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A
small village in north-east Essex, UK, located four miles west of
Halstead and is situated in the valley of the River Colne on the
ancient road from Colchester, Essex, to Cambridge. It developed
around Hedingham Castle, the ancestral seat of the de Veres, Earls
of Oxford. Hugh de Vere, fourth earl of Oxford, purchased the right
to hold a market in the town of the crown in the mid-13th century.
He also founded a hospital just outside the gates of the castle
around 1250. The village's main attractions are the well-preserved
Norman castle and the Colne Valley Railway. It features many timber-framed
medieval buildings and a parish church, St. Nicholas, which is renowned
for its Hammerbeam roof, Romanesque wheel window, and de Vere heraldry.