St Mary and All Saints' church Rivenhall is a village and

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near

Witham Witham () is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population ( 2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the city of Chelms ...

in the Braintree district in the

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county of

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. It is near the small settlement of

Rivenhall End Rivenhall End is a Hamlet (place), hamlet in the civil parish of Rivenhall near Witham in the Braintree District in the England, English county of Essex. It is near the village of Rivenhall. For transport there is the busy A12 road (England), A12 ...

. It has a primary school called Rivenhall Church of England School. For transport there is the busy

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nearby and

Witham railway station Witham railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Witham, Essex. It is about half a mile (1 km) to the north of the town centre and is down the line from London Liverpool Street. ...

. The Anglo-Saxon church of St. Mary and All Saints and the nearby manor house have been in continuous human use sine their origins as parts of a

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. The church is a

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. It also had a Royal Air Force airfield called

RAF Station Rivenhall The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

References

* http://www.rivenhallparishcouncil.net {{authority control Villages in Essex Civil parishes in Essex Braintree District