Rivenhall

Rivenhall is a village and civil parish near Witham in the Braintree district in the English county of Essex. It is near the small settlement of Rivenhall End.^[1] In 2021 the parish had a population of 1147.^[2]

Rivenhall
St Mary and All Saints' church
Rivenhall Location within Essex
Area	9.386 km2 (3.624 sq mi)
Population	1,147 (2021 census)
• Density	122/km2 (320/sq mi)
Civil parish	Rivenhall
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Essex 51°50′N 0°40′E

It has a primary school called Rivenhall Church of England School. For transport there is the busy A12 nearby and Witham railway station.

The Anglo-Saxon church of St. Mary and All Saints and the nearby manor house have been in continuous human use since their origins as parts of a Roman villa.^[3] The church is a grade I listed building.^[4] The church was presumed to have been built around the 8-9th century.

It also had a Royal Air Force airfield called RAF Rivenhall.

On 1 October 1933 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Witham which became unparished in 1974. On 1 April 1982 Rivenhall became a parish again.^[5]