The River Chelmer flows entirely through the county of Essex , England ; it runs 40 miles (64 km) from the north-west of the county through Chelmsford to the River Blackwater , near Maldon .
12-583: The source of the river is in the parish of Debden in north west Essex. The two primary source streams run to the north and to the west of the hamlet of Debden Green . The longer of the sources rises in Rowney Wood , on the hill to the west of Debden Green, only a few hundred metres to the south east of the source of the River Cam that heads north through Cambridge eventually emptying into The Wash . The River Chelmer flows past Thaxted , south through
24-519: Is not the original name of the river but rather a back-formation from the name of Chelmsford, under the assumption that the ford and town were named for the river they straddle (the actual namesake being a Saxon landholder, Cēolmǣr). Earlier, the river was known as the Baddow, which survives in the names of Great and Little Baddow . The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Company was founded by act of parliament in 1793. Work then commenced on constructing
36-505: Is shown on the 1777 Chapman and Andre map of Essex was moved from the middle of the river to fill in a curve to the north near where Tesco is today. Further upstream, near the golf course, similar earthwork is visible and, from that point to Beeleigh weir the channel appears to be a cut bypassing the original course of the river. At Beeleigh, there was a water mill on the original course of the Chelmer. This mill operated until 1875, when it
48-682: The Uttlesford district of Essex in the East of England . It is located 4 miles (6 km) from Saffron Walden and 17 miles (27 km) from Cambridge . RAF Debden is nearby and played a role in the Second World War . Since 2007 the village has shared twin status with the village of Tang Ting in rural Nepal . The village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Depeduna (deep valley), and became known as Debden at
60-552: The bottom of Market Hill, Maldon) was a shallow ford. This was before the waters of the River Blackwater were combined with the Chelmer at Beeleigh, resulting in a much greater flow of water past the Fullbridge. In the spring of 1812 the Chelmer above the Fullbridge was straightened and many important changes were made to the bed of the river. Some of these changes are clearly visible today. For example, an island that
72-600: The district of Uttlesford around the northeast of Great Dunmow . It continues flowing south-southeast into the borough of Chelmsford and on into the city of Chelmsford where the River Can flows into it. It then flows east through the borough and into the district of Maldon until it meets the River Blackwater east of Maldon . It discharges into the North Sea via the Blackwater Estuary . Chelmer
84-486: The house was demolished and part of the estate sold off in 1935. The Church of England Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Saints is Grade I listed. A flint and stone church is 13th century but with considerable 18th-century restoration and rebuilding after the 1698 fall of the central tower which destroyed the chancel. The clerestorey and chancel were rebuilt in 1793 when the west bell turret, spire and parapets of
96-403: The nave and aisles were probably added. The restoration and rebuilding was done by Richard Muilman Trench Chiswell of Debden Hall, whose elaborate tomb in the chancel was designed by John Carter . The Hundred Parishes This Essex location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Norman conquest of England Too Many Requests If you report this error to
108-431: The navigation from Chelmsford to Colliers Reach in the tidal estuary of the river Blackwater . The work was completed in 1797. The navigation mainly followed the course of the river Chelmer from Chelmsford to Beeleigh near Maldon . From there it continued through a short cut and then followed the course of the river Blackwater to Heybridge . According to Edward Arthur Fitch, the Fullbridge (the Chelmer river crossing at
120-735: The time of the Napoleonic Wars. After the Norman conquest the manor of Debden was granted to Ralph Peverel, but reverted to the crown after Peverel's grandson, William Peverel the Younger , poisoned the Earl of Chester . King John later granted the manor to Geoffrey Fitzpeter, 1st Earl of Essex and it descended in that family until becoming Crown land again. Henry VIII granted it to Lord Audley , from whom it descended to his grandson, Thomas Howard, Baron Howard de Walden and Earl of Suffolk . It
132-653: Was acquired in 1715 by wealthy merchant Richard Chiswell , MP and remained in the Chiswell family for some 100 years. It then passed by marriage to the Vincent family who held it until 1882 when Mrs Cely-Trevilian, the last member of the family, sold it to William Fuller-Maitland of Stansted Mountfitchet Hall. By the First World War it had come into the possession of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal . Later owners found Debden Hall too expensive to maintain, and so
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#1732779817684144-410: Was destroyed by fire. The mill had two bays inside, where lighters were loaded with flour to be taken to the port at Maldon, about a mile downstream. There it would be loaded onto Thames sailing barges and taken to London . Part of the mill still remains and is leased by Essex County Council with the intention of restoring it. Debden, Uttlesford Debden is a small rural village in
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