Wimbish is a small rural village and

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located 4 miles (6 km) south-east from

Saffron Walden Saffron Walden is a market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period. Th ...

, in the

Uttlesford Uttlesford is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Essex, England. Its council is based in the town of Saffron Walden. The district also includes the town of Great Dunmow and numerous villages, including Stansted Mountfitchet ...

district of

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in the

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. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the

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. The village has its own non-denominational primary school (Wimbish Primary School) and a church (All Saints). The church tower was partly destroyed by lightning in 1756, and was rebuilt in brick but was later taken down again in 1883.

Governance

Wimbish is part of the

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called Wimbish and Debden. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,407. Women in the ward had the third highest life expectancy at birth, 96.5 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.

References

External links

Wimbish village websiteWimbish school website
Villages in Essex Civil parishes in Essex Uttlesford {{Essex-geo-stub

Governance

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