Fordham, Essex


Fordham is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of the English county of Essex, six miles north-west of the town of Colchester. Its population was recorded as 835 in the 2011 Census. The parish includes the nearby hamlets of Fordham Heath and Hemp's Green.

Governance

Fordham is part of the electoral ward of Fordham and Stour Valley. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,332.

Natural features

Fordham is bounded to the south by the River Colne. An area of 500 acres in the parish was turned over to the Woodland Trust in 2001 for future woodland.

Amenities and events

The village has a post office and a historic pub called The Three Horseshoes. Another pub, The Shoulder of Mutton is also in Fordham parish. It stands on the main Colchester–Halstead Road, near the bridge over the Colne replacing the ford that gave the hamlet of Fordstreet its name.
Fordham offers primary education at All Saints Church of England Primary School.
The village hosts a fair every year on the first Saturday of July, and a vehicle show on the second Sunday of August.

Places of worship

dates from about 1340 and is a Grade I listed building dating mainly from the 14th century. There was a chapel of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in the village in the 19th century.

Notable people

In birth order: