Английская Википедия:Birchanger

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox UK place Birchanger (Шаблон:IPAc-en) is a village in Essex, England, Шаблон:Convert northeast of Bishop's Stortford and Шаблон:Convert northwest of the county town, Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Uttlesford and the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. There is a Parish Council.[1]

The local CoE church of St Mary the Virgin, dating from the 12th century, is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

The village lies close to London Stansted Airport, Шаблон:Convert to the east, and is Шаблон:Convert south of Stansted Mountfitchet. It is also the site of Birchanger Green services on the M11 motorway.

At the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,589.[3]

In the 12th century, the village name in Old English was "Bircehangra", which means "wooded slope growing with birch trees". This name is still appropriate today as parts of Birchanger Wood still exist and contain many birch trees.[4]

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