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Doctor's Pond - where Lionel Lukin experimented with self righting lifeboats

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Great Dunmow History

Early records shown that in about AD 951, the town of Dunmow, in Essex had the name Dunemowe, which could mean 'hill meadows' or 'meadows on a hill'. By the time of Edward the Confessor, Dunmow had seven manors and was surrounded by a number of small 'vills'

In the late 16th century, the 'Bay and Say' industry provided occupations for many Dunmow inhabitants. Bay was a course woolen cloth with a long nap raised by teasles, which were grown in Essex for that purpose. Say was a fine thin cloth used for garment lining and shirts. The material was washed and dried in 'tenterfields', and today one of the housing estates in Dunmow bears the name Tenterfields.

In 1864 the railway came to Dunmow. The branch line from Bishop's Stortford to Braintree was to pass through Dunmow, and a great ceremony took place to cut the first sod. The railway and station served Dunmow until 1952 when the last passenger train made the journey from Briantree to Dunmow

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