Ulting

Ulting

All Saints Church
Population 167 (2011)[1]
DistrictMaldon
Shire countyEssex
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Chelmsford
Postcode district CM9
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentMaldon
List of places
UK
England
Essex

Ulting is a small village located in the remote countryside of the county of Essex, England. It shares its borders with Langford and Nounsley, and is part of Maldon.

History

Ulting was the location of the first sugar beet factory in England,[2] although its useful life was cut short by cheap imports of cane sugar.

Ernest Doe & Sons produced farm machinery in the 1950s and 1960s, including the odd Doe Triple-D tractor.

Church

All Saints, the village church, has been standing since 1150, with a major restoration taking place in the 1870s. The church was once a place of pilgrimage ranking with Walsingham and other famous shrines.[3] The River Chelmer runs next to the church and through Ulting.

Notable residents

Humphrey Spender lived in Ulting for many years before his death in 2005.[4]

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. Draycott, Arthur Phillip. Sugar Beet . Blackwell Publishing, 2006, p. 16.
  3. Cooper J (2003). The Cult of Our Lady of Ulting The Essex Journal
  4. "Humphrey Spender (obituary)". The Independent. 14 March 2005. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

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Coordinates: 51°45′01″N 0°36′35″E / 51.75028°N 0.60972°E / 51.75028; 0.60972

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