Place:Great Yeldham, Essex, England

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NameGreat Yeldham
Alt namesGeldehamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 106
Geldhamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 106
Gerhamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 106
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates52.016215°N 0.562706°E
Located inEssex, England
See alsoHalstead Rural, Essex, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Braintree District, Essex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Great Yeldham is a village in north Essex, England, about 6 miles (10 km) from the Suffolk border. Surrounding villages and towns include Little Yeldham, Tilbury juxta Clare, Toppesfield, Stambourne, Ridgewell, Sible Hedingham, Castle Hedingham, Halstead and Sudbury, Suffolk. Great Yeldham is situated along the busy main A1017 road (formerly A604) between the towns of Braintree and Haverhill.

The village is where the infant River Colne is joined by a stream from near Stambourne and another that has flowed via Toppesfield. The river continues via Colchester on its 39-mile journey to the sea.

Great Yeldham contains the "Great Oak", an old preserved oak tree in the centre of the village, which was recorded in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086.

The land around Great Yeldham is principally used for arable farming and some livestock rearing. From the early 1950s until the mid-1980s Great Yeldham was also known for its apple and strawberry farm called Lark Hill Farm, to which people came from miles around to pick their own fruit.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Great Yeldham.

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