Population 612 Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom | Shire county Essex Country England Police Essex | |
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Radwinter is a village and a civil parish on the B1053 road, in the Uttlesford district of the county of Essex, England. The population in the 2011 Census was 612 with 306 males and 306 females living in the parish. Radwinter has a 14th Century church in the centre dedicated to St Mary the Virgin from Princes Well and a primary school. The village has four outlying hamlets in the district of Uttlesford in between the market town of Saffron Walden (Essex) and Haverhill (Suffolk).
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Map of Radwinter, UK
In the 1870's Radwinter was described as:
The parish comprises 3, 802 acres. Post-town, Saffron-Walden. Real property, £5, 365. Pop., 946. Houses, 214. The property is much subdivided. Radwinter Hall, Bendish Hall, and the Hill are chief residences.
There is much local history of the parish dating back to the 1800s. The parish its self was once divided into Great Radwinter and Little Radwinter however this distinction is now lost. There was also four manors in existence, Radwinter Hall, Brockhold's, Bendish Hall and Radwinter Grange. Most of what can be seen today in the centre of Radwinter is the work of the Bullock family, they were Lords of the Manor and rectors or Radwinter .
Demographics
The population has been changing since it started to be closely monitored in the 1881 census up to the present day. According to the 2011 census there was 612 people living in Radwinter, 25 of them aged 0-4, 125 aged 5-17, 460 ages 18-89 and 2 that are 90 and over, showing a small dependancy ratio and a large working population. In 1881 and 2011 the populations are similar, with a population of around 600 however the figures have fluxuated in-between these dates as seen in the graph. In 1950 the population was at its lowest with approximately
Community
With a small population of 612 the village is small and closely connected. The community centres around the parish church and post office but also has a village hall, a school and a local public house and restaurant, The Plough. The village contains several important buildings that are listed for their historical and architectural value. some of the buildings include The Old Dairy, The Old Bakehouse, The Old brewery and Church Hill Cottages, all of which are protected by law.
Church
Between 1868 and 1882 the church was renovated and enlarged by architect William Eden Nesfield to what it is today.