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Saffron Walden (England)

LC control no.n 82006467
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Geographic headingSaffron Walden (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Saffron Walden
Variant(s)Saffron Walden, Eng.
Saffron Walden (Essex)
Associated countryGreat Britain England
Associated placeEssex (England) Uttlesford (England)
Found inRowntree, C. B. Saffron Walden, then and now, 1952.
Wikipedia, viewed 21 Aug. 2015 (Saffron Walden; market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England; 12miles/19 km north of Bishop's Stortford, 18m/29 km south of Cambridge and 43 m/69 km) north of London; town's first charter was granted in around 1300, when it was known as Chepyng Walden, meaning Market Walden; in the 16th and 17th centuries the saffron crocus (crocus sativus) was widely grown and the industry gave Walden its name)
Municipal yrbk., 1981: p. 1220 (Saffron Walden, Essex)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 52°01ʹ00ʺN 000°15ʹ00ʺE)
Geographic area codee-uk-en