Hempstead, Essex
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Hempstead is a village near Saffron Walden
, in Essex
. It is situated on a relatively quiet road, from Saffron Walden to Steeple Bumpstead.
The village is the birthplace of Dick Turpin
, and is also the final resting place of Doctor William Harvey
, who discovered the circulation of blood.
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and approx north of London...
, in 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...
. It is situated on a relatively quiet road, from Saffron Walden to Steeple Bumpstead.
The village is the birthplace of Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
Richard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...
, and is also the final resting place of Doctor William Harvey
William Harvey
William Harvey was an English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart...
, who discovered the circulation of blood.