Place:Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England

NameHatfield Broad Oak
Alt namesHadfeldasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 102
Hatfield Regissource: Domesday Book (1985) p 97
Hatfield-Broad-Oaksource: Family History Library Catalog
Hatfield-Regissource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates51.826°N 0.243°E
Located inEssex, England     (1136 - )
See alsoDunmow Rural, Essex, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
Uttlesford (district), Essex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Hatfield Broad Oak (also known as Hatfield Regis) is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is approximately south-east of Bishop's Stortford. Near the church of St Mary the Virgin is former Benedictine priory Hatfield Regis Priory.

"Hatfield Broad Oak is a very large parish, full of woods and streams, and including Hatfield Heath, Bush End, Greenhill, Wood Row, Taveners Green, Needham Green and Broad Street." (Source: The Recorders of Ucclesford History)

The parish was part of the Dunmow Rural District from 1894 until 1974. Since 1974 it has been located in the Uttlesford District of Essex.

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