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Hamlet in Essex, England

This article is about the hamlet in the Chelmsford district. For the hamlet in the Braintree district, see Howe Street, Braintree. Human settlement in England

Howe Street
Parsonage Bridge, Howe Street
Howe StreetLocation within Essex
District	Chelmsford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
List of places UK England Essex 51°48′25″N 0°27′25″E / 51.807°N 0.457°E / 51.807; 0.457

Howe Street is a rural hamlet on the banks of the River Chelmer. It is situated in the parish of Great Waltham, in the Chelmsford district, in the county of Essex, England.

It is 6 miles north of the City centre. It has a population of around 200, the village post office and shop closed in 2008 and closest nearby shop and schools are located in Great Waltham 1.3 miles away.

Howe Street has a Historic Grade II listed 14th-century Freehouse pub (one of the oldest in Essex) known as The Green Man, which opened 7 November 2016 to the public, after major refurbishment costing £3 million and investment being part of a new venture for renowned Essex born Michelin star chef brothers Chris and Geoff Galvin. It is one of several listed historic buildings in the hamlet many of which are well preserved examples of Early East Anglia Timber Frame construction.

There is also some light industry including an active working farm known as Fitzandrews (part of the Langleys Estate) and several commercial units located at Warners Farm providing local employment.

Howe Street is also known as the birthplace of Milbank Floors established by Geoffrey Milbank in 1947 however no longer based in the village they were located on the site now known as Bridge Croft - a 1980s built housing development.

References

Essex A-Z (page 57)

v t e Towns, villages and hamlets of the City of Chelmsford
Contiguous with Chelmsford Broomfield Chelmer Village (Chancellor Park) Great Baddow Melbourne Moulsham Springfield Widford
Towns	South Woodham Ferrers
Villages and hamlets	Bicknacre Boyton Cross Boreham Chalk End (Pepper's Green) Chatham Green Chignall St James Chignall Smealy Cooksmill Green Danbury Downham East Hanningfield Fanner's Green Ford End Galleywood Galleyend Good Easter (Tye Green) Great Leighs Great Waltham Highwood Howe Green Howe Street Little Baddow Little Leighs Littley Green Little Waltham Margaretting (Margaretting Tye) Mashbury North End Pleshey Ramsden Heath Rettendon (Rettendon Common, Rettendon Place) Roxwell Runwell Sandon South Hanningfield Stock West Hanningfield Woodham Ferrers Writtle (Great Oxney Green, Newney Green)
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