Sugar
• Ronnie O'Sullivan
• Noel Edmonds
• Kimi Räikkönen
• Bobby Moore
• Ian Miller
• Paul Schramm
• Simon Harris
• George Shillibeer, inventor of the London omnibus, is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's, the parish church.
• Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey (1758-1830), Captain of the Fighting Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar
• Jermain Defoe
• Sir Geoff Hurst
• The Brownsteins
• Bradley hart
• Richard D Levene

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Transport

Nearest places:

• Buckhurst Hill
• Hainault
• Loughton
• Woodford

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• Chigwell tube station
• Grange Hill tube station

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References

• Chigwell Parish Council website
• Population figures
• Chigwell School website
• Chigwell - White's Directory of Essex, 1848

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