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4 unusual facts about Great Dunmow


Bringing home the bacon

The tradition originated in a 12th-century custom linked to the town of Great Dunmow, England.

Dunmow

Great Dunmow, a town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England

Great Dunmow

Lionel Lukin (18 May 1742 - 16 February 1834 - considered by some to have been the inventor of the unsinkable lifeboat, designs for which he tested on the Doctor's Pond.

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The site of the former air field is now owned by Land Securities who hope to build a development including around 9,000 homes alongside significant supporting community, commercial and retail infrastructure, intending to call it Easton Park.



see also

Dunmow

Little Dunmow, a village located about 3 miles outside the town of Great Dunmow