Goldhanger is a village and a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

on the B1026 road in the

Maldon District Maldon District is a local government district in Essex, England. The district is managed by ''Maldon District Council'', which is based in Maldon, the largest town in the district. The district also includes the town of Burnham-on-Crouch and ...

, in the county of

Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 654. Goldhanger had an agricultural museum and has a church dedicated to

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 ...

. Goldhanger is at the head of a short creek, on the north side of the estuary of the River Blackwater, east northeast of the town of

Maldon Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea Salt which is prod ...

. There are eight roads in Goldhanger: Head Street, Fish Street, Church Street, St Peter's Close, Maldon Road, Hall Estate, Sorrell Close, and finally Blind Lane. The village is directly between Maldon and

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Tolleshunt D'Arcy () is a village situated on the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater estuary in the Maldon (district), Maldon District of Essex, England. The village is southwest of Colchester, east of Chelmsford and north of Southend-on-Sea ...

and also has direct passage to the River Blackwater. The place-name ''Goldhanger'' is first attested 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, where it appears as ''Goldhangra''. The name means 'slope where marigold grew', from the

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

''golde'' meaning '' marigold''.

Notable people

* John Christopher Atkinson (1814-1900), writer and antiquary *

Jeremy Bamber Jeremy Nevill Bamber (born Jeremy Paul Marsham; 13 January 1961) is a British convicted mass murderer. He was convicted of the 1985 White House Farm murders in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, in which the victims included Bamber's adoptive parents, N ...

(b. 1961), farmer, convicted of the

White House Farm murders The White House Farm murders took place near the village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England, during the night of 6–7 August 1985. Nevill and June Bamber were shot and killed inside their farmhouse at White House Farm along with their adopte ...

, lived in Goldhanger

References

External links

Walking around GoldhangerGoldhanger Argyle Football Club
Villages in Essex Populated coastal places in Essex Civil parishes in Essex Maldon District {{Essex-geo-stub