Great Dunmow

Great Dunmow
High Street, Great Dunmow
Great Dunmow Location within Essex
Population	10,396 (2021 census)[1]
OS grid reference	TL628218
Civil parish	Great Dunmow[2]
District	Uttlesford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNMOW
Postcode district	CM6
Dialling code	01371
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
Website	greatdunmow-tc.gov.uk
List of places UK England Essex 51°52′16″N 0°21′50″E / 51.871°N 0.364°E / 51.871; 0.364

Great Dunmow is a historic market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies to the north of the A120 road, approximately midway between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree, 5 mi (8 km) east of London Stansted Airport.

Originally the site of a Roman settlement on Stane Street, the town thrived during the Middle Ages. Dunmow means "Meadow on the Hill".^[3] The settlement was variously referred to as Dunmow Magna, Much Dunmow, or most commonly Great Dunmow.