Ugley

Ugley

Ugley

Human settlement in England

Ugley is a small village and civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is about 2 miles (3 km) north from Stansted Mountfitchet, and situated between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford. Within the parish is the village of Ugley Green, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the south.

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Ugley was first recorded in 1041 as "Uggele". It appears in the Domesday Book as "Ugghelea", in the ancient hundred of Claverling.[2] The name probably means "woodland clearing of a man named Ugga."[citation needed]

Within Ugley there are several buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Grade II* listed church, St Peter's, has a 13th-century nave and a Tudor brick tower.[3] Orford House is a Grade II* listed building built by Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, c.1700.[4]

The village's name has been noted on lists of unusual place names.[5][6]

Cycling

There is a cycling time trial 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.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. [2]
    Open Domesday: Ugley. Accessed 10 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Grade II*) (1275055)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    Historic England. "Orford House (Grade II*) (1221630)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. [5]
    Lyall, Sarah (22 January 2009). "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  6. [6]
    Symons, Mitchell (8 November 2012). The Bumper Book For The Loo: Facts and figures, stats and stories – an unputdownable treat of trivia. Transworld. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-4481-5271-1.
  7. [7]
    Rouler.cc, https://rouleur.cc/editorial/winning-ugley/

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