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Directory of Essex 1848 reports Great Baddow as being 'one of the handsomest villages in Essex' having 'many scattered farms and neat houses', also noting that it had an annual
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Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Coloncial And Medieval Families
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Essex Chronicle, published 2010-06-24, accessed 2011-10-13
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Great Baddow Online – Website for the village community
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This is Essex, published 2011-02-17, accessed 2011-10-13
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Town Planning Services, June 2004, accessed 2011-10-13
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The Great Baddow Blog – News From Around Great Baddow
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1029:Protestors triumph as Vineyards plan rejected
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1145:A Survey of the Brewery Heritage of Essex
862:Essex Record Soffice, accessed 2011-10-13
815:Richardson, D.; Everingham, K.G. (2005).
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1605:List of places in Essex
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