Ugley is a small village and

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in the non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in

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, England. It is about north from Stansted Mountfitchet, and situated between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford. Within the parish is the village of

Ugley Green Ugley Green is a small village in the non-metropolitan district, district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is approximately north-east from Bishops Stortford, and just to the west of the M11 motorway. The village is within the civil parish of ...

, to the south. Ugley was first recorded in 1041 as "Uggele". It appears in the ''

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'' as "Ugghelea". The name probably means "woodland clearing of a man named Ugga." Within Ugley there are several buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Grade II* listed church, St Peter's, has a 13th-century

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and a Tudor brick tower.

Orford House Orford House is a country house in the small medieval hamlet of Ugley, Essex, England. History The house was built for Edward Russell, who went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty, in around 1700. It was enlarged by Isaac Whittington MP in a ...

is a Grade II* listed building built by Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, c.1700. The village's name has been noted on lists of

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Cycling

There is a

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course which starts close to Ugley. The village is home to several bungalows or "huts" owned by long-established cycling clubs based in Essex and Greater London.Rouler.cc, https://rouleur.cc/editorial/winning-ugley/

Cycling

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