Arkesden is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the Uttlesford district of

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, England. The village is south-west from Saffron Walden, approximately from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and north-west from the county town of

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of Lond ...

. The Wicken Water stream flows through the village. Arkesden is referred to as "Archesdana" in the '' Doomsday book'' of 1086, located in the ancient hundred of Uttlesford.Open Domesday: Arkesden.
Accessed 6 January 2022. The parish, with its own

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, is part of the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden, and according to the 2001 census, had a population of 363, increasing slightly to 366 at the 2011 census. The 13th-century parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, heavily restored in 1855. The village has a village hall, on the church green, and one

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, the Axe and Compasses. The musician Steve Marriott (of rock band Small Faces) died in a fire at his home at Arkesden in 1991.

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St Mary's Church, Arkesden
Essex Churches * Villages in Essex Uttlesford {{Essex-geo-stub

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