Asheldham

{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Asheldham |coordinates = {{coord|51.6742|0.8464|display=inline,title}} |population = 199 | population_ref = (Parish, 2021)<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |title=2021 Census Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=31 March 2025}} (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)</ref> |civil_parish= Asheldham |shire_district= Maldon | shire_county = Essex |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= Maldon & East Chelmsford |post_town= SOUTHMINSTER |postcode_district= CM0 |postcode_area=CM |dial_code= 01621 |os_grid_reference= TL969011 |static_image_name = St. Lawrence's church, Asheldham, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 212882.jpg |static_image_width = |static_image_caption= St. Lawrence's church, Asheldham }} '''Asheldham''' is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located about {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Maldon and is {{convert|26|km|mi|abbr=on}} east-southeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Maldon and the parliamentary constituency of Maldon & East Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 199. The parish shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Dengie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maldon.gov.uk/LocalDemocracy/ParishCouncils/clerks.htm |title=Parish Council Contacts |accessdate=2007-01-24 |work=www.maldon.gov.uk |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928221056/http://www.maldon.gov.uk/LocalDemocracy/ParishCouncils/clerks.htm |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}</ref>

It is on the Dengie peninsula, and is about 12 miles by road from Maldon. The former parish church, dedicated to St Lawrence became redundant in May 1973 and was converted into use as a youth church and residential centre for the Chelmsford Diocese.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Lawrence, Asheldham Church, Essex|url=https://www.essexchurches.info/church.aspx?p=Asheldham|access-date=2022-02-23|website=www.essexchurches.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ESSEX CHURCHES|url=http://www.simonknott.co.uk/essexchurches/asheldham.htm|access-date=2022-02-23|website=www.simonknott.co.uk}}</ref> With a chancel, nave and tower dating from the 1300s, it is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASHELDHAM YOUTH CHURCH CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, Asheldham - 1110970 {{!}} Historic England|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110970|access-date=2022-02-23|website=historicengland.org.uk|language=en}}</ref>

A Ham class minesweeper, ''HMS Asheldham'', launched in September 1953 was named after the hamlet.

Archeological excavations into Romano-British field systems, Anglo-Saxon graves and medieval buildings have taken place in the village.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baker |first=John T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=958MjgksbckC |title=Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD |date=2006 |publisher=Univ of Hertfordshire Press |isbn=978-1-902806-53-2 |pages=91 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hallam |first1=H. E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSE9AAAAIAAJ&dq=asheldham&pg=PA917 |title=The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 2, 1042-1350 |last2=Thirsk |first2=Joan |date=1988-12-08 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-20073-8 |pages=917 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Oosthuizen |first=Susan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6himO-4Xu3cC&dq=asheldham+rippon&pg=PA69 |title=Landscapes Decoded: The Origins and Development of Cambridgeshire's Medieval Fields |date=2006 |publisher=Univ of Hertfordshire Press |isbn=978-1-902806-58-7 |pages=69 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rippon |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpgUDAAAQBAJ&dq=asheldham+rippon&pg=PA177 |title=Beyond the Medieval Village: The Diversification of Landscape Character in Southern Britain |date=2008-11-27 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-920382-6 |pages=177 |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Asheldham}} * [http://www.dengie.org.uk Information and photographs of Asheldham village] * [http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/history.htm The history of Asheldham] * {{OpenDomesday|TL9701|asheldham|Asheldham}}

Category:Villages in Essex Category:Maldon District Category:Civil parishes in Essex