Dunmow
Great Dunmow is a historical market community as well as civil parish in the Uttlesford area of Essex, England. It is positioned on the north of the A120 road, approximately midway between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree, 6 miles east of London Stansted Airport. Originally the site of a Roman settlement on Stane Street, the community prospered throughout the Middle Ages. Lots of structures survive from this period, consisting of a sixteenth-century town hall. Dunmow indicates "Meadow on capital". [4] The settlement was otherwise described as Dunmow Magna, Much Dunmow, or the majority of commonly Great Dunmow. Great Dunmow surrounds the former estate of Easton Lodge in the neighbouring church of Little Easton, a country house belonging to the Maynard household. The most remarkable member, Frances Maynard, became the Countess of Warwick as well as later a girlfriend of King Edward VII. As the Prince of Wales he was supposedly a regular visitor to the Estate, travelling from London on the train to Easton Lodge train station. The initials "CW" show up on a number of Victorian age buildings in Great Dunmow. Called Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick she was a generous philanthropist in the regional area. As of 2018, Robert Nicholson is Emeritus Mayor of Great Dunmow.