Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the boundary with Essex. It is 12 miles (19 km) east of Hertford and 9 miles (14 km) north of Epping. Underlying the community at some deepness is the London Clay stratum, with a thick layer of Boulder clay put down throughout the glacial period, consisting of the Anglian. The soil on top of this is a loam, with erratics of Hertfordshire puddingstone conglomerate located around the town. Sawbridgeworth is controlled by Hertfordshire Region Council, as well as becoming part of East Hertfordshire District Council. Hertfordshire has a two-tier system of administration, with a region council and also area councils. The community council presently has 12 councillors, covering both Sawbridgeworth and also Spellbrook. Sawbridgeworth has its very own on-call station house, situated in Station Road. It belongs to Hertfordshire Fire as well as Rescue Service. Sawbridgeworth has actually been twinned with Bry-sur-Marne in France since 1973. In Parliament, it remains in the Hertford and Stortford constituency. Considering that the election of May 2005 Sawbridgeworth is stood for by Mark Prisk, a Conservative. The village of Lower Sheering, throughout the area boundary in Essex, adjoins Sawbridgeworth, eastern of the railway station and the River Stort. It has Sawbridgeworth postal addresses but also for local government functions remains in the Epping Forest area of Essex.