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Arkesden is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

Arkesden
St Mary's Church from Hampit Road, Arkesden
Arkesden Location within Essex
Population	366 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TL482340
Civil parish	Arkesden
District	Uttlesford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SAFFRON WALDEN
Postcode district	CB11
Dialling code	01799
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
List of places UK England Essex 51.9855°N 0.1573°E / 51.9855; 0.1573

The village is 4.3 miles (7 km) south-west from Saffron Walden, approximately 6 miles (10 km) from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, and 22 miles (35 km) north-west from the county town of Chelmsford. The Wicken Water stream flows through the village.

Arkesden is referred to as "Archesdana" in the Doomsday book of 1086, located in the ancient hundred of Uttlesford.[2]

The parish, with its own council, is part of the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden, and according to the 2001 census, had a population of 363, increasing slightly to 366 at the 2011 census.[1]

The 13th-century parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, heavily restored in 1855. The village has a village hall, on the church green, and one public house, the Axe and Compasses.

The musician Steve Marriott (of rock band Small Faces) died in a fire at his home at Arkesden in 1991.^{[citation needed]}

See also

The Hundred Parishes

References

External links

• Media related to Arkesden at Wikimedia Commons
• St Mary's Church, Arkesden, Essex Churches
• Arkesden in the Domesday Book

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