South Fambridge is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashingdon, in the Rochford district, in the county of Essex, England. It is located about 300 yards (0.17 miles) from the River Crouch. The village lies within the parliamentary constituency of Rayleigh. Surrounded by farmland, it is reached by the Fambridge Road, approximately 1.5 miles from the main Ashingdon Road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 282.[1] On 1 April 1946 the parish was abolished and merged with Ashingdon.[2]
| South Fambridge | |
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 South Fambridge Village Sign | |
  South Fambridge Location within Essex | |
| OS grid reference | TQ854959 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Rochford |
| Postcode district | SS |
| Dialling code | 01702 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Airfield
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The village once had a small airfield which no longer exists, having been converted into a residential estate named Pemberton Field after Noel Pemberton Billing. On 20 February 2009 it was the 100th anniversary of the first experimental flights beside the River Crouch meadows. Kenneth Bannerman, Director General of the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust unveiled a memorial to the airfield. A Spitfire flown by Carolyn Grace took part in the Anniversary Commemoration, entertaining the crowd by carrying out some aerobatic manoeuvres. The Memorial is located at (TQ854957) on the site of Brickhouse Farm.
References
edit- ^ "Population statistics South Fambridge AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Rochford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
External links
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Media related to South Fambridge at Wikimedia Commons