Chelmsford is a town in the county of Essex, in the United Kingdom.
Chelmsford is home to the Diocese of Chelmsford, and has the smallest cathedral in England, built in the 15th and early centuries when it was the parish church of the prosperous medieval town.
Chelmsford was significantly involved in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and Richard II moved on to the town after quelling the rebellion in London.