Sawbridgeworth

About Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth is a small, mainly residential, town and also a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. LocationSawbridgeworth borders Harlow and is four miles south of Bishop's Stortford, twelve miles east of Hertford and nine miles north of Epping. It lies on the A1184 and has a railway station that links to Liverpool Street station in London. The River Stort flows through the east of the town, past the Maltings. GeologyUnderlying the town at some depth is the London Clay stratum, with a thick layer of Boulder clay laid down during the ice ages, including the Anglian. The soil on top of this is a loam, with erratics of conglomerate known as "Hertfordshire puddingstone" found around the town. Nearby villagesHigh WychSpellbrookMuch HadhamHistoryPrior to the Norman conquest, most of the area was owned by the Saxon Angmar the Staller.

Sawbridgeworth Description

Sawbridgeworth is a small, mainly residential, town and also a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. LocationSawbridgeworth borders Harlow and is four miles south of Bishop's Stortford, twelve miles east of Hertford and nine miles north of Epping. It lies on the A1184 and has a railway station that links to Liverpool Street station in London. The River Stort flows through the east of the town, past the Maltings. GeologyUnderlying the town at some depth is the London Clay stratum, with a thick layer of Boulder clay laid down during the ice ages, including the Anglian. The soil on top of this is a loam, with erratics of conglomerate known as "Hertfordshire puddingstone" found around the town. Nearby villagesHigh WychSpellbrookMuch HadhamHistoryPrior to the Norman conquest, most of the area was owned by the Saxon Angmar the Staller.