Kelvedon

Kelvedon is a village and town in Essex, England.

Kelvedon
St. Mary the Virgin church, Kelvedon
Kelvedon Location within Essex
Population	3,485 (2001)
OS grid reference	[TL85911843 TL85911843]
Civil parish	Kelvedon
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLCHESTER
Postcode district	CO5
Dialling code	01376
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Essex 51.833°N 0.699°E / 51.833; 0.699

Origins

There has been a settlement on the bend of the River Blackwater for thousands of years. Archeologists have found evidence that shows the settlement was a Celtic trading port.^[1] The Romans started a settlement here called "Canonium".^[1] The present village of Kelvedon has been lived in since the early Middle Ages. The building of the Norwich - London railway, made Kelvedon a good place to live, but with easy and quick access to London. The village was built along one road, High Street. From the 1930's the village began to spread for miles along the street which was part of the A12. In the 1960's a bypass was built to go around the village. In the 1980's a large housing development called "Riverside Park" added hundreds of houses.

Other websites

• Kelvedon Free Music Festival Archived 2019-08-11 at the Wayback Machine