Chigwell

Chigwell is a suburban development in the Epping Forest district of Essex.

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Chigwell is 11.6 miles (18.7 km) north east of Charing Cross and near the boundary with the London Borough of Redbridge. It is served by a London Underground station and has a London (020) area code.

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Traditionally a rural farming community, Chigwell was mentioned in the Domesday Book and later lauded by Charles Dickens in the novel Barnaby Rudge where the Maypole Inn is said to have been based on the village's King's Head pub. Charles Dickens later set up residence in Chigwell and during his stay described it as "the finest place on earth".

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From 1933 to 1974 it formed together with Buckhurst Hill and Loughton the Chigwell Urban District.

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Chigwell now has many large suburban houses such as those on Manor Road which featured in the popular English situation comedy Birds of a Feather.

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Nearest places:

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• Buckhurst Hill
• Hainault
• Loughton
• Woodford

Nearest tube stations:

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• Chigwell tube station
• Grange Hill tube station
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Epping Forest: Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. Formed in approximately 8000 BC after the last ice age, it covers nearly 6,000 acres (24 km²) and contains areas of grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds. St...

Essex: :This article is about the county of Essex in England. For other places named Essex, see Essex (disambiguation)....

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....