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Witham (pronounced Wittam) occurs as town in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. A people (2001 census) is 22,500. These are a portion of the District of Braintree.

A town is served by Witham railway station, situated on the London Liverpool Street to Norwich main line. A station is too a junction using a Braintree branch line to Braintree and Braintree Freeport. Freeport occurs as prominent away from either thave mall, furnished with its own station, & loose bus from Braintree. Totally rider services come operated per National Express Group franchise 'One' Railway.

Witham is placed on the A12 trunk road between Chelmsford and Colchester. A town expanded greatly in the late 1960s and 1970s when the Greater London Council built 3 big estates there for families from either London to move to. The in one case far-famed resident of the town is the author Dorothy L. Sayers.

Witham is twinned sustaining a town of Waldbrol, Germany. A parish of Witham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. http://www.gyford.com/domesday/

Witham has the village centre, sustaining the total of little shops, plenty to provide for the town. There is a Tesco and a Morrisons superstore situated in the town. A Morrisons supermarket places was it used to be that a mill places of 'Crittal Windows', until 1994 when the mill was closed, stirred to Braintree & Safeway Superstores (since taken-over by Morrisons) purchased a places.

There are deuce lycee around Witham, the John Bramston School, & A Rickstones school, each achieving a slightly in the image below typical Quint A*-C GCSE rating, averaging around a 40% mark. Templars, Howbridge & Powers Hall help a primary age toddlers of this comunity.

A town began life in 'Chipping Hill', in which a old forge however lives to this day. When a years went by, a hamlet grew to get 'Witham' & St Nicolas Church (the unique spelling) serves the congregation of in the area of 150 population every Sunday.

Witham, & area of the Braintree district hold one of a better recycling schemes in the UK, with mandatory recycling, reaching ended 50% recycling.

Domesday Witham
An adaptation of a booklet written by Janet Gyford. It details the entries in the Domesday Book relating to the town of Witham.

Witham Amateur Operatic Society
Producing and performing light opera and musicals for over 70 years

Witham Choral Society
Offers an overview, membership, concerts and contact.






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