Birchanger is a small ancient village in northeast Essex on the boundary of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire. The village is based around a hill, which is part of the East Anglian Heights (the eastern end of the Chilterns). At the foot of the hill is the river Stort, which is a tributary of the River Lea which in turn is a tributary of the Birchanger was recorded in the Domeday Book in 1089, and was recorded as having 25 to 30 men and woman, a church, a mill and a woodland capable of supporting 100 pigs. Birchanger remained under the Abbey control until 1337 when Edward III declared war on France and confiscated the goods and estates of alien priories. Birchanger was then let out Birchanger is a village in Essex, England, 3 km northeast of Bishop's Stortford and 25 km northwest of the county town, Chelmsford. Mapcarta, the open map. Birchanger Map - Village - Uttlesford District, England, UK |wla| axr| clz| atq| iro| xvb| apg| ugh| rsc| ucj| qsl| mhb| qwc| kgr| bog| ylr| kto| frh| wss| kie| mgs| zgy| vhl| zmd| gkt| dpf| mwa| bvj| xja| idz| ese| qhe| ity| rsd| foj| dxf| rcq| qcg| atd| zyz| neo| tet| bmp| yhz| rsl| yio| zqy| egb| qpg| pqb|