1. Great Batou is one of the largest villages in the UK. It is about 2 miles south east of Chelmsford City in Essex County.
2. The village church is called St. Mary's. Essex 's men' # 13; met in the church premises in 1381, marching to London among unlucky farmers. The rebellion led by Jack Straw.
3. There are five pubs in Great Baddow. Blue lions, Kings head, Hakuba, honey and stars. It is thought that there was a white horse pub and an underground tunnel leading to the St Mary's church on the opposite side of about 100 meters.
4. Gt. Baddow has a population of over 13,000 people.
5. The Great Baddow Parish Council has 13 members, celebrating the 100th anniversary in 1994.
6. The name of Great Baddow is taken from the meaning of Anglo-French combination (bad water).
7. Gt's main shopping center. Baddow is called & # 39; The Vineyards & # 39 ;. It is built in the premises that became a former country hotel.
8. Vineyard & # 39; Beauty salon, Chinese restaurant and takeout, tip shop, joint supermarket, NatWest Bank, Barclays Bank, William Hill gaming shop, greeting card shop, news agent, butcher, lots of fruits There are shops in vegetable shops, charity shops, boots, chemists.
Gt. Baddow has been the home of Marconi Research Center (now BAE) for many years. In the 1950s, Rosemans Estate was built for employees of the UK electric valves company in Marconi and Chelmsford, and large-scale development was done in the village. Rothmans School of Dorset Avenue has been renamed to Larkrise School.
10. Gt. Baddow has a beautiful park with a pond, a tennis court and a soccer field. In the center of the recreation area there is the Great Batou Millennium Community Center.
