Black Notley is a village and

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, England. It is located approximately south of Braintree and is north-northeast from the county town of

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. According to the 2011 census including Young's End it had a population of 2,478.

History

The place-name 'Notley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 998 as ''Hnutlea'', and appears as 'Nutlea' in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1086. The name means 'nut wood'. 'Black Notley' is first attested in 1240. The parish church is dedicated to both

St. Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repe ...

and

St. Paul Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ...

, and has walls of flint and pebble. The nave was constructed in the 12th century and the chancel was rebuilt around the 16th century when also the south porch and bell-turret were added. Around 100 yards to the south of the church is the 15th-century Grade II- listed Black Notley Hall.

Geography

The village is in the

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of Braintree, but as of 2010, forms part of the

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of Witham. It has its own parish council, and is part of the wider

Cressing Cressing is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. Within the parish is the village of Tye Green and the hamlet of Hawbush Green. Cressing Temple is south from Cressing village, and less than 1 mile east fro ...

, Black Notley,

White Notley White Notley is a parish in Essex, England. The settlement (which includes the outlying hamlet of The Green) lies equidistant between the towns of Witham and Braintree, Essex, Braintree amongst arable farmland, in each direction. White Notley i ...

and Faulkbourne parish cluster. The

Cressing railway station Cressing railway station is on the Braintree Branch Line in the East of England, serving the villages of Cressing and Black Notley, Essex. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street via and it is situated between to the south and to t ...

, on the Braintree Branch Line, is around half a mile from the village centre. It is close to the

River Brain The River Brain is a tributary of the River Blackwater in Essex, England. It has been claimed it lent its name to the town of Braintree, although it seems that the name ‘Braintree’ is older, and that the river name is a back formation from ...

. In 2002 work was completed on the new estate, built in place of the old hospital giving 350 new houses to the area.

Notable residents

William Bedell The Rt. Rev. William Bedell, D.D. (; 22 September 15717 February 1642), was an English Anglican bishop who served as the 5th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1627 to 1629. He also served as Lord Bishop of Kilmore and as a member of t ...

(1571–1642), Anglican churchman,

Bishop of Kilmore The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore, County Cavan in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bisho ...

and

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. * Richard Symonds (1617–1660), royalist and antiquary, he wrote about the

First English Civil War The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An estimated 15% to 20% of adult males in England and Wales served in the military at some point b ...

. *

John Ray John Ray Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (November 29, 1627 – January 17, 1705) was a Christian England, English Natural history, naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his ...

(1627–1705), naturalist, known as the father of English natural history. * Arthur Halestrap (1898–2004), one of the last surviving soldiers of WWI, lived locally

References

External links

Black Notley Parish Council websiteBlack Notley - Visit Essex
Villages in Essex Braintree District {{Essex-geo-stub