Belchamp St.Paul
Belchamp St.Paul is one of "the Belchamps", along with Belchamp Otten and
Belchamp Walter.
What to do in Belchamp St. Paul
This is similar to what you can do in the other Belchamps - Please see
The history of Belchamp St. Paul
This has been moved to a
new page.
I include a text dump from ESAH - Place-Names Essex Society for Archaeology & History
Thomas Wright's History and Topography of Essex 1831/36
The Wikipedia page for Belchamp St. Pauls says:
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The parish is northwest of Belchamp Otten and Belchamp Walter, in the parliamentary constituency of Braintree, and part of the
Stour Valley. It had a population of 331 (2011 census). The parish includes the hamlet of Knowl Green.
Arthur Golding, the 16th-century poet, grew up at the manor and is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's; a memorial to him
is within the church. General Sir Timothy Creasey KCB OBE, a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding of the
British Army in Northern Ireland, and the commander of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces, is buried in the churchyard.
The church has a ring of 6 bells. https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?tower=16317
The Half Moon public house was the location for a number of pub scenes in the BBC drama series Lovejoy.
Belchamp St Paul is the scene of the climax of M.R. James' ghost story Count Magnus.
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This page started out as a dissemination of Thomas Wright's
account of Belchamp St.Paul.
