Fordham is a village and a civil parish in the Colchester

Colchester (borough)

Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, the district is named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south.The borough was formed...

 District, in the English

England

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 county of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. Fordham, near the town of Colchester

Colchester

Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...

, has a post office, a school, a place of worship and two pubs. The noted classical scholar Thomas Twining

Thomas Twining

Thomas Twining may refer to:*Thomas Twining , English merchant and founder of the Twinings tea company*Thomas Twining , English scholar and classicist, grandson of the above...

 of the tea-merchant family held the curacy of the church from 1764 until his death in 1804. The parish includes the nearby hamlets of Fordham Heath

Fordham Heath

Fordham Heath is a village near the A1124 road, in the Colchester District, in the English county of Essex. It is near the large town of Colchester and the village of Fordham. Fordham Heath has a primary school....

 and Hemp's Green

Hemp's Green

Hemp's Green or Hemps Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Fordham, in the Colchester borough, in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Colchester and the villages of Wakes Colne and Wormingford. For transport there is the A1124 road to the south.- References :A-Z...

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